With a sustained counterattack in the last minutes, making a 13-0 run, h Valencia… fixed her Armani Milan and prevailed 84-72returning to winning ways after three straight losses.
In the 11-11 the “bats” went up, while the Italians retreated from it to 9-13.
Leaders for the Moubro team were: Chris Jones and Brandon Davis with 15 points each, while from 14p. had o Semi Ojeleghe.
From Armani, stood out Shabazz Napier and Devon Hall with 20p. and 17p. respectively. He made his debut Rodney McGruderhaving 4 points.
The match
A slightly better start from Valencia, who went +5 (9-4) in the first minutes. Then, Armani tied the game and with Hall went to +3 (13-16), at 8′. But, in the last two minutes, the “bats” responded with Jones and Anderson and closed the first period with a 21-19 advantage.
The game was also close at the beginning of the second quarter, with the Italians taking the lead (28-29). Then, Messina’s team tightened up defensively and with a 6-0 run escaped to +7 (28-35), at 17′ and having control until the end of the first half, with a three-pointer by Napier in exhalation, went to the locker room with the +8 (32-40).
With a three-pointer by Napier, Armani entered the second half for +11 (32-43), with Valencia reacting and getting closer (41-45), at 23′. With Shields, the Italians escaped again to +10 (46-56), which they maintained until the 26th minute. There, the home team caught fire from outside the 6.75m. and with a 13-0 run, they went to +3 (59-53), closing the third period in front (61-59).
With Harper and Pangos, Valencia went to +4 (65-61) at the beginning of the fourth quarter, with Armani coming back and taking the lead again (68-70), in the 34th minute. From that point on, the match belonged to the “bats”, with Davis and Ojeleghe starting the final counterattack, pushing on a 13-0 run, for +11 (81-70), until the 39th minute, effectively locking up the victory that came with the final 84-72.
The quarters: 21-19, 32-40, 61-59, 84-72
See the match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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