Biancorosse still ko in game 2 with Campobasso and the A2 dream vanishes. The plays of the Colombian drawn by team A1 are decisive
Another great performance in the first two quarters is not enough for coach Posti’s girls who also come out defeated in game 2 and say goodbye, for this season, to the dream called A2. A pity above all for the 400 people who crowded the stands of the PalaPellini on Wednesday evening.
To make the difference, in favor of Campobasso, Blanca Quinonez, protagonist with her 34 points on the scoresheet, 13 of which in the first 3 and a half minutes of the match. The Ecuadorian born in 2006, already a protagonist in the team that plays in A1, has tipped the balance decisively in favor of the Molises who, with her on the pitch, are absolutely the big favourites.
Yet Cardinali and teammates held their own especially in the early stages, closing the first quarter on 17-22 with Aquinardi and Manganello protagonists with two applause triples.
Second quarter marked by balance with Cardinali’s basket that puts Perugia ahead for the first time up 26-24. The usual Quinonez finds a 3 bomb that is worth the new overtaking for the Molises and we go to the long interval on 33-33.
At the start of the third quarter, the “anomalous wave”, as coach Posti would define it at the end of the game, still makes the difference, with Campobasso placing two triples and digging the furrow. At the next stop the partial is 42-60.
Last quarter on velvet for Campobasso which closes on 59-76, with the PalaPellini audience applauding the red and whites.
“And we – underlines coach Posti at the end of the match – applaud our fans and say thank you to all those who came to cheer. We gave everything we had. Objectively, Quinonez shifts the balance too much. Congratulations to Campobasso and thanks to my girls because they gave everything they had”.
DG Mauro Manganello is already looking to the future:
“Last year we found Livorno, this year Campobasso with Blanca Quinonez. It means that to get to A2 we have to raise the bar even further and that’s what we’ll try to do. From tomorrow we start thinking about the new season”.
SISAS BASKETBALL PERUGIA – LA MOLISANA MAGNOLIA CAMPOBASSO 59-76
Perugia Basketball: Olajide 19, Riccioni, Soli, Ricci 4, Aquinardi 10, Cragnolino 6, Cardinals 10, Murillo ne, Manganello 6, Bishops 4. All.: Posti, ass. Welcome
Magnolia Campobasso: Del Sole 6, Giaccatti 3, Quinonez 34, Moffa, Baldassarre 6, Vitali 4, Trozzola 5, Mascia 2, Lallo, Bocchetti 4, Moscarella 12. Herd Dragonetto, ass. Ladomarzi
2023-04-20 17:30:48
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