There are plenty of words to define the university team, always a fighter. In the Endesa League they occupy 12th place with a balance of 9 wins and 14 losses. However, in Europe they have performed more reliably. In the first league they were second after being surpassed by SIG Strasbourg. So they had to go through the play-in, where they gave one of the big surprises by eliminating (2-0) Pinar Karsiyaka, one of the favorites for the title. In the Round of 16 they finished second in Group L behind Lenovo Tenerife and ahead of Darussafaka and Bilbao Basket.
Unicaja already knows what it is win at the UCAM Murcia in the Martín Carpena. Sito Alonso’s men lost on matchday 13 of the Endesa League by 82-66, a game in which Augusto Lima was seriously injured. However, the Unicaja also knows what it is lose in Murcian landssince only a few weeks ago he was defeated (85-80).
Nobody is surprised by the talent and work capacity of the squad. Travis Trice (13.9 points and 4.4 rebounds), Thad McFadden (13.4 points and 3.2 assists), James Anderson (8.6 points and 6.5 rebounds) or Nemanja Radovic (9.5 points and 6.0 rebounds) are just some of the names that the compositor team should pay special attention to in the tie.
Unicaja and UCAM Murcia. UCAM Murcia and Unicaja. They already know each other from the Endesa League, but Europe is something very different. Qualification to the Final Four is at stake and there the people of Malaga must assert the strength of Martín Carpena.
