The first points of the season were shot by Levi Knutson form Energa Czarni. Their game with Stelmet was close in the first quarter, but later the team from Zielona Góra dominated. The hosts were better in three-pointers and free throws. The best scorer of the game was Quinton Hosley, who shot 24 points. Walter Hodge added a double-double with 16 points and 10 assists. Yemi Gadri-Nicholson had 16 points and 11 rebounds for Energa Czarni.
Kotwica was better in the first half of the game with Anwil. They were winning even 25:14 – Grzegorz Arabas, Corey Jefferson and Sean Mosley were playing great in offence at that time. The team from Włocławek was not going to give up. In the lat quarter Marcus Ginyard shot eight points in a row and Łukasz Seweryn got some three-pointers. Kotwica had problems with their defence and lost the game. The best scorer in Anwil’s team was Ginyard, who shot 19 points. Mosley got 17 points for the team from Kołobrzeg.
Tauron Basket Liga’s 1st round:
Stelmet Zielona Góra – Energa Czarni Słupsk 94:73
Trefl Sopot – Polpharma Starogard Gdański 87:65
PGE Turów Zgorzelec – Rosa Radom 109:71
Asseco Prokom Gdynia – Start Gdynia 76:60
AZS Koszalin – Jezioro Tarnobrzeg 77:78
Kotwica Kołobrzeg – Anwil Włocławek 69:81