For the first time in history, Szeged is in the Hungarian Final.  As the #3 seed, Szeged, upset #2 Mizo Pecs, who has made a final appearance for 12 consecutive years.  In the semi-final series of 3, Szeged was slaughtered in the first game 84-56 in Pecs.  However, Szeged bounced back at home with a 75-64 decisive victory to keep the series alive.  On the road, in the almost impossible arena to win in, Szeged was able to steal the last game with a  77-65 win and will get in the Hungarian final!  In game 3, despite a spained ankle, Michelle Maslowski came up with 21 points. Here is a link to the game report of a Hungarian newspaper. The final starts on Monday April 20th in Sopron.  It is a best of 5 series that takes place every other day.  The next game will be in Szeged on Wednesday, April 22nd.  And if necessary, Game 4 wil be held in Szeged on Sunday, April 26th.

In the first round of the Hungarian playoffs, Szeged topped Zala Volen 2-1 in a best of 3 series.  In a "must win" game tonight in Szeged, the team rebounded from an ugly loss, that took place just 3 days ago, with a 91-66 win to close the series. How was the team able to lose game 2 is still mind boggling for many!!  In the win tonight, I contributed 28 points, (9-11 2pt., 2-4 pt., 4-6 FT.) and had 7 steals, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. We meet Mizo Pecs in the semi-finals in a best of 3 series that starts on the road, on Easter Sunday.  Hopefully, this will be an exciting series and we can have redemption, since our tough OT lose to them in the semi-final of the Hungarian Cup. We are the #3 seed in the playoffs and since Pecs is the #2 seed, they will have Game 1, and if necessary, Game 3 at home.  Game 2 will take place in Szeged on Wednesday, April 15th at 18:00.

Szeged grabbed the bronze medal this past weekend at the Hungarian Cup Final 4 in Sopron.  It was not what we had wanted or deserved, but at least we were on the podium at the end of the weekend. In the semi-final game, we lost to Mizo Pecs in OT 78-74, who ended up winning the gold medal.  I contributed 16 points.  It was a real heart breaker for the team because it should have been us.  We were up the entire game and in the closing minutes, 2 of our key players foul out when Pecs was making a comeback.  Pecs eventually tied it up forcing it into OT and despite the obstacle of losing 2 of our starters, we were able to hang with them.  However, we could not hold on. In the 3rd place game on Sunday, we beat Gyor 89-75.  I finished with 23 points  (3 three pointers) and 6 rebounds.  It should be mentioned how great it was to see our team bounce back after such disappointment the day before.  I am really excited about the possibilities of revenge in the playoffs.  :-) We meet Zala-Volen in the first round of the playoffs this week.  It is a ...

This upcoming weekend, March 28th and 29th, is the Hungarian Cup Final 4, held in Sopron.  We will meet Mizo Pecs in the semi-final game on Saturday at 6:15pm.  Sopron will play Gyor in the second semi-final game that evening.  On Sunday, there will be the bronze medal game and then the cup final.  The club's expectations are to get into the final and nothing less.

We beat BSE 68-52 in our last game of the regular season.  It was also the final game of four during my Dad's two week visit.  It was wonderful to have him here!  I had 15 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in 26 minutes.  We finished the regular season on the 3rd position with a 18-4 record behind the two Euroleague teams of Hungary, Sopron and Mizo Pecs.  I have been part of the team since January 1st and in 9 games helped the team to a 8-1 record.  The playoffs will start in a week and a half. This upcoming weekend, March 28th and 29th, we are in the Final 4 of the Hungarian Cup, which will be held in Sopron.  We are matched up with Mizo Pecs in the semi-finals on Saturday and hope to meet Sopron in the final on Sunday.  We want to redeem ourselves from the loss last week to Mizo Pecs, but more importantly get into the cup final!  Stay tuned..