The Varese Basketball wins 88-95 against Trapani and closes 2025 on a high note, keeping the Italian Cup Final Eight dream alive. Let’s go and see the votes and opinions of the evening in the red and white house.
Stewart 5.5: The most difficult match for him since his arrival in the Garden City. The excessive ardor in trying to dirty the ball to the first Trapani holder of the same immediately puts him in difficulty in terms of fouls committed and the constant entering and exiting the field to manage them takes away his rhythm and effectiveness. In the end, however, he is good at managing some heavy possession which contributes to the final success of the red and whites.
Alviti 7: Ice in the veins. The time of year certainly helps but the calm and coolness with which he manages even the most important possessions of the match are something impressive, see for example the basket with a foul that definitively sends Trapani away in the last minute or the 4 final free throws that close the match.
Moore 6.5: He starts the match like a hot knife cutting butter, piercing the Trapani defense several times and flying to the rim for spectacular dunks. Then, as the minutes passed, the plays of Arcidiacono and Rossato forced him to waste too many fouls which kept him away from the field on several occasions but without extinguishing his effectiveness. If rebounding is a positive factor, with 5 caroms won, the same cannot be said for what concerns turnovers, here too 5 with which he closed the game.
Assui 7: In the free energy market the main supplier of this Varese is undoubtedly Elisée which has a huge quantity to sell. Not only that though, because as always, when rebounding is a factor the whole team benefits and the 8 final caroms are proof of this.
Nkamhoua 5: A single flash of quality in the third quarter cannot be enough to save a negative performance in which Eboua che Sangono, under the boards, eats it up with practically every action.
Iroegbu 8: If Varese’s attack runs more and better than usual, much of the credit goes to him, as the 11 assists with which he ended the match demonstrate. He is the offensive soul of this Varese team who relies on him at all times: in defense he will also suffer from Arcidiacono’s plays but in attack he always finds a way to strike, especially in the final when he scores a basket at the siren which is worth the two points for Openjobemtis.
Librizzi 8: He takes back the space on the pitch that the market takes away from him with quality plays. To the 5 triples scored he also adds 3 rebounds, and if Stewart has a subpar evening no one will regret it.
Renfro 8: Probably the best match since he’s been in Italy, certainly since he arrived in Varese. With him on the pitch under the boards it’s a very tough life for Eboua and Sanogo, while in attack he moves the ball around as the 3 assists demonstrate, he flies to the rim when he has to and on top of that he also adds a triple which puts the ribbon on a performance of 15 points and 7 rebounds.
Freeman 4: Stewart’s foul situation forces Kastritis to put him on the field, he “repays” him with the same coin as always: a three-point shot that ends with the most classic of sdeng on the rim. Of course it will also be very difficult to sell it this way.
Alessandro Burin
