BC Mures starts the official 2014-2015 season with a home game in the Romanian Cup first round against Steaua CSM Bucuresti. The game will be played in the Tirgu Mures City Arena starting at 18 o'clock.
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| Photo: Radu Rosca |
This is one of the top encounters of the first round. The two teams seem equally matched at first sight with Steaua having a small advantage in the quality of its Romanian players. The other two top fixtures are U BT Cluj vs. BC Timisoara and CSM Oradea vs. CSU Sibiu.
In the Romanian Cup the rules make mandatory the use of a Romanian player through the whole game. Steaua has Mihai Paul (G), Ionut Dragusin (C), Adi Tudor (G) and Titus Nicoara (F), to mention only the big guns. In return Srecko Sekulovic can play with Lazar (C), Capusan (F), Corpodean (F) or Polyak (G).
Steaua held on to Bozo Djurasovic (F) from last season and brought five new foreign players, some with impressive resumes. Americans Bill Amis (C), Terrell Everett (G) and Travis Wattson (F) are at their first contact with Romanian basketball and so is Goran Ikonic (G) from Bosnia. Pankracije Barac comes from BCM U Pitesti after a solid season, being one of the best forwards in the league.
BC Mures kept fan-favorite Vaidotas Peciukas (F) and captain Ivan Ivanovic (F). Ousmane Barro (C) and Matija Ceskovic (G) returned after solid seasons at Pitesti and Sibiu respectively. Point guard Edi Sinadinovic (G) came from Pitesti. The biggest unknown is Sammy Emile (F), who previously played in Irak. He showed potential in the pre-season friendlies and can be an important element in the BC Mures machinery.
The game will be live on Digisport 2.
The return leg is scheduled for the 30th of September.
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