Complicated game for Azimut Amatori Savona who presents himself to the match against the third force of the championship with several defections: Tyutyundzhieva, Paleari are missing as well as long-term residents Ceccardi and Poletti.
10 seconds are enough for Umbertide to find the first basket with a nice cut on the end line by Giudice.
Savona’s response is entrusted to Salvestrini, cold from the line. The visiting team starts aggressively in attack but does not always manage to be precise, Savona instead plays well in semi-transition and takes advantage of Zanetti’s individual plays.
High rhythms in the first 5 minutes and result in perfect equality. The ball stolen in midfield by Savona is an indication of the determination put in place by the Ligurians who play with great dedication despite the important absences.
To break the balance is the triple of Giudice which punishes the defense in the red and white zone e sets the score at 14-15 at the end of the first quarter.
Second set that opens with two beautiful initiatives directly from the dribble of Zanetti and Sansalone and with Picasso’s triple that brings APS to the highest 6. Umbertide is in a prolonged break with the basket and Savona takes advantage of it by hitting even with Leonardini.
After coach Staccini’s timeout, the Umbrian girls regroup in defense and attack with more order, thus making up the disadvantage with Moricone and Kotnis.
In the second part of the period he marks himself with the dropper, but the vision of the game of Pompeii and the presence under the basket of Baldi (so far contained in a great way by Leonardini temporarily out for problems with fouls) keep Umbertide in contact.
We go to rest on 30-27.
After the long interval Giudice and Pompei put the defense of Savona to fire and sword who find the reaction with Nezaj’s triple but are loaded with fouls and struggle to find effective solutions in attack.
In the middle of the period for Umbertide Baldi lights up and puts his team back in the lead, while coach Dagliano is forced to call time-out in order not to lose contact with the game. Profitable exit from the timeout for Savona who has a completely different energy: 7 points from Zanetti, the triple from Dagliano and the double basket from Nezaj put the hosts back in the lead. The physicality of the Umbrians continues to be a problem for the Amatori Savona who struggles to contain Baldi but at the siren it is even more 2 for the APS; 45-43.
The last 10 minutes open with a Judge’s basket to which Salvestrini immediately responds with 5 points in a row. The game becomes very intense, the pressure rises and with it the level of the game of the Ligurians, with Zanetti on the shields. The Savona defense raises the wall and keeps Umbertide away from the basket for several minutes, until the three-point game in Pompeii that also puts an end to Leonardini’s game, out for 5 fouls. Just the point guard of Umbertide will be the protagonist in the latter game with her coldness to the free.
The triple from Sansalone is an injection of adrenaline for Amatori Savona, who immediately afterwards hits the target from three points even with Picasso.
A couple of errors in attack for Umbertide and the 2/2 to Dagliano’s free throws pave the way for Savona for the final result: 60-55.
Appointment on Wednesday evening at 9 pm for the recovery of the match against Cestistica Spezzina at the PalaPagnini in Savona.
Scoreboards
Savona amateurs: Ceccardi ne, Nezaj 10, Gorini ne, Pitzalis ne, Salvestrini 4, Ghigliotto ne, Dagliano 10, Sansalone 5, Picasso 6, Paleari ne, Leonardini 4, Zanetti 21.
Umbertide: Pompeii 11, Giudice 10, Kotnis 6, Cabrini 11, Nappi ne, Striscio ne, Moriconi, Paolocci 4, Gambelunghe, Baldi 13, Cassetta ne.
South Group Ranking
San Giovanni Valdarno 38, Cestistica Spezzina 34, Umbertide 30, Firenze 30, Vigarano 28, Matelica 22, Battipaglia 22, Alma Patti 20, CUS Cagliari 20, AMATORI SAVONA 20, San Salvatore Selargius 18, Blue Lizard Capri 16, Nico Basket 10, Civitanova Marche 8.
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