The Hanzevast Capitals recorded just their second win of the season by upsetting Hemofarm Stada Vrsac 94-85 on Tuesday in the Netherlands. The loss knocked Hemofarm from first place in Group C and ended the club’s chances of taking a top seed in the ULEB Cup elimination rounds draw. The hosts used a 17-0 run that bridged the third and fourth quarters to take a huge lead, which Hemofarm couldn’t overcome. Alton Mason scored a season-high 19 to pace the winners, while Dwayne Archbold and Rogier Jansen added 16 points apiece, Kevin Melson had 14 and Pavel Englicky posted 12 points and 9 rebounds. Rawle Marshall and Goran Jagodnik scored 20 each, Nebojsa Joksimovic added 13 and Miljan Pavkovic had 11 in defeat.

The game got off to a fast pace as Joksimovic and Jagodnik made it 0-4 before a Archbold triple put the hosts on top. Archbold and Mason paced the Capitals’ attack as the host went up 12-6. Jagodnik kept Hemofarm in the picture, but a Guido Grunheid triple made it 22-13 and another Archbold bomb made it a 10-point game before Petar Despotovic’s three ended the first period with the hosts up 27-20. Another Mason triple gave Hanzevast confidence, but that lasted shortly as Boris Savovic started and capped a 0-10 run to suddenly give Hemofarm a 32-33 lead. Jansen’s three-point play put the hosts back on top and another three-point play from Melson made it 38-35, but Hemofarm was nor more aggressive. Marshall scored 6 straight points and despite a Melson triple, the visitors went to halftime up 43-46. Marshall kept the visitors in control in the early minutes of the third period, however a Jansen triple and Melson free throws soon tied the score at 56-56. Englicky gave the Capitals their first lead in the half at 60-59 and the hosts proceeded to finish the period on a 7-0 run for a 68-61 lead after 30 minutes. Englicky then began the fourth quarter with a triple and Jansen added another as the run grew to 17 points and put Hanzevast in control for good. The lead reached 19 before Jagodnik, Miljan Pavkovic and Joksimovic made it a game again at 86-80. But baskets by Mason and Raoul Heinen made it a 10-point game once more and the hosts held on in the final minutes.