In the recovery match of the twelfth day of the A2 series of basketball, played at PalaTriccoli in Jesi, the Ristopro Fabriano was overtaken by 56-70 by the Tezenis Verona.
Sparkling start to the game, with the two teams responding shot by shot to their respective baskets (10-7 at 3 ‘with a triple from Smith). Tezenis soon gained more confidence in attack and “sprung” on 15-24 at 8 ‘with Caroti, to end the first quarter ahead 17-26.
In the second quarter the guests continue to push and touch +14 in the 15 ‘with Johnson (21-35). But, at this point, Ristopro begins the comeback by finding good offensive solutions with Smith (19 points in the first twenty minutes) and Matrone. At 34-40 the Scaligero coach Ramagli resorts to a time-out, but Fabriano continues his run and goes to the long break at 37-40 with another triple from Smith.
The third set seems to continue under a lucky star for Ristopro, who with a triple from King in the 24th minute is almost in contact (44-46). From this moment on, however, Fabriano begins to encounter more and more difficulties in attack, he stays in the game as long as he can with the defense (46-56 at 30 ‘), but, at the beginning of the last quarter, in a minute he suffers a a three-point game by Caroti and a triple by Tomassini, followed shortly by the fifth foul by Matrone (46-62 at 31 ‘) which projected the success towards Tezenis.
The last nine minutes are without jolts, with Verona closing the match 56-70 in their favor.
Coach Lorenzo Pansa: «We had a too soft approach with 26 points conceded in the first quarter, then starting from the second we went better and I would say it was one of our best defensive performances. The problem was the percentages in attack: we missed too many good shots both from outside and from below. The market? It is a difficult market due to the regulations that exist and the budget limits, but we have clear ideas and in the space of three or four days I think we will be able to aggregate new players.».
Ristopro Fabriano – Tezenis Verona 56-70
Partials: 17-26, 20-14, 9-16, 10-14
Ristopro Fabriano: Smith 19 (2/6, 3/4), Re 8 (1/1, 2/3), Santiangeli 7 (0/2, 2/9), Matrone 10 (4/10, 0/1), Benetti 4 (1/6, 0/6), Thioune 6 (2/4 from two), Marulli 2 (0/4, 0/5), Gulini (0/1, 0/1), Fortunato, Caloia. All. Think about it
Tezenis Verona: Caroti 16 (2/3, 3/5), Nonkovic 5 (1/1, 1/2), Anderson 5 (1/2, 1/2), Udom 4 (0/3, 1/5), Pini 4 (1/7 from two), Rosselli 7 (3/3, 0/2), Johnson 22 (5/13, 2/2), Tommasini 7 (2/2, 1/2), Beghini ne. Herds Ramagli
Referees: Bartolomeo of Lecce, Longobucco of Ciampino and Ugolini of Forlì
photo by Marco Teatini
