79-86: UCAM Murcia struggles to extend winning streak in Granada

he UCAM Murcia They have won five consecutive games in the Endesa League and are now in second place in the standings with a 79-86 win against Endesa League this Saturday. Covilan Granada are second to last with six consecutive losses.

he UCAM Murcia started the match very inspired with a great level of confidence in their attack (3-11 in just 3 minutes). However, the locals responded by increasing their defensive level in the first quarter with a good performance by Dominican Republic’s Yasser Perez (12-11, 7 points after a 9-0 run), but the score was ultimately tied (19-18) in the first quarter.

The second act began with an exhibition scored by American David. From Juliusscored 9 points in 14 consecutive games (23-27, m.14), Covilan Granada finished with a score of 8-0 (31-27, m.15) and remained balanced until the break (43-41).

Covilan Granada, 79 – UCAM, 86

79 – Kovilan Granada (19+24+22+14): Costa (15), Thomas (17), Howard (0), Bozic (7), Babatunde (15) -Starting 5- Roussel (10), Perez (11), Mannings (0), Burjanadze (2), Brima (2).
86 – UCAM Murcia (18+23+21+24): De Julius (23), Ennis (3), Falk (2), Laieste (8), Kate (11) – Starting 5 – Cacoc (13), Forrest (11), Saint-Luce (5), Radebeau (2), Diagne (0), Hicks (0), Nakic (8).
Referees: Carlos Peruga, Raul Zamorano, Ariadna Chueca.
Incident: The match, which corresponds to Round 12 of the Endesa League, was played at the Palacio de los Deportes in Granada in front of 7,836 spectators (official data). Several hundred of them were fans of the Murcia team.

Home country people led by American Matt thomasthey started the second half much better UCAM Murcia was inferior on both sides of the field, which opened up a gap on the scoreboard (55-44, m.24 after a 10-0 run).

Shito’s alonso They responded around Emmanuel. kate Returning to the match (63-62, m.29 after a 10-0 partial win), they entered the match in the final 10 minutes with a local advantage of 3 points (65-62).

Good job for Babatunde in Sierra Leone Ormuyiwa He once again gave the advantage to the Granadians (74-66, 34 minutes), and the Murcians responded again in the blink of an eye (74-74, 36 minutes).

At the decisive moment, UCAM Murcia guided by American Devonte Kakokagainst Covilan Granada, who reached the end of the season and showed that they had fewer quality players than their rivals.