BAXI Manresa surpasses Bilbao Basket and clings to eighth position

90 BAXI Manresa I Dani García 5, Travanté 1, Vaulet 12, Robinson 9 and Geben 16; Badio 13, Taylor 2, Steinbergs 6, Sagnia 2, Mawugbe 2, Oriola 6 and Dani Pérez 16

81 Surne Bilbao Basket I Pantzar 4, Hornsby 19, Rabaseda 3, De Ridder and Hlinason 3; Andersson 7, Killeya-Jones 25, Rigo 4, Reyes 5 and Kullamae 11

Partials: 24-17, 26-20, 13-21, 27-23

BAXI Manresa took a very important step towards the play-offs after defeating Surne Bilbao Basket at the Nou Congost (90-81). Those from Bages dominated from the beginning and, although they saw how the Basques tied them in the third quarter, they sealed the game 11-0 in the last period.

The players led by Pedro Martínez, much superior in rebounding from the beginning, immediately took control of the scoreboard, but were unable to open a gap until the end, when a bomb scored by Dani Pérez placed them seven points ahead at the end of the first quarter (24-17).

In the second the locals continued to lead and achieved a maximum difference of fifteen points thanks to a triple by Dani Pérez (38-23). Immediately afterwards, the Basques reacted thanks to Hornsby, who scored nine points in a row. Subsequently, between Robinson and Badio they took their team off again in the middle part of the confrontation (50-37).

Returning from the locker room, the Manresans seemed to maintain a comfortable margin, but midway through the third quarter they collapsed and the visitors took advantage of it to tie at 56. A three-pointer by Geben gave air to the Bages team, who closed the third quarter five points ahead. above (63-58).

In the last ten minutes, an 11-0 run allowed the Reds to escape on the scoreboard again, and then they were able to maintain a significant lead and did not allow Bilbao to jeopardize another home victory at the Nou Congost.

On Sunday starting at 6:30 p.m., BAXI Manresa will close the ACB regular league on the complicated Lenovo Tenerife court.