BAXI Manresa wants to gain strength at home with the visit of Bilbao

This Saturday at 18:00 BAXI Manresa will host Bilbao Basket at the Nou Congost. The kick-off of the 20th round of the Liga Endesa in a match in which the home team wants to maintain the competitive level that allowed them to win in the last match of the championship at the Palau Blaugrana. The only absence for the Bages team is Jaume Sorolla.

BAXI Manresa remains focused on continuing to add victories in the Liga Endesa. The next opportunity to do so is this Saturday at the Nou Congost in the second match of the week. The team wants to turn the page on the defeat against Tenerife in BCL after a difficult match and with a pace that Diego Ocampo's team does not like. The Galician coach will not be able to count on Jaume Sorolla yet, who is recovering from an Achilles tendon injury.

For its part, Surne Bilbao Basket is a team that bears the seal of Jaume Ponsarnau. The "men in black" have lost close matches but in the last round they clearly defeated Lleida in Miribilla. They have the Icelandic giant Tryggvi Hlinason as their man in terms of paint and statistical leader. Melwin Pantzar and Harald Frey lead from the point guard position a team that also has proven players such as Zoran Dragic, Thijs De Ridder or Xavi Rabaseda.

Diego Ocampo appeared before the media this afternoon, and explained that «Bilbao Basket is a team with a clear philosophy that adapts very well to its rivals and prepares its matches very well; we must prepare for this challenge, there they hit us hard; we must learn well from this and prepare well; they make the most of all their players».