The National University Basketball Championship continued with six matches in the men’s competition. The most exciting and highest-quality game was between Pannónia Veszprém and Közgáz, which the visitors won thanks to a good start, although the home team gradually improved after the break and stayed close behind the visitors from the capital. 

Western Group 

University Of Pannonia Veszprém – Közgáz (Corvinus University of Budapest) 93-97 (34-40, 20-18, 19-19, 20-20) 

In the opening minutes, the visiting team from the capital clearly dominated, building a lead of more than 10 points thanks mainly to baskets from Áron Gyimes and Zsigmond Gyürk. In the second half of this extremely high-scoring period, Veszprém got their act together and, building on the success of Andrija Susic and Aleksa Asanin, closed the gap and made it a close game by halftime. Közgáz started the more competitive second half with a 6-2 run to pull away again by 10 points, but Veszprém caught up with their opponents again and closed the gap to 4 points by halftime. After the break, Közgáz maintained its narrow lead, with Luka Dordevic rising to the occasion for the home side and Mihály Szilágyi doing the same for Közgáz. At the start of the final quarter, Veszprém closed the gap to 2 points, but then the capital city team went on a 6-0 run. The tenacious home team reduced their deficit to a single point in the final minutes, but Közgáz jumped ahead again with a 5-0 run and led by 4 points before the fourth quarter, just as they had at halftime. In the fourth quarter, with emotions running high, the home team equalized several times but was unable to take the lead. In fact, with a minute and a half to go, Közgáz increased its lead to 7 points. However, with a lightning-fast 5-0 run, Veszprém came within two points at the start of the final minute, but was unable to complete the comeback. The capital city team emerged victorious in an exciting, high-quality match. The excellent match produced several outstanding individual performances. On the home side, Andrija Susic Áron (37 points, 17 rebounds) and Aleksza Nikolics (11-11 points and rebounds) achieved double-doubles, as did Gyimes (33 points, 11 rebounds) from the Közgáz team.  

Zalán Szeifert: We didn’t deserve to win, we started the game very badly and unfortunately we didn’t manage to improve our attitude during the game. Congratulations to the Corvinus team.  

Csaba Vladár: We are very happy with the victory because we managed to win in a battle that raises the standard of this championship this year. It was a fast-paced game, I wasn’t sure we would be able to keep up, but maybe our hearts helped us. Thank you to both teams for the game and good luck in the future!  

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