Casale Monferrato (Monferrato Basket – Fabo Heros Montecatini 77 -105) –At the “PalaEnergica Paolo Ferraris”, Novipiù faces the “battleship” Fabo Herons of coach Meo Sacchetti. Fabo Herons, fresh from defeat in the spa town derby against Gema, is trying to make up for a less than brilliant start to the season. Similar difficulties at Monferrato Basket which, after Wednesday evening’s defeat in Lumezzane, find themselves in last place in the standings. Points and determination will be needed in the second round to avoid direct relegation. To make matters worse, play-maker Guerra is also added to the list of those unavailable for the hosts. After the tap-off and a balanced start, Montecatini takes off and ends the first half with a 34-59 lead. Martinoni offers a very generous performance to the Casale public, but the gap between the two teams is too wide. The match ends with a clear 77-105 in favor of the guests. Three MB players finished the match in double figures. Rupil reaches 10 points, but his performance is affected by a heavy 3/13 in shooting from behind the 6.75 line. Zanzottera stops at 12 points, barely looking for a shot. There are no more adjectives, however, to describe Martinoni’s season: another wonderful game for the captain with 31 points (11/12 two-pointers), 8 rebounds, 8 fouls suffered and a +42 rating.
Monferrato basketball – Fabo Herons Montecatini
Partial: 15-25/19-34/24-21/19-25
Monferrato Basketball: Niccolo Martinoni 31 (11/12, 0/3), Tomas Zanzottera 12 (1/5, 2/3), Marco Rupil 10 (0/1, 3/13), Kesmor Osatwna 9 (1/2, 0/3), Simone Caglio 8 (1/2, 2/9), Destiny Osagie 6 (0/0, 2/7), Francesco Marcucci 1 (0/1, 0/4), Mamoudou Dia 0 (0/1, 0/0), Vittorio Iacorossi 0 (0/0, 0/0), Alberto Mossi 0 (0/0, 0/0), Nicolò Quaroni 0 (0/0, 0/1), Andrei ioan Flueras 0 (0/0, 0/0). Coach Corbani
Fabo Hero Montecatini: Riccardo Chinellato 27 (12/14, 0/2), Lukas Aukstikalnis 20 (1/4, 5/8), Giorgio Sgobba 15 (3/4, 3/6), Nicola Natali 13 (2/2, 3/5), Nicola Mastrangelo 11 (4/10, 1/4), Yannick Giombini 6 (2/6, 0/1), Youssouf Kamate 6 (3/4, 0/0), Filippo Rossi 4 (1/4, 0/1), Jose Alberto Benites Vicente 3 (0/1, 1/2), Antonello Ricci 0 (0/0, 0/1), Matteo Antonelli 0 (0/0, 0/0), Daniele Dell’uomo 0 (0/0, 0/0). Coach Sacchetti
