Wolves win the cup title!
Wolves win the cup title!
The sensation is perfect – our wolves have already landed their first big coup in their first season and secured this year's cup title after a thrilling final against the Klosterneuburg Duchess!
The stage for the big hit in the cup final on Sunday could not have been better: a packed hall with loud fans on both sides created an electrifying atmosphere at the summit meeting of Austria's two best women's basketball teams between our Wolves and the Klosterneuburg Duchess. And it was precisely this atmosphere that was transferred from the first second of the game onto the court, as both teams gave each other no quarter from the start.
Our team was able to make a more prominent impact in the opening minutes and pull ahead a little, but as the game went on, the Klosterneuburg team came into the game better and better and were able to make up the deficit. They went into halftime with a very narrow 35:33 lead.
After the break, both teams were on an equal footing, and the momentum in the game changed back and forth several times. Our Wolves, however, managed to defend their narrow lead again and again before launching a major final offensive shortly before the end: A buzzer-beater three-pointer from a long distance by Inga Orekhova finally gave them a seven-point lead with two minutes to go. A powerful hit from which the guests would not recover.
Our team then confidently held on to this lead until the final whistle sounded, before the celebrations knew no bounds after the 76:65 victory. Our team, led by head coach Lana Petrovic and finals MVP Michaela Wildbacher (19 points), secured their first major title at the first attempt and are now going into the play-offs and the associated battle for this year's championship full of confidence.
SKN St. Pölten Women vs Klosteneuburg Duchess
76:65 (22:19, 35:33, 50:50)
Best throwers: Wildbacher 19, Orekhova, Krisper each 18
Voices about the game:
Nina Krisper: "We had trouble getting into the game at first, the shots weren't going in. In the final quarter, we decided to share the ball and show that we are currently the best team in the league. Then the shots started going in, we had a bit of luck too."
Lana Petrovic: "I am very proud of my team, the girls deserve the title. We created a good offense from good defense, gave everything until the end. We managed to turn the score in our favor in the last minutes of the game."
