BAXI Manresa team victory in A Coruña
The Bages team win away in a team led by Saint-Supéry, Alston and Hunt and record their 6th victory in 10 games.
74 Leyma Coruña I Taylor 20, Lundqvist 6, Barrueta 10, Burjanadze 9 and Lima; Scrubb 3, Jakovics 3, Huskic 11, Diagne 1, Font, Figueroa 2 and Thompkins 9
89 BAXI Manresa I Dani Pérez 9, Hunt 15, Sagnia 8, Alston Jr. 16 and Massa 3; Reyes 7, Steinbergs, Hustak 1, Saint-Supéry 17, Gaspà, Obasohan 5 and Cate 8
Partials: 17-23, 18-25, 18-18, 21-23
BAXI Manresa obtained its first away victory in the Endesa League after beating Leyma Coruña (74-89). The Bages team, who have accumulated their sixth victory in ten games in the top national competition, played a very choral game and dominated from the end of the first quarter.
The Galicians made a better start and gave an initial partial of 8-0, but the visitors did not take long to react and turned the score around with three consecutive three-pointers. From then on, there were moments of equality before Diego Ocampo's men obtained a six-point advantage at the end of the first quarter (17-23).
In the second the Manresans dominated comfortably and continued to widen the gap until they reached a maximum difference of twenty points (26-46). The locals then cut the gap and reached the half-time of the match thirteen points below on the scoreboard (35-48).
Returning from the locker room, the Bages team came out more in tune and went back to being twenty points ahead (35-55). However, Leyma Coruña counterattacked with a partial of 11-0 (46-55). At the end of the third quarter, the visitors had a thirteen-point lead (53-66).
In the last ten minutes, the players led by Diego Ocampo were very solid and did not allow their rivals to get dangerously close on the scoreboard at any time. Therefore, they did not suffer in the final moments to achieve the first away victory in the Endesa League.
On Tuesday from 21:30 BAXI Manresa will face the fifth round of the Basketball Champions League on the court of the Portuguese SL Benfica .