Basketball
Bakshi Manresa faces important battle with Alice
Bakshi Manresa will have an important match this Tuesday (7pm) against Aris of Thessaloniki Direct rivals Greece vie for a ticket to the Round of 16 of the Eurocup.
Catalan Going into this match in a bad mood with 3 consecutive losses It will not be easy to beat the Greek team as there are many casualties in the outside areas as well.
Bakshi Manresa, 6th place in Group A with 6 wins and 6 lossesis a team that marks the limit between teams that qualify for the Round of 16 and teams that are eliminated.
Manresands will now play in the next round, but there is still a lot of regular phase left and their next rivals Aris are in seventh place on the balance, so a Greek victory in the Now Congost would remove Bakshi Manresa from the rankings that would qualify them for the round of 16.
Another thing to note about this duel is the “basketball average.”This could be the deciding factor in the near future, as the Catalans were able to add to their victory by seven points (79-86) in the visit to Thessaloniki.
Catalans and Greeks equally aiming for top six spotsHowever, the standings are very close, with only two wins separating them from second-placed Slovenian Cedevita, so winning this match could be a big step forward in the standings.
Preparing for the match with Coach Alice Diego Ocampo will lose point guards Dani Perez and Hugo Benitez, as well as guard Eli Brooks.. Three very important losses meant that young Gerard Fernandes was called up, as in previous games.
The new thing that Bakish Manresa will find in the Greek team is power forward Amin Noua, who shone for Kovilan Granada last season and averaged 16 points and six rebounds per game in the last Endesa League.
The Frenchman left for Asia in the summer, but once his experience was over he signed for the Aris team and has improved his results since his arrival (three wins in the last five games in the Greek league).
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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