Jacobo Díaz’s Last-Second Shot Secures Victory for Grupo Ureta Tizona Burgos Over Real Betis Basketball

11/10/23 A basket by Jacobo Díaz with 13.4 seconds remaining gives an agonizing victory to Grupo Ureta Tizona Burgos in San Pablo. After being 14 points down in the second quarter, the Burgos team had a great second half to beat the Betic team.

Real Betis Basketball

Jordan Barnes (12), Joaquín Rodríguez (7), Nikola Rakocevic (2), Ismael Romero (10), Rihards Kuksiks (-) – starting quintet – Eddy Polanco (21), Ondrej Hanzlik (3), Adrià Domenech (12) , Nedim Dedovic (9), Roko Rogić (8)

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Ureta Tizona Burgos Group

Arnau Parrado (6), Joe Cremo (18), Abdou Thiam (4), Jacobo Díaz (9), Dídac Cuevas (12) – starting quintet – David Böhm (7), Ramón Vilà (8), Rafael Munford (1) , Rodrigo Seoane (6), Gerard Jofresa (13), Ayoze Alonso (1)

Referees Juan Pedro Morales García-Alcaide, Juan Ramón Hurtado Almansa, Alejandro Calvo Aceña

Incidents Match corresponding to Matchday 7 of the LEB Oro, played between the teams of Real Betis Baloncesto and Grupo Ureta Tizona Burgos, played at the San Pablo Municipal Sports Palace in Seville

After this match, the team coached by Diego Ocampo is now concentrating on preparing for its next league match, next Saturday, November 18, against Grupo Alega Cantabria, at the El Plantío Sports Center (5:00 p.m.).

Despite Betis’ good start to the game, Tizona turned the score around through Joe Cremo, with 7 points in the first 4 minutes of the game (going from 8-5 to 8-11).

However, Betis began to feel comfortable, they achieved a 10-0 run, causing Diego Ocampo to time out with 2:40 left in the first quarter (18-11). The people of Burgos continued to suffer, and after the break, adding only through a triple Seoane.

The last score of the quarter was scored by Domenech for the green and white, leaving the score at 24-14.

Betis started just as strong as it finished the previous quarter, with 2 consecutive triples (Polanco and Hanzlik) to make it 30-14. The Burgos players had their best moments of the quarter, scoring a 7-0 run in their favor until Bruno Sivagniani’s timeout at 6:50 before halftime (32-23). Romero scored for Betis, but Tizona scored again with a triple by Jacobo Díaz. Although the Burgos team got closer from the free kick, Betis once again made a push for +10 with the actions of Polanco and Barnes. In the final moments, Jofresa scored a technical free throw on the local bench, followed by Munford, but Jordan Barnes ended the period with a three-pointer at the buzzer to leave San Pablo’s score at 50-39.

The Ureta Tizona Group came out in the second half with the intention of getting closer on the scoreboard, and through the triple they began to achieve it. Although Betis continued adding, two outside shots from Dídac Cuevas, and another from David Böhm, reduced the difference to 6 points, forcing a new timeout for the Betis coach with 5:25 left in the quarter (58-52).

Match between Real Betis Baloncesto and Grupo Ureta Tizona Burgos. Real Betis Basketball

Diego Ocampo’s men were still plugged in, and through a motivated Böhm, and the triples of Seoane and Jofresa, they went 2 ahead (62-64). Betis recovered with points from Domenech and Polanco, but Tizona turned it around again with a new triple from Jofresa (66-67). The Sevillians were able to regain the advantage from the personal line, closing the third quarter with 71-67 in their favor.

Tizona opened the scoring through Dídac Cuevas, but Betis added 6 consecutive points with triples from Polanco and Rogić to pull away, until Jofresa scored his third triple of the game (77-74 with 6:20 left). The people from Burgos remained plugged in, and with a free throw after a technical on Rogić, and a triple from Joe Cremo, they took the lead again with 5 minutes left (77-78).

Betis once again dominated the score through the free throw, and a basket by Barnes, causing a timeout for Ocampo with 2:33 left (82-78). Nerves and inaccuracies took over the players from Burgos, who could not add in the attack and saw how the green and white team moved away from the free kick. After two free throws from Jofresa, Cremo scored a great triple that put the difference at just 1 point with only 39 seconds left (84-83). After recovering the ball, Tizona tried to score with a three-pointer from the American guard. The shot did not go in, but in the fight for the rebound, Domenech gave the ball to Jacobo Díaz, who scored a layup to put the Burgos team ahead with 13.4 seconds left. Betis put the responsibility on Eddy Polanco, but great defense by Rodrigo Seoane, without committing a foul, did not allow the Dominican to score.

Finally, the Ureta Tizona Group won the match by a tight 84-85. The MVP of the Ureta Tizona Burgos Group went to Joe Cremo, who added 18 points, 1 rebound, 6 assists, 1 steal and 3 fouls received for a PIR of 20. On the part of Real Betis Baloncesto, the most valued player was Eddy Polanco, with a rating of 23 (21 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 8 fouls received).

2023-11-11 09:41:13
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