Austin Luke guides Donar Groningen into the Last Eight
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Donar Groningen showed offensive masterclass to take down BK Opava, 103-86, and advance to the 2026 quarterfinals on Tuesday, March 10, at the martiniplaza in the northern Netherlands.
Players of the game
Donar Groningen celebrated their 75th anniversary on March 8.
Two days later they advanced to the ENBL quarterfinals.
Austin Luke had 16 points and 14 assists, tying a second best result in league history.
Aigars Šķēle holds the record with 19 dimes.
Dane Erikstrup led Donar in scoring with a game high 27 points.
A Washington State graduate forward shot 6/11 from the three point line.
Shooting guard Malik Miller had 16 points and seven rebounds.
Wesley Person Junior once again led BK Opava.
A former Troy University guard scored 21 points in 22 minutes of playing time.
Assists | ENBL records
Aigars Šķēle 19 March 12, 2023, Zastal 97-94 BM Stal
Viktor Pulpan 14 October 15, 2024, Brno 101-103 Bratislava
Austin Luke 14 March 10, 2026, Groningen 103-86 Opava
Donatas Sabeckis 13 March 30, 2022, Liepāja 81-83 Šiauliai
D.J. Cooper 13 December 27, 2022, Ness Ziona 94-80 Brno
D.J. Cooper 13 December 28, 2022, Szczecin 89-86 Ness Ziona
Bryce Alford 13 March 12, 2023, Zastal 97-94 BM Stal
Jordan Johnson 13 January 23, 2024, Newcastle 100-92 Liège
Dontay Caruthers 13 March 1, 2025, Valmiera 83-105 Bratislava
Key stats
Donar Groningen shot 40 percent from the three point line, 16/40.
Austin Luke and Dane Erikstrup matched entire BK Opava production from the deep.
BK Opava shot 28 percent behind the arc, 10/35.
The hosts registerd 30 assists on 38 field goals.
Donar Groningen shot 70 percent inside the arc, 22/31.
Game notes
Donar Groningen improved to 6-3, while BK Opava dropped to 5-4.
Jason Dourisseau and his men are 4-1 on the home floor after back-to-back-to-back-to-back wins against TalTech/ALEXELA, Fyllingen Lions, Alkar Sinj and BK Opava.
Donar Groningen tied the all time series against BK Opava, 1-1.
BK Opava are 1-4 on the road.
Jason Dourisseau is the 2026 ENBL Coach of the Year.
Donar Groningen advance to the quarterfinals where they will face the winners of the game between SYNTAINICS MBC and BK Olomoucko.
2026 ENBL playoffs | local time | CET
Wednesday, March 4
(7) Dziki Warszawa 97-84 Valmiera Glass ViA (10)
Tuesday, March 10
(3) CSO Voluntari 99-74 Slovan Bratislava (14)
(8) Donar Groningen 103-86 BK Opava (9)
(5) Manchester Basketball – Dubrava Zagreb (12)
Wednesday, March 11
19:45 | 18:45 (2) Iraklis BC – TalTech/ALEXELA (15)
19:30 | 19:30 (1) SYNTAINICS MBC – BK Olomoucko (16)
19:15 | 20:15 (6) Tindastoll – Riga Zelli (11)
Thursday, March 12
19:15 | 19:15 (4) Dinamo Zagreb walkover vs SIGAL Prishtina (13)
March 17-April 2, quarterfinals
Best-of-two, home and away series
April 21-23, Final Four
Location and final dates to be confirmed
2026 ENBL playoffs and bracket
Live blog: the playoffs are coming