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Kosice will face Partizan in the semis of this tournament. They are dominant in Slovakia and have played either Euroleague or Eurocup for years now. The skeleton of the team is still there, and they now acquired two WNBA players Morris and Peters. Last season, they beat Galatasaray 73-62 in Eurocup QFs with all the Slovakian players who are on the roster now. They recently played Wisla in a test game and had a 53-35 lead 27 mins into the game when a power outage stopped the game. They beat Pecs 89-54 yesterday. Key players spent 15-20 mins on the floor.

Partizan finished in 3rd in the Serbian league last season, two seasons ago they played the second division. In WABA league, they finished the first stage in spot 4 on a 3-5 record and the second stage at the bottom on a 2-12 record. Their main goal this season is to make progress and reach the final in two domestic competitions. When it comes to WABA league, they want to make it into top 8. There is no information about their test games, the key players should be the 38-year-old Ivanka Matic who did well in WABA last season and point guard Bojovic, who played at rather good European teams (spent three years in Kosice). The only foreigner is Vidovic from Bosnia (also 38 years old).
Partizan are better than last year on paper but Kosice and them cannot be compared. I don't think Partizan are better than Pecs or Wisla. I expect them to lose by at least 20 points.