66-73.Breogan River brings hard-fought victory in Girona

of Bleoghan River This Sunday, he broke his three-game losing streak to Basketball Girona by Aíto García Reneses and Marc Gasol (66-73)Despite leading more than half of the games in electronics, he failed to win four games in a row, and regretted the eighth game in ten days.

Galician team led by Scott Banforth (17 points), Sergi Garcia (14) and Nemanja Nenadich (13), who remained after a crushing defeat to Tenerife (61-86) to establish themselves in the middle zone of the Endesa League table, winning six of their 10 games so far.

Girona played well Marc Gasol (17) and Loco Purkashin (16) As a standout piece, but adding a fourth game in a row, the seventh of the course is below 70 points and still in the bottom half.

of Breogan He started the game with baskets by Banforth and Ethan Happ (0-4), but Girona turned the score around through interventions from Purcassin, Maxi Fererup and Kameron Taylor. The local advantage reached seven points after Taylor’s triple and Gasol’s “alley hoop” from a pass from Josep Franche (13-6). And Jaume Sorolla’s hook and Taylor’s basket (19-9) helped him grow to 10 points, and in the first quarter (21-14) he recorded seven points.

of GironaExcellent rebounding. He added 8 points after the loss and 14 points in the paint to his rivals’ 2 and 8 points.

The script changed with the start of Q2 due to visitor improvements. The Galician team scored a point A triple by Garcia for the first time for his team and two back-to-back baskets by Luka Brajkovic under the hoop (22-21). Ait tried to stop his rivals from reacting with a timeout and the return of Gasol and Taylor to the track, but Garcia and Toni Nakich led Breogan with two consecutive 3-pointers (22-27, 1-13 runs). .

Visit Advantage grows to 6 points It was action from Eric Quintera (27-33), but Gasol responded with a dunk and a triple and pulsed back into the stands (32-33). Girona suffered with his 3 goals (2 / 14, 14%), but Bleoghan finished the first half with an amazing 44% despite coming to Fontahau as the worst team in the league in this statistic (29%). Closed (4/9, 4/5 in second period). The break was reached with a 34-36 result.

Banforth Girona improved their three-point shooting percentage to 50% at the start of the second half (36-39), but Girona responded with a basket from Purcasin and a second triple from Gasol (41-39). They were his first two players to reach his 10 points. Shortly after, Bramforth and local Taylor scored a new triple (44-44). Girona took the lead again with his three free throws for Sorolla (47-44).

In the third term Breoghan returned to normal numbers with triples (2/11) And the percentages and parties were evened out. Alternatives to the initiative followed one after another. The Lugo team regained electronic control with the action of Garcia (51-52), the fifth man to reach double figures, but Girona reached the final quarter with a three-point margin. His two actions (55-52) by Pierre Auriola and Gasol.

Local advantage back to 7 points After a new basket by young Prkacin (61-54), Nenadich refused to give up the game and signed three consecutive baskets (61-60). Bamforth and again Nenadic put Partial up to his 0-11 (61-65). Girona woke up with his 2+1 on Gasol and a tackle on Purkasin (66-65), but Banforth’s third triple With nine attempts, he gave Breoghan the advantage with 41 seconds remaining (66-68). The game was seen for judgment after an unsportsmanlike foul by Fjellerup.

data sheet

66 – Basketball Girona (21+13+21+11): Franch (-), Fjellerup (8), Taylor (12), Prkacin (16), Gasol (17) -5 starters-; Figueres (-), Colom (2), Oriola (2), Villa (2), Sorolla (5), Hanzlik (-), Miletic (2)
73 – Breoghan River (14+22+16+21): Horatz (3), Banforth (17), Momirov (3), Nakic (7), Happ (6) – Starting Five -; Nenadich (13), Garcia (14), Brajkovic (4), Quintella (4) ), Lukovic (2)
Referee: Perez Pizarro, Baena and Sánchez Mojedas. They eliminated the local Billa for 5 personal fouls (minimum 38)
incident: Day 10 of the Endesa League in front of 4,648 fans at the Fontahau Pavilion in Girona