Forlì queen of Romagna on the wings of Adrian, Ravenna raised the white flag in front of the leaders after having commanded, fought and finally abdicated to De André to the greater coldness of his cousins and finally for Rimini additional bitterness after having sold his skin dearly to Udine who thanks the ‘former blue Alessandro Gentile.
Three different fates
Unieuro relied on the monstrous performance of its American, the most since he landed in San Mercuriale: 32 points resulting from a super 13/16 from short and medium range and an overall 14/21 shooting, seasoned with 7 rebounds , 2 blocks and 5 fouls suffered. The former player from Brindisi had so far a league maximum of 22 points, last October 2, on the first day against Mantova and in this way he balanced a not brilliant day in Sanford, bending the resistance of Ravenna which finally had from his two Usa a performance of discreet workmanship with 37 points of the 67 on the scoreboard.
What coach Lotesoriere really lacked was the bench’s contribution: except for Oxilia’s 4 points (however few), the Onojaife-Giordano-Bartoli trio made up for a heavy zero on the scoresheet, without forgetting the flood of balls lost (one a minute in the first 12 and 21 after the game).
After 45′, an increasingly beautiful RivieraBanca had a bitter taste which in Udine surrendered to Gentile who finished with a double-double of 20 points and 13 rebounds, with 5 assists and all 8 Friulian points in overtime.
As in the case of Ravenna, too little from those not named Johnson, Anumba and Ogbeide for the red and white (65 points of the trio). The step back, maybe even two, of some players is certified by the numbers: Landi (4 points), Masciadri (3), Tassinari (4) and Bedetti (0).
Pistoia boom boom
The Giorgio Tesi Group accompanies Forlì to first place with triples. In addition to the unbeaten home run, Pistoia now matches the season record for triples made: 17 out of 37 attempts (46%) against Nardò, improving on the previous record of 13 (out of 28) also against the Apulians in the first leg. In evidence Zach Copeland with 8/15 in shooting and 31 final points, his high score in A2: in his first year in Italy the US full back born in 1997 is traveling at 16.3 points in 26.2 minutes, with 39% from the arc .
Cividale flies more than L’Aquila
Gesteco never ceases to amaze, with its fourth consecutive victory, which accomplishes the feat and conquers the PalaDozza in Bologna, with the race to remember by Eugenio Rota. The point guard from Portogruaro set his record in A2 for points scored (24) with six triples scored out of 11. Evidently, Rotnei Clarke’s absence is not felt given his recent successes against Ravenna, Pistoia and Fortitudo.
T-Rod is back
There is glory also for another slice of Forlì, this time an ex. Upon his return to Italy, Terrence Roderick was immediately decisive in the important success of Caffè Mokambo Chieti with Mantua: for the US wing born in 1988, in his ninth Italian shirt (the first was that of Rimini in 2010-11), 20 points in 33 minutes, with 4/8 shooting and clear path from the line (12/12). Plus 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 9 fouls drawn. Against the Stings, best performance of the season for Andrea Ancellotti (center, 1988), scorer of 20 points.
