Wed 12 Nov 2003 ULEB Cup - basketball's equivalent of football's UEFA Cup 12:19am (UK) Overtime Defeat for Bears
ULEB Cup - basketball's equivalent of football's UEFA Cup
The Brighton Bears started their ULEB Cup campaign in battling fashion before finally slipping to a narrow 87-86 overtime defeat against European giants Split Croatia.
The Bears fought back from a 38-30 interval deficit with bursts of 11-2 in the third quarter and 12-3 in the fourth putting them in the box seat at 72-63 with just under three minutes remaining.
Their offence, however, dried up at the crucial stage as the more experienced visitors hit crucial baskets culminating in a Drago Pasalic three-pointer which tied the game at 78-78 with 28 seconds remaining.
Bears’ Randy Duck missed a late three-pointer which would have won the game in regulation and in a tense overtime period it was to be Duck again who missed the chance to seal the win.
