A combative BAXI Manresa defeats Joventut in the Catalan League

71 BAXI Manresa I Dani Pérez 7, Hunt 10, Reyes 7, Alston Jr. 11 and Cate 12; Ohams, Vescovi 9, Steinbergs 9, Sagnia 4, Hustak 2, Saint-Supéry and Gaspà

59 Joventut I Dotson 17, Robertson 8, Hanga 2, Kraag 12 and Pustovyi 6; Busquets 2, Ribas, Van der Vuurst 1, Gates 7, Vives 2, Platteeuw and Ruzic 2

Partials: 16-15, 11-18, 23-12, 21-14

BAXI Manresa made its debut in the Catalan League Tarragona with victory against Joventut Badalona (71-59) in a duel in which Diego Ocampo's men knew how to play better in the last minutes.

The match started with disarray, inaccuracies and errors in the shooting by both teams. The green-blacks took the lead at the start (9-13), but the reds reacted quickly thanks to their defense and closed the first quarter with a minimal advantage (16-15).

The second period started out with equal play between the two teams, but in the final stretch Dani Miret's players took control and often went to the free throw line. Thanks to this, they obtained a six-point advantage. (27-33).

Coming back from the changing rooms, the Manresans came out strong and quickly increased the score (37-39). However, the Badalona team reacted and went back into the lead (37-45). Then the Vescovi's figure, who led the Bages team comeback against a completely collapsed Joventut (50-45 at the end of the third quarter).

The last ten minutes started with little scoring by both teams, and everything had to be decided in the final stretch of the duel In this one, the Reds knew how to manage the situation better and took advantage of the fact that their rival was lost to seal the victory.

Tomorrow at 18:30 BAXI Manresa will play the second match of the group stage of the Catalan League against Hiopos Lleida, also in Tarragona.