Il Famila Wuber Schio wins access to the final of the Italian Super Cup “Città di Alghero” 2022 – Techfind Cup by overcoming a combative one Gesam Lucca for 81-72. It will be the 19th appearance in the final for the orange who, with 12 successes, are the first holders of this trophy.
It was a tough game, with the teams fighting for the first match from in or out of the season. Schio has always kept his head ahead, since the initial 6-0 with the triples of Verona and Ndour (well 5/8 from the arc in the first ten minutes) but he had to resist the many attempts to return Gesam Gas which closed the first two quarters to a single possession of disadvantage.
The star of the race was Astou Ndour who, with his 25 points and 9 rebounds, put the Tuscan defense in crisis, which in the final, giving them special attention, opened up for Keys’ winning incursions.
The red and white have found, however, first in Morrison and Agnew and then in Parmesani, a lot of energy and determination to always stay in contact despite having slipped several times under the double figure of disadvantage: even -15 at the end of the third quarter.
“The first game of the season is always the strangest – commented coach Dikaioulakos – No matter how many friendlies you’ve played, stress comes into play here because players know they don’t have the right pace yet. And this aspect was especially evident on us tonight having played with continuous ups and downs. It is very important for us to win games starting from the defense because we certainly don’t lack talent in attack“.
Tomorrow at 6 pm the final for the first seasonal trophy against the winner of the match between Virtus Segafredo Bologna and Passalacqua Ragusa.
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Famila Wuber Schio – Gesam Gas and Light Lucca 81-72
(23-20, 42-40, 67-52)
Famila Wuber Schio: Bestagno 6, Mestdagh 12, Sottana 3, Sivka 0, Verona 7, Crippa 8, Keys 11, Penna 3, Zahui 6, Ndour 25
Gesam Gas and Light Lucca: Cappellotto 0, Treffers 6, Natali 6, Agnew 14, Tulonen 5, Parmesani 17, Miccoli 7, Gilli 1, Frustaci 2, Morrison 14
Photocredits: Elio Castoria | LBF
