CSO Voluntari dominate on the second floor and from the deep
- marisnoviks
- Mar 10
- 2 min read
CSO Voluntari scored more second chance points in the first three quarters of the game, 24-8, to defeat Slovan Bratislava, 99-74, and advance to the 2026 quarterfinals on Tuesday, March 10, at the Hala Gabriela Szabo in southern Romania.
Players of the game
The 2025 ENBL champions once again showed their depth as five players scored 10 or more points.
Sacar Anim led CSO Voluntari with a game high 18 points on 6/12 shooting from the floor.
A former Marquette wing shot 3/6 from the three point line.
Kodi “Machine Gun” Justice followed with 17 points on 6/13 shooting from the floor.
Arizona State shooting guard went 5/10 from the deep.
Lee Skinner, Mike Caffey and Mouhamed Barro also finished in double figures.
Christian James answered with 16 points.
Jordan Watson checked out with 13 points.
Key stats
CSO Voluntari outrebounded Slovan Bratislava, 44-32, especially in the first 30 minutes and on the offensive glass.
The hosts scored 24 second chance points after three quarters of play compared to eight point for the visitors.
CSO Voluntari shot 44 percent from the three point line, 17/38.
Slovan Bratislava shot 32 percent outside the arc, 9/28.
CSO Voluntari went on a 33-14 run in the third quarter to extend their lead up to 29 points, 80-51.
Game notes
CSO Voluntari improved to 8-1, while Aramis Naglič and Slovan Bratislava dropped to 4-5.
The Romanians lead the series against the Slovakian team, 2-0.
CSO Voluntari advanced to the quarterfinals for the third consecutive year (2024, 2025, 2026).
They will face the winnners of the game between Tindastoll and Riga Zelli.
Dan Ioan and CSO Voluntari are 5-0 on the home floor.
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 – 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
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