The pavilion of the Fountain of Saint Louis today hosted a titanic face-to-face duel for the leadership of the Endesa Women’s League. L’spar girona has lost the first position and l’average when losing to Valencia in a duel that the Valencians dominated from start to finish. Those of ruben burgos they ran over the visitors with a practically perfect first quarter (28-13) that left the Girona side knocked out. The other bad news of the day was the injury of Irati Etxarrand, who has left the pavilion on a stretcher. Although the Girona team managed to get to 7 points in the third quarter, Valencia’s outside success – led by a great Cristina Ouviña (17 points)– has annihilated any comeback option.
The Valencians have come out in full force printing a vertiginous rhythm. The reds have held the type until a partial 5-0 has forced that Bernard Canute asked for the first time-out of the match. Lauren Cox and the ever present Cristina Ouviña they have put one more gear into the duel, and the oranges have placed the biggest difference (20-11) on the scoreboard. Doubts in attack have begun to hinder the Catalan scoring and two consecutive triples, ofAngela Salvadores i of Leticia Romerohave left a painful +15 (28-13) in favor of those of ruben burgos.
Mistake in the outside shot (1/8 T3 at halftime) and Valencia’s dominance in rebounding (22 to 16) made it difficult for the visitors to close the gaps. The players of Laura Antoja and Bernat Canut they improved in defense in the second quarter and adjusted the scoring, but the home team went into the break maintaining the points cushion achieved in the first quarter (41-25).
After the break, Lauren Cox it has swelled to put caps and Queralt Casas he put +18 on the scoreboard from the free kick. Spar seemed unable to lift his head, but little by little he managed to string together good deeds until, at last, the outside hit came from the hand of Brittney Sykes i Maria Araújo. The duo has cut the gap to ten points (46-36). The Galician has shortened the distances even further, to 7, after stealing a ball. But Valencia reacted by shooting from the perimeter with two new three-pointers that once again put the hosts at a distance (54-41).
The Valencians had the match where they wanted at the start of the last quarter: with Rebekah Gardner disappeared and clearly dominating the scoreboard (60-45). The match was frozen when Irati Etxarri was stretched out on the floor and had to be taken off on a stretcher due to an injury which leaves the Spar bench in a precarious situation. In the final minutes of the game, the mission to come back was completely impossible and Spar Girona returned home in second place.
