Game over at the PalaFerraris for Mokambo Chieti

After a nervous match, with Roderick as the negative protagonist (expelled in the second quarter), Casale got the better of a match dominated for long stretches. The 26 points of a never tamed Mastellari are not enough for Theatines, for Casale the 20 of a sumptuous Ellis soar.

Mokambo started aggressively when they weren’t in possession of the ball and, with two quick transitions from Bartoli, made it 0-4 after just over 2 minutes of play.
Justice from the line and Carver try to shorten the distances but a placement by Jackson and a shot from long range by Jackson allow the red and whites to move up +6 with 4 minutes of play (3-9).
Monferrato, carried away by its audience, comes into contact with Ellis again at 3 from the end of the first quarter (9-9).
Justice makes 1/2 from the line and brings his team back ahead with 2 from the end.

The same star-spangled long-range athlete allows his team to reach a 4-point lead (13-9).
Chieti loses the way to the basket, Justice from the line allows his team to reach +6 at the end of the first quarter (15-9).

Jackson scores in penetration, Leggio punishes from long range: just under 2 minutes from the start of the quarter, Casale reaches his maximum advantage, with coach Rajola calling timeout (18-11).
Valentini punishes from the heavy tile and brings Casale up +10 after 2 and a half minutes of period (21-11). Roderick does 1/2 with the clock stopped and moves the Chieti scoreboard after just over 3 minutes of play (21-12).
Chieti is not there and grits his teeth in defense, Jackson scores from the heavy tile and forces coach Comazzi to 4 minutes from the beginning of the quarter (21-15).
Mokambo tries to shorten but Valentini and Ellis are not of the same opinion: at 03:06 from the long break, coach Rajola calls timeout (29-17).
Mokambo is in trouble, Roderick is expelled, Casale extends from the line: Bartoli tries to shake his team but at the long break the partial is inclement (39-22).

Martinoni brings his lead to +20 from the long run, Jackson tries to react from the average less than 2 minutes from the start of the third period (42-24).
Casale crosses the hill plus twenty, Mokambo tries to return with Mastellari and Jackson but the distance is really great: coach Rajola calls timeout at 03:09 from the last mini break (58-36).
Justice continues to be a sentence, Mastellari and Serpilli bring the partial back to -21 in the thirtieth (64-43).

Serpilli and Mastellari are the last to give up, Chieti returns under 20 points behind (67-48 after 1 minute and a half of the quarter).
Reale scores from long range, coach Comazzi calls timeout after 02:30 from the beginning of the last period (67-51).
Ellis, Martinoni and Formenti bring Monferrato back to a safe distance (74-51).
Mastellari is the last to give up and, with shots from beyond the arc, he tries at least to mend the gap: with 03:56 to go from the end of the match, the partial is 77-62.
Casale escapes again, Ancellotti and Jackson make a utopian attempt to make the final less bitter: with 01:30 to go the scoreboard reads 86-67.
In the fortieth minute, after Mastellari’s triple, the scoreboard reads 86-70.

Novipiù Casale Monferrato – Caffè Mokambo Chieti Basket 1974 86-70 (15-9; 39-22; 64-43)

Novipiù Casale Monferrato 86: Martinoni 18, Justice 18, Carver 4, Leggio 5, Formenti 6, Sarto 8, Ellis 20, Valentini 7, Poom NE, Mele 0, Ghirlanda 0.

Caffè Mokambo Chieti Basket 1974 70: Ancellotti 7, Spizzichini 0, Jackson 18, Roderick 1, Mastellari 26, Bartoli 9, Thioune 0, Reale 3, Febbo NE, Serpilli 6.