Jesi Basketball vs Civitanova: Victory Imminent?

Despite 3 absences, he comes close to winning

There were all the conditions for a match without history, three were absent – ​​Deri, Mazzantini and Stazi – facing one of the greats of the championship, Civitanova, yet Pallacanestro Jesi gives a slap in the face to bad luck, coming close to victory. Just when the match seemed compromised, at 40-60, 3’14” from the end of the third quarter, Sorgentone’s team found the right energy, forming a square, returning to sipping their energies, using them as best they could, starting to get back on top, with a 9-0 break, which began to undermine the confidence of Domizioli’s team, forgetting the uncertainties of the beginning of the same quarter, when Sorgentone was forced by circumstances to “inventing” Castellino play: consequence, two turnovers in dribbling action, resulting in counterattacks by the guests and some failed conclusions, due to a lack of clarity.

Then in the final the home golden boy was one of the creators of the final breakthrough, bringing his team to -2 with a handful of seconds to go.

First quarter with special effects, on both sides, spectacular plays and a 24-24 at the first siren, the result of a good performance by the attacks. In the second quarter, the first escape attempt by Virtus Civitanova, which went to halftime at 45-32, thanks to a triple from Santi, the very player who reopened the game, when the match resumed, with two steals.

In that 9-0 run, the first important signal from Pallacanestro Jresi, on the way to the final turn, 6 points from an irrepressible Bagdonavicius. The final quarter began with a +12 in favor of the guests, who from then on gradually lost clarity in attack, often clashing against the home team’s defensive zone.

6′ from the siren the real comeback began, from -11, with two consecutive triples (Castellino and Mancini) and Ogiemwoni’s counterattack who flies to the basket, up to 64-67, at the beginning of the last minute.

In the final Civitanova regains some of its lost clarity, once again finding a double possession advantage, 64-68 (1/2 from Kaba’s line) with 15″ left; Domizioli’s team uses the last bonus foul available with Sorrentino, but Castellino finds the basket with 2″ left to go to make it 66-68. He himself commits a foul, bringing Kaba to the line who, after an exchange of glances with the coach, decides to try the 2/2, rather than miss the second and restart the clock. He is right, because he definitively writes the word “end”, 66-70.

Civitanova takes home the two points, suffering a lot, thereat Basketball Jesi comes out defeated only in the score: few would have bet on her victory, instead the red and whites bet, indeed, on their desire to win, on their character, giving up only a handful of seconds from the end.

JESI BASKETBALL-VIRTUS CIVITANOVA 66-70 (24-24, 8-21, 17-18, 17-7)

Jesi Basketball: Mancini 17, Giulietti 2, Ogiemwonyi 4, Castellino 15, Bagdonavicius 23, Deri none, Grifoni 0, Rossini 5, Loccioni none, Mazzatini none, Stazi none. All.: Sorgentone.

Virtus Civitanova: Santi 12, Mwambila 8, Liberati 9, Kaba 28, Luciani 7, Buccolini n, Cegna 0, De Florio 7, Seri n, Dembelè 0, Iannotti n, Sorrentino 5. All.: Domizioli.