81-73: Alexander and Fam’s power moves Valencia basket

he valencia Basket Beat Umana layer venice In the match of round 9 euro league The women’s team entered the game with a dominant inside game led by Kayla’s 15 points, breaking at the break with a partial score of 23-12 in the final quarter. alexander And 14 in Awa fam You can get up to 14 offensive rebounds.

Both teams got off to a good start offensively. he valencia Basket starts the court with the first two triples, venice He used his speed to unbalance Taronja’s defense. The challenge of constantly exchanging blows and finding advantages was first overcome by the Valencia team thanks to Leticia’s basket rosemary (19-14, 7 minutes) forced Italian coach Andrea Mazon Call the first timeout of the afternoon.

Intermission and Joiner’s Entrance holmes They completely changed Venice. Interior led a 2-12 run with points, rebounds, blocks and assists that changed the course of the first quarter and continued early in the second. Still, Valencia Basket was able to respond to Kayla’s goal. alexander and leo fievich Regain control in the paint (32-30, 16 minutes).

aggressive growth valencia The basket returned the game to its original scenario, without a clear dominant and with a constant stream of baskets, Venice finished with Francesca Pasa’s triple before halftime. Everything was left for the second part, and it seemed that nothing had changed in the story.

technical sheet

Valencia Basket, 81 – Layer Venecia, 73

81.- Valencia Basket (21+21+16+23): Andersson (14), Buenavida (11), Fievich (13), Araujo (4), Alexander (15) – Starting 5 – Casas (-), Romero (4), Pham (14), Coffey (2), Carrera (4), Abdelkader (-), Reković (-).
73.- Umana Layer Venice (26+18+17+12): Santucci (-), Charles (11), Dožić (14), Mabunga (8), Pan (7) – Starting 5 – Nicolodi (-), Pasa (10), Cubaj (6), Fassina (2), Holmes (15).
Referees: Natasa Dragojevic, Sara Manson, Jose Pedroso. There is no process of elimination.
Incident: Match corresponding to Round 9 of the Women’s EuroLeague, played in front of a crowd of 2,986 at the Roig Arena Pavilion.

Once the mistakes of the first few minutes were overcome, neither team could take the lead and break the score. The partial score of 6-10 in five minutes reflected the tension of the duel. Still, the small part between 0 and 4 is venice I got a steal and a basket from Francesca. bread Valencia basketball coach Ruben Burgos called for a timeout to avoid greater evil (48-54, minute 26).

The break allowed the local players to be sharper at the hoop, calling for fouls, going to the free-throw line to grab offensive rebounds and continue to add points against an uncomfortable Venice, allowing Holmes to maintain the lead no matter what (58-61, 1:30).

With the same idea, external “Taronha” Elena have a good life They managed to tie the score with eight minutes remaining, and it began a comeback that culminated with Our Fam scoring four straight points in the paint.

A good “Talonha” moment extended to a 10-3 run. yes, valencia Basketball dominated on both sides of the court, giving them an edge against a Venice team that lacked scoring and leadership. Thanks to the wind, Yvonne Anderson’s triple provided the game’s biggest swing in the final quarter (75-68, 37 minutes).

Venice had not yet said the final word, but responded with a triple from Ivana. Dožić and basket holmes Makes the game tense again, but with more power fam Success under the boards and free throws led Valencia Basket to an important victory in achieving its goals for the final stage of the European competition.