Steelflowers Triumph in Faenza: Magnolia Campobasso Beats Faenza Basket Project

E-WORK FAENZA BASKET PROJECT – THE MOLISANA MAGNOLIA CAMPOBASSO 72-78 (18-15, 37-35; 54-55)

FAENZA: Niemojewska 7 (2/3, 1/2), Franceschelli 13 (3/4, 2/3), Tagliamento 19 (3/7, 3/8), Brossmann 8 (3/8, 0/3), Dixon 10 (3/4, 0/1); Peresson 6 (2/8 from 3), Spinelli 2 (1/2, 0/1), Edokpaigbe 7 (1/2 from 3). Ne: Ciuffoli C., Cvijanovic, Grande and Ciuffoli E. All.: Selected.

CAMPOBASSO: Trimboli 19 (7/7, 1/4), Morrison 6 (2/4, 0/1), Mištinová 10 (4/7, 0/4), Dedić 23 (7/14, 2/5), Kunaiyi 12 (5/8); Giacchetti, Quiñonez 8 (2/2, 0/2), Narvičiūtė. Ne: Del Sole, Kacerik and Šrot. All.: Sabatelli.

REFEREES: Masi (Florence), Rodia (Avellino) and Ferrara Cl. (Ferrara).

NOTE: injury (right ankle problem) at 32’42” (56-62) for Dixon (Faenza), who never returned. Out for five fouls at 34’19” (61-64) Spinelli (Faenza), at 36’51” (64-70) Quiñonez (Campobasso) and at 37’32” (65-70) Franceschelli (Faenza). Technical foul at 37’50” (65-73) for Morrison (Campobasso). Free throws: Faenza 15/19; Campobasso 15/22. Rebounds: Faenza 33 (Brossmann 15); Campobasso 31 (Kunaiyi 9). Assist: Faenza 13 (Franceschelli 3); Campobasso 15 (Trimboli 4). Score progression: 7-9 (5′), 30-23 (15′), 44-43 (25′), 61-68 (35′). Maximum advantage: Faenza 7 (30-23); Campobasso 8 (69-77).

Third consecutive success and joining Geas Sesto San Giovanni in fourth position. Continues magic moment for La Molisana Magnolia Campobasso who goes to get the pink report at PalaBubani of Faenza with a display of great character and defensive application, but also with a fair amount of offensive efficiency, also the result of high percentage transitions.

ALTERNATE ABBREVIATION Faced with a quintet – the Romagna one – particularly determined and competitively characterized by very high tones (the Romagna teams will reach the bonus before half the period), the Magnolias have a very substantial start with high percentage baskets and with a four-point advantage before at 5-9 and then at 9-13. At that point, the Romagna players decide to move to the zone and the result is a 9-2 break with which they manage to carve out a possession margin in their favor (18-15) at the 10th minute.

CONSTANT RETURN After a start with baskets on both fronts, the triples scored by the Faenza team gave the host team a two-possession lead (23-17), which became three on +7 at 30-23. Here it is coach Sabatelli who shuffles the cards in defense for his own and double-locks his own basket. The Faenza team lost ball after ball, the rossoblù went behind on the counterattack and reached 35 with a three-point play by Dedić, before conceding a basket almost at the siren which allowed the Faenza team to have a small gap (37-35) on which to speculate after the long interval.

FIRST TEAR The Magnolias found parity at the start of the third quarter, first with Mištinová and then with Kunaiyi. Dedić, Quiñonez and Trimboli are the factors that allow the Campobasso team not to be overwhelmed by the perfect storm of the Faenza team who reached two full possessions of the lead (49-43). In fact, their initiatives gave strength to a 12-0 break with which the rossoblù split the contest in two (49-55). The Romagna try to react, but the Magnolias resist as best they can and have a point to manage in the 30th minute (54-55).

TRIUMPHAL MARCH The inertia, at this point, has definitively changed because Dedić opens a new escape attempt for the Magnolias up to +6 (54-60). The Faenza replies, at this stage, are all promptly silenced. Mištinová scores the +7 (61-68) and with a triple buzzer-beater makes the rossoblù fly who go to +8 (65-73) with Kunaiyi, maximum advantage confirmed by the 69-77 basket by captain Trimboli. Finally, top scorer Dedić (23 points) took the snapshot of the final 78-72 in favor of the Molise team from the foul line.

HAPPINESS EX POST For Mimmo Sabatelli, therefore, at the end the sensations are those of an absolute serenity that has accompanied the journey of the #steelflowers since last March 10th.

«We are happy with what we have done – he confirms – regardless of what happened on other fields. A success like last Sunday’s against Venezia could have represented a sort of danger, because it could have instilled relaxation, an aspect to be absolutely avoided against a team like Faenza capable of giving all the competitors a hard time and ready to play it to the maximum until the end. The girls, however, were good at staying at the right temperature and we are enjoying this success without looking into perspective, but looking at it game after game.”

In particular, once again, the Campobasso group demonstrated that they are also appreciated in attack. «When we defend we always manage to take open shots in attack and, even if someone didn’t score, this time too we managed to bring out both of these aspects».

BATTIPAGLIA IN THE EGG For the Magnolias, now, in the twenty-third round – on the eve of Easter, Saturday evening with a tap-off at 8.30 pm – there will be an internal match against Battipaglia, a quintet currently at the bottom of the table in tandem with Milan.

«It will be an even more complicated match – he replies coach Sabatelli – because in this phase all the teams that have an objective (both in terms of playoffs, but even more so in terms of playouts) give their all to try to score points and even the bells are fully demonstrating this in this last period”.

UNDER 19 IN THE SHOWCASE And, still speaking of Battipaglia, while three of their teammates were busy at PalaBubani with the first team, the rest of the under 19 group was busy in the inaugural ceremony at the Battipaglia municipality of the national finals for the assignment of the junior scudetto in pink with the group entrusted to coach Diotallevi who will begin their journey, facing – inopening game – the lagoons of Reyer Venice.

2024-03-25 06:40:23
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