The station wagon comes back out the window FIBA selections was a luxury for the Insolac Box 87who recovered from all setbacks in the form of injuries, felt positively the effect of the two new recruits … and added some victories that strengthened its status as a promotion contender, which failed with consecutive defeats against Cultural Leonesa and Ponferrada. If in Valladolid, facing a direct rival, he put on his suit and learned to suffer to achieve a very committed match at a key moment of the season, his return to St. Paul Last Wednesday, it couldn’t have been more satisfying: a resounding victory by 39 points (80-41) leaving its rival, the Jaen Inner paradise, absolutely stifled, eclipsed.
With seven victories in ten days, the Box 87 He repositioned himself and was now fourth, two victories behind the leader, but as the competition did not slow down, he was forbidden to slow down. At home again this Sunday (6:00 p.m., live on LaLiga Plus), to complete a series of three matches in nine days, with the costs that this implies with two trips included, the team Adria Alonso He faces a test of height, another, but in this case on Guipuzcoan lands. In Azpeitiamore precisely, the city of the surprising second place in the West, this Biele ISB (the Iraurgi Saski Baloia) who participates in all the matches, has won eight of them and rubs shoulders with the best on his own merits.
Only the Cordoba (74-76) and the Ponferrada (66-60), the first and third in the table, beat the Basque team, which will be an excellent measuring instrument to calculate the wavelength of this recalibrated Caja 87 and which has grown from an accounting point of view, thanks to the two victories mentioned, and also in the emotional sphere. And not just because of the injection of confidence brought by the victories, but also because of the way they were added up, in both cases overcoming the decline of Dedovichis captain and perhaps his most differential player with Jankovic. Triumphs like this reinforce the group’s belief in the work and the line to follow.
Victory aside, as strong as coral, the best news of the duel against Jaén was the return to the courts of Frenchwhich should be a pillar of this project as the main generator of play from the base position, and the step forward made by Coriano Joaquín Onionwho contributed ten points with two triples and two rebounds during his fifteen minutes on the floor. Walter Junior Cabral also had an immediate impact. Two matches were enough to make Obi Okafor forget. Against Jaén, 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks, 6 fouls received and 20 score credits for the Equatorial Guinean born in Madrid. Rafael Santos With eight catches, he became the leading rebounder, reaffirming his status as a jack-of-all-trades who contributes in many facets of the game.
It is the Swiss army knife of this Caja 87 which, in Azpeitia, comes up against a very solid team, as evidenced by its results, its playing model and its statistical data: average 78.8 points for and 71.8 against, with 35% on triples, 33 rebounds, 12.5 assists and 13.6 losses. In its particular configuration, the large representation of young Basque talents stands out, with two Americans on the perimeter (Jordan Jermaine and Nazir Williams) and three African insiders: Niang, Sagna and Badjithe latter being a former player of CB Starlabs Morón and the latest recruit, with the season already started, of the Azpeitian team.
His top scorer is Aizpitarte (17.8 points), who achieves an excellent 50% average on outside shooting (25/50). Alongside him, Ardanza, Moncanut and the aforementioned Niang also stand out. “Offensively it is a strong wind, defensively they are rocky, they allow a very high level of contact and in addition they play at home, being one of the fields where they can add,” warned Adrià Alonso in the preview of this match, a high altitude test to check the levels. maturity and energy (eleven hour bus journey) of a Caja 87 which hopes this Sunday to bring new joy to this marathon week. Gómez Hernández and Sánchez Núñez will referee the match.
Poker victories in Morón de Santaella
Mano de Santo was the change of coach in the CB Starlabs Moronthat yesterday, in front of the Leonese cultural and sportingadded its fourth consecutive victory and the seventh of the season (balance 7-4) by winning 88-77. Morón gave a scoring recital in the first two quarters, with 27 points in each segment for a total of 54 at halftime, when they already led by twelve. The third (17-17) and the fourth set were more balanced, scored by Cultural (17-18), but in any case the victory remained at home, in the Mallwhich is once again this fortress in which the Sevillian team has built its success. Jose Alberto Jiménezwith 21 points, repeated as the best local player. was well supported by Orlov (14), Antonio Burgos (12) and Álvaro Herrera (11). With José Antonio Santaella at his helm, Morón achieved complete victories in four days.
No options in Melilla
Hard defeat of Cajasol Basketball Sevilla Women during his visit to Melilla Ciudad del Deporte La Salle (90-64), the management team of Women’s Challenge League. The Sevillians competed for three quarters and collapsed in the last quarter 28-16, which ended the match. At halftime, the Autonomous City team led by thirteen and, after an equal third quarter (20-19), by fourteen (62-48). Cajasol was inferior in rebounding (41/25) and additionally conceded up to ten triples to his rivals. Eliottwith 22 points and 26 ranking credits, achieved the best performance of the Sevilla team, which after twelve days of play finds itself with a negative record of three victories and nine defeats.
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