Spar Gran Canaria lost on their visit to IDK Euskotren led by Natalia Rodríguez and María España (74-69). The match took place with maximum equality and alternatives on the scoreboard, with a stellar Sika Koné who once again touched thirty points (29). A bad start for the yellows in the last quarter ended up taking its toll on them in a clash in which they had options to have returned home with the victory.
The duel began in the Gasca with Sika Koné and Valerie Nesbitt successful in front of the basket, counteracting the choral game of the San Sebastian, who managed to open a gap on the scoreboard thanks to the former yellow captain, María España and Coulibaly, who endorsed the islanders an 8-0 run.
The Gran Canarias were looking for a comeback with the foreign success of Hollivay, Fall and Scaife, but Euskotren counterattacked with Claudia Cuic and Mariam Coulibalywho kept the Basque squad ahead at the end of the first round (17-15).
The second act began with an exchange of blows between Valerie Nesbitt y Paula Estebasalthough the Gipuzkoans would not take long to increase their income again thanks to a triple from Natalia Rodríguez from Gran Canaria and a new basket from Coulibaly.
Pig Machine She did not miss her appointment with the points and brought the yellows close on the scoreboard, but Mali’s was not enough to culminate a comeback that Holesinska put up with a three-pointer to just one point (30-29). However, Maria Spain and Brown They threatened to escape again on the scoreboard, reacting the Spar at the hands of Scaife and Holesinska to equalize the contest at the end of the first half (35-35).
Mariam Coulibaly and Joy Brown starred in a face-to-face duel with Sika Koné and Valerie Nesbitt at the start of the third act, joining shortly after María España on the Gipuzkoan side and Tyler Scaife on the Gran Canaria side to maintain an equality that neither of the contenders was capable of breaking, reaching the final 10 minutes with the score slightly favorable to the locals , after closing the third act the ex-yellow María España with a new triple (55-53).
an unfortunate outcome
The last quarter started with Sika Koné marking his law, but Euskotren resorted to the scoring power of Joy Brown and Coulibaly to keep at bay a Spar that did not give up and even more so counting on Mali in tandem with Holesinska . Tayler Scaife joined the island cause, culminating in a 0-8 run that invited José Carlos Ramos’s team to dream ahead of the final stretch (70-67).
Despite the efforts of the yellow team and the effectiveness of Tyler Scaife from the penalty line, Aranzazu Muguruza’s pupils ended up prevailing with Claudia Cuic dressing as a hero by scoring the last four points of theirs from the free throw line (74 -69).
