Noah Dickerson and Darius Quisenberry combined for 44 points to lead Landstede Hammers Zwolle past Spartak Pleven, 86-80, on Tuesday, January 30, at the Landstede sportcentrum.
Players of the game
Noah Dickerson (Washington 2019) had another memorable game for the Landstede Hammers.
A former Huskies center scored 25 points on 11/13 shooting from the floor and 3/5 from the charity stripe.
Dickerson added eight rebounds, three assists, four steals and one block.
Darius Quisenberry (Fordham 2023) shined with 19 points.
A former Ram went 3/6 from the three point line.
Jack Pagenkopf (Utah Tech 2020) registered six steals – the third best (tied) result in ENBL history.
Point guard contributed with 12 points and six assists.
Denislav Vutev checked out with 25 points for Spartak Pleven.
Power forward went 11/16 from the field, including 11/13 inside the three point line.
Vutev added seven rebounds and two steals.
Nikolay Stoyanov had 21 points on 9/14 shooting from the court.
Tsvetimir Chernokozhev chipped in with 13 points.
Key stats
Landstede Hammers ball movement was excellent.
The hosts had 27 assists on 34 field goals.
Jean Marc Jaumin`s men scored more points on fast breaks, 24-10.
Zwolle led by as much as 20 points but the tough Bulgarians fought back.
Spartak cut the gap to six points, 86-80, with 67 seconds left.
The visitors turned the ball over in their last two attacks.
Steals | ENBL records
Rickey McGill 8 November 7, 2023, Valmiera 74-90 Newcastle
Denis Krestinin 7 January 17, 2024, Zastal 95-91OT Keila
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
Jack Pagenkopf 6 January 30, 2024, Zwolle 86-80 Pleven
Game notes
Landstede Hammers Zwolle improved to 2-3, while Spartak Pleven dropped to 1-6.
The Hammers are 2-1 in the ENBL home games.
Spartak players finished their debut campaign with a 0-4 record on the road.
The visitors relied on six player rotation on Tuesday, playing without Bryant Thomas (Carson Newman University) and Rodney Purvis from UConn.
Lyubomir Minchev`s men registered their first win against the 2023 ENBL bronze medalist Start Lublin.
ENBL access: follow the game on YouTube live stream
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 15 until March 20.
The 2024 Final Four will take place on April 9-10.
Standings, as of January 30, 2024
Group A
Uniclub Casino Juventus 6-1 (+104) Qualified
Bakken Bears Aarhus 5-1 (+69) Qualified
Tartu Ülikool Maks&Moorits 4-3 (+22) Qualified
Bristol Flyers 4-3 (+62) Qualified
Polski Cukier Start Lublin 3-3 (-1)
Landstede Hammers Zwolle 2-3 (-38)
Svendborg Rabbits 1-6 (-156)
Spartak Pleven 1-6 (-62)
Group B
CSO Voluntari 5-1 (+67) Qualified
Šiauliai 5-1 (+57)
Royal Liège Basket 4-2 (+60)
Zastal Zielona Gora 4-1 (+25)
Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles 3-2 (+20)
Keila Coolbet 2-4 (-39)
Basket Brno 1-6 (-76)
Valmiera Glass ViA 0-7 (-114)
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