The third test on a plus. Myles Mack is more and more
2018-09-04
The third victory came to our account in the preparation time. On Tuesday evening on the popular "Łabędź" our team defeated first league club -Jamalex Polonia 1912 Leszno 91:72. Thirteen three point shots, plus Myles Mack, which is getting better and better, are the most important positives of this confrontation.
Our American point guard from the match revolves around and has an increasing influence on the team's playing. On Tuesday he scored 17 points and had 6 rebounds and 5 assists. He threw three triples and perfectly controlled the pace of the game. As he convinces himself, he will be even better and we keep him by his word.
Mack's attitude is definitely one of the pluses. Another was the number of three point shots that the player from Gliwice applied to the rivals from Leszno. Paweł Turkiewicz's team needed 34 attempts, which gave 38 percent efficiency. Apart from Mack, three of them were also shoot by Kacper Radwański, who scored 15 points.
The confrontation with Jamalex Polonia 1912 was certainly valuable. The rivals played very ambitiously and aggressively. On the perimeter, Tomasz Ochońko and Kamil Chanas made solid performances, Szymon Milczyński caused a lot of problems under the basket. Their performance caused that GTK must chase the result, because in the second quarter our guests were already leading 29:22.
Losses quickly managed to level off and take the lead, but the rivals were not going to give up. Only a part in the third quarter broke them, in which Marek Piechowicz raged. Damonte Dodd started to appear under the basket at the end, and the deadly counteratacks brought by Mack provided easy points. All this allowed to work out a two digit advantage, which allowed to control the duel until the end. In the key minutes, the defensive finally worked really good, as in the last quarter the guests from Leszno scored only 11 points.
The next friendly game our team will play on Friday. Then in Ostrów Wielkopolski we will face BM Slam Stal, the current runner up in Poland. The beginning of the match is scheduled for 19:30.
GTK Gliwice - Jamalex Polonia 1912 Leszno 91:72 (22:24, 20:17, 28:20, 21:11)
GTK: Myles Mack 17, Kacper Radwański 15, Marek Piechowicz 10, Riley LaChance 10, Dawid Słupiński 10, Damonte Dodd 9, Brian Dawkins 7 (13 zb), Piotr Robak 7, Szymon Kiwilsza 6, Mateusz Szlachetka 0, Daniel Dawdo 0.
Jamalex Polonia: Kamil Chanas 15, Szymon Milczyński 14, Mateusz Stawiak 12, Tomasz Ochońko 9, Adrian Mroczek-Truskowski 7, Adam Kaczmarzyk 6, Stanferd Sanny 5, Radosław Trubacz 4, Marc-Oscar Sanny 0.
Results of friendlies games during the preparation period to the season 2018/2019:
GTK Gliwice - Górnik Trans.eu Wałbrzych 77:64
Polski Cukier Toruń - GTK Gliwice 89:66
Polski Cukier Toruń - GTK Gliwice 65:65
GTK Gliwice - BK Opawa 96:84
GTK Gliwice - Jamalex Polonia 1912 Leszno 91:72