Armani subdued Bayern with a super hall!

Signs of recovery from SEF defeat against Olympic showed the Armaniwhich with a stormy fourth quarter defeated her Bayernin Milan.

So Messina’s team went up to 8-11while the Bavarians now have the same record.

The great protagonist of the Italians was Devon Hall with 19 points.

From his whole Pablo Lassostood out Serge Ibaka with 16 points.

The match

The game was close in the first six minutes, with Armani having a small lead (10-8). The Italians then hit the… gas and escaped to +9 (19-10), with Francisco making it 19-12 in the first period.

The Bavarians came stronger in the second quarter, bringing the match to a point (21-20), in the first two minutes. The home team’s answer came from Hall and Hines for +11 (34-23), at 18′. In the remaining time, it was the guests’ turn to tighten up defensively and go on a 4-0 run (34-27), at the end of the first half.

With her good defense, Armani escaped to +10 (39-29), at the beginning of the second half. Bayern reacted with Ibaka and Edwards, reducing (42-37), at 25′. Hall temporarily gave “breathing” (45-37) to the home team, with the Bavarians responding with Ibaka and Francisco for the tie (47-47), but Hall’s buzzer beater three-pointer made it 50-47 in the third period.

With a three-pointer by Edwards, Bayern equalized at the beginning of the fourth quarter, for Armani to initially respond with an 11-0 run (61-50) and taking… fire from the perimeter to increase the difference to +18 (70-52), in 36′. From that point on, Messina’s players were in control, cruising to a 76-62 final victory.

The quarters: 19-12, 34-27, 50-47, 76-62

See here the match statistics