Roseto, Basketball wins game two with Cassino 69-59

Liofilchem ​​repeats the success of Game 1 by hitting the second victory in the playoffs series against Virtus Cassino, now reaching 2-0 and with the possibility already on Friday in Lazio to close everything in case of victory. The match played by both of them was very intense, Cassino was good at coming back and then overtaking the biancazzurri in the middle of the third quarter, Roseto who got up thanks to a super defense and captain Ruggiero. For Liofilchem ​​an important evening from two points, 19/31, but bad from 6.75 unlike in game 1, while for the guests another colorless performance from the offensive point of view.

Antonello Ruggiero’s race was great, 16 points (+ 7 rebounds) with a perfect 5/5 from two and the leadership in crucial moments, 17 for Jacopo Lucarelli, his triple that actually closed the match, 10 and 8 rebounds for a never domo Serafini, 7 each for Pastore and Di Emidio; on the other hand, Lestini best scorer with 17 points, Teghini in double figures with 10.
Coach puts Di Emidio back in instead of Cocciaretto in the initial starting five compared to race 1: match immediately with important attacks, 10-8 after 5 minutes and with Nikolic in evidence (his a powerful dunk), Lucarelli and Di Emidio sign the first real extension on 16-10, but Lestini first and Visnjic then put Cassino back on track, with Rischia signing at the end of 24-21 at the end of the period.

The second ten minutes open with a basket from Pastore, followed by a triple from Serafini for 28-21; Cusenza and Fioravanti shorten for Virtus but the Lazio players practically no longer score for over 6 minutes, with Roseto definitely raising the defensive level, while on the other side Pastore still seals a second important period reaching 36-27 at the end of the quarter.

The third fraction opens with the heavy break of Cassino, 14-3 in an amen, signed by Teghini, Lestini and above all Cusenza, with the first guest advantage from the beginning of the first quarter, 39-41: Amoroso’s triple brings Roseto back above, Ruggiero for the +3 after a recovered ball, the white and blue captain again with a triple, even if the hosts begin to have serious problems with fouls (Nikolic, Pastore and Lucarelli) and Cassino takes advantage of it with Grilli and Teghini. At the end of the period the scoreboard reads 51-47.

Rosetan inertia at the beginning of the last period, Lucarelli and Ruggiero re-sign the +8 in an amen, Cassino does not give up and with Fioravanti and Grilli they return to a distance possession: the hosts fight with the basket and Rischia even scores for minus 1 , 56-55 at the 35th. He scores with the dropper, Ruggiero takes care of loading the team on his shoulders, 4 points in a row for the captain and again Biancazzurra inertia; the last guest jolt is from Teghini, but Cassino scores 4 points in the last 4 minutes and Lucarelli, Serafini and Ruggiero sign the final +10.