The second leg of Qualifiers for the 2023-24 EuroLeague took place on Wednesday, Sep. 27.
In the first leg, held Sep. 20, BC Polkowice beat Besiktas JK by one point, Sepsi-SIC beat TTT Riga by five points and DVTK HUN-Therm bettered the London Lions by 15 points.
Combining the results from both qualifying games, Polkowice, Sepsi and DVTK punched their tickets to the EuroLeague. Here’s how it happened:
Nika Barič is one bad lady
BC Polkowice 78, Besiktas JK 64
The game that was supposed to be the most competitive of the three turned out to be the opposite. Polkowice performed their game plan to perfection, gradually building up their lead quarter after quarter while keeping Besiktas at a distance to extended the one-point lead acquired in Game One in Istanbul.
And that was possible in large part thanks to Polkowice’s point guard Nika Barič, who was the extension of the coach on the court. She scored 12 points and dished out seven assists while not committing a single turnover in her 32 minutes on the court. Despite joining the team prior to this season, she has enormous experience at the highest level, confirmed by her three EuroLeague Women championships with UMMC Ekaterinburg. And with her at the point,…
