Credit: Start Lublin
The 2023 ENBL bronze medalists, Polski Cukier Start Lublin, posted their first win after a 102-62 success against the Svendborg Rabbits on Wednesday, November 8, at the Rise Sparekasse Arena in the Danish archipelago.
Players of the game
All ten players scored for Start Lublin.
Filip Put scored 17 points on 8/10 shooting from the field.
Power forward added nine rebounds, two steals and one block.
Bartlomiej Pelczar and Trey Wade had 15 points each.
Jabril Durham (Arkansas) tied the second best result in steals with six makes.
Hameir Wright led Svendborg Rabbits with 21 points.
A former Washington and North Texas power forward grabbed 16 rebounds, tying the second best result in league`s history.
Key stats
Start Lublin outrebounded Svendborg Rabbits, 54-37, despite Wright`s heroic effort.
Artur Gronek`s men dominated in the paint, 50-16.
The visitors scored more points on fast breaks, 27-12.
Last but not least, Lublin`s bench outscored Svendborg, 57-12.
Start went 14/31 from the three point line – three makes short from tying ENBL record.
Game notes
Polski Cukier Start Lublin improved to 1-1, while Svendborg Rabbits dropped to 0-2.
The visitors held Jaedon Willis to five points.
Steals | ENBL records
Rickey McGill 8 November 7, 2023, Valmiera 74-90 Newcastle
Derrick Wilson 6 January 25, 2023, Prishtina 73-91 TalTech
Bohdan Bliznyuk 6 February 10, 2023, Šiauliai 73-88 Budivelnyk
Rickey McGill 6 October 4, 2023, Šiauliai 94-92 Newcastle
Jabril Durham 6 November 8, 2023, Svendborg 62-102 Lublin
Rebounds | ENBL records
Dean Mickelson 21 December 2, 2021, Valmiera 77-79 Brno
Noah Dickerson 16 October 31, 2023, Zwolle 77-62 Svendborg
Hameir Wright 16 November 8, 2023, Svendborg 62-102 Lublin
Format
Four best teams from each group will qualify for the playoffs (A1-B4, A2-B3, A3-B2, A4-B1).
The 2024 playoffs – home and away, best-of-two series – will take place from February 1 until March 20.
The 2024 Final Four will take place on April 9-10.
Standings, as of November 8, 2023
Group A
Uniclub Casino Juventus 2-0 (+31)
Bristol Flyers 1-1 (+16)
Polski Cukier Start Lublin 1-1 (+10)
Landstede Hammers Zwolle 1-0 (+15)
Tartu Ulikool Maks&Moorits 1-0 (+12)
Spartak Pleven 0-2 (-29)
Svendborg Rabbits 0-2 (-55)
Hapoel Beer Sheva
Group B
CSO Voluntari 2-1 (+24)
Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles 2-1 (+20)
Zastal Zielona Gora 2-1 (+9)
Šiauliai 2-1 (-16)
Royal Basket Liège 1-0 (+23)
Basket Brno 0-2 (-9)
Valmiera Glass ViA 0-2 (-22)
Keila Coolbet 0-1 (-29)
Tie-breaker 1: Zielona Gora vs Šiauliai 1-0, +26.
Tie-breaker 2: Šiauliai vs Newcastle 1-0, +2
Tie-breaker 3: Šiauliai vs Voluntari 1-0, +8