La Bruixa d’Or needed one more step to win the game with CAI Zaragoza (71-74)

Borja Comenge men had on the ropes a computer designed to compete at the continental level . Manresa remained a triple to force overtime.
71 La Bruixa d’Or | Hernández 12 Kouguere , Giannopoulos 2 Monroe 12 Arteaga 7; Eriksson 12 Ljubicic 8 Goodridge 6, Arco 8 Asselin Larsen 1 and 3 .

 

74 CAI Zaragoza | Llompart 4 Stefansson 16 , roughly 10 Jones 12 Norel 12; Roll 12 Sanikidze 6, Marin Thomas, Taboo and Fontet 2 .

 

Partial 17-23 , 23-14 , 15-19 and 16-18.

Referees: Miguel García González , Martínez and Fernández Pérez Niz .

La Bruixa d’Or came within three points of winning one of the greats of the Endesa League at the Nou Congost . Only missed a lucky point to force overtime against a team , the CAI Zaragoza, who was very solid. Hernández , Monroe, and Eriksson were the most prominent , with 12 points each.

In the first quarter , the visitors started strongly scoring two baskets Norel and Stefansson , and managed to keep La Bruixa d’Or at bay , with a margin of 5 points that was maintained until the end of the period . Álex Hernández , with 8 points in the first quarter and Vernon Goodridge, kept near the Manresa .

In the second period , the Manresa Bàsquet exceeded 9 points to opponents . Eriksson and Monroe struts scoring team , began putting the team ahead ( 24-23 ) . Arco is aimed at the party with a triple , and Ljubicic , with a large contribution and delivery as always leaves the bench, again tie the game at 31 with a triple . At the end of the second 10 minutes, three points ahead for the CAI .

After the break were about 10 minutes early defensive with good work by the team led by Borja Comenge Lleida , and Stefansson very inspired by the Zaragoza. The last free throws Arteaga left the close game 55-56 in the absence of the fourth quarter .

In the stretch, lacked the confidence to Bages. The CAI Zaragoza was all over the room , although there was , on two occasions , a possession to tie and force overtime . He left cross, and CAI Zaragoza took a victory that had to sweat and suffer.

Comenge Borja , in the press conference , commented that ” a particularly tough game , there were times when it seemed that the pace was more for the CAI , but at other times it seemed that the match could donimar , on the last play and we did not downtime and we had to improvise ; was a game much struggle , with moments for both teams . “