The women’s Casademont Zaragoza has suffered an unexpected defeat in the Príncipe Felipe pavilion. The team from Zaragoza has been surprised by the Innova-TSN Leganéswho arrived in Zaragoza as the penultimate place, in an alternative match and which was resolved after the dispute of two extensions (87-93). With this defeat, the first of the course at home, the team from Zaragoza loses the leadership of an Endesa Women’s League who now commands Valencia Basket with eight victories, one more than the Aragonese.
As had already happened in some previous encounters, the female Casademont Zaragoza started like a steamroller. In the blink of an eye he already dominated the score 11-0 thanks to excellent defensive work and great ball movement in attack, which allowed many players to score. One of the best news of this period was the debut of Markeisha Gatling, who showed that she is ready to help from day one, achieving 5 points, 4 rebounds and 8 PIR credits in less than five minutes. An extra help for a team that left at the end of the first quarter with an advantage on the scoreboard (19-13).
Innova-TSN Leganés confirmed their reaction in the second quarter, leading the game to local advantages of no more than six points. Casademont Zaragoza did not get nervous about that. He managed his attacks well and moved the ball to keep those short leads. In this period, Serena Geldof, Casademont’s top scorer at halftime (8), confirmed her growth for one more day. However, all this was not enough to stop an explosive finish from Leganés in which they not only equalized the score, but went into the break with a certain advantage (30-35). Laura García was largely to blame for that reaction by signing up to 15 points at halftime.
Casademont Zaragoza started strongly after the break and soon reduced their deficit (34-35). That reaction was consummated with a basket from Tate that put the Aragonese ahead again (38-37). Innova-TSN Leganés responded with self-confidence and once again escaped on the scoreboard, signing their biggest advantage in the match (42-49). Again the Casademont Zaragoza was forced to row and despite the fact that he managed to contain the success of Laura García, could not stop Pointer and Pierre Louise who were pushing from Leganés, both scoring more than ten points at the end of this quarter (46-51).
What this Casademont Zaragoza has made clear is that he does not give up in any type of situation and about halfway through the last period he got back into the game (57-57). Mariona Ortiz’s claw, very successful in all facets of the game, allowed the team to take the lead with less than four minutes remaining (63-61). Casademont embraced their defensive work and Gatling’s success under the basket to get closer to victory (67-61). Leganés reacted and left the game in a fist two minutes from the end (67-65) and finished their comeback with 52 seconds to go (69-70). The duel was doomed to a heart attack ending. With a second to go, Casademont trailed by two and in a quick action after a throw-in, Gatling sent the game into extra time with a miraculous basket (73-73).
In extra time both teams tried to impose their law. Casademont began by commanding the scoreboard that Leganés finally took the lead and Gatling had to score again to take the game to a second extension (82-82). In it, the visitors could no longer count on Pointer, their top scorer at that time (20), but this was no problem for a Leganés who, with a 0-7 run, put the game uphill for Casademont (82-89). ). The effectiveness of visitorswho finished with only seven players available, and Casademont’s lack of success from free throws condemned the team from Zaragoza to defeat (87-93).
