They started as favorites and met the predictions. The two cadet teams sealed their first matches in Zaragoza with victories. The men’s team defeated La Rioja (18-68) and Cantabria (79-29), while the women’s team beat La Rioja 38-90. This Sunday the boys will face the Valencian Community (3:30 p.m.) and the girls will face Melilla (9:30 a.m.) and Catalonia (5:30 p.m.).
Men’s Cadet Team / Women’s Cadet Team
Official magazine of the Spanish Championship
DEPT. FBM COMMUNICATION
Photos: FEB
SATURDAY, JANUARY 3. group stage
Male cadet. La Rioja 18 – Madrid 68
Statistics
La Rioja started ahead (2-0) and put up resistance in the first minutes (6-5), supported by the success of Carlos Munozauthor of the six points. Until Madrid took control with a 0-10 partial, taking advantage of the dominance of the rebound and the quality of the entire squad. The first quarter (9-26), with Noah Santos leading a very distributed attack, he already demonstrated the superiority of the team led by Gorka González de Mendoza. A dominance that continued later with a 0-7 start despite the resistance of the Riojans. At halftime, 16-54. The good feelings continued in the second half, with less intensity and distribution of points among all the Madrid players. First victory!
Male cadet. Madrid 79 – Cantabria 29
Statistics
As in the first game, the cadets found themselves with an opponent willing to fight, who even opened the scoring with a triple. However, a 9-0 run quickly followed, including two triples from Stefan Krtinicto unevent the shock from the beginning. The team took advantage of its outside shooting to take the lead (16-6 at 4:44) against an opponent that left flashes of quality but almost always collided with the Madrid defense. And the cadets showed their solidity in all areas… At the end of the first quarter they led 32-11 and at halftime they led 59-22 with clear dominance in rebounding (32-15). The distance grew in the second half until reaching 50 points (the final 79-29) with Aikel Marvis as a spearhead. The Real Madrid power forward finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds.
Female cadet. La Rioja 38 – Madrid 90
Statistics
In their first match, the cadets started as favorites and took the lead from the beginning (0-4), although they encountered resistance from the Rioja team. But the team did not want scares. Leonor Olmos y Sofia Pinillos They took the initiative in the first minutes and the distance grew quickly (5-15, 8-25…) to complete a first set of 10-28. The argument did not change in the second period, with the Madrid team getting further and further away on the scoreboard. This time they were Luna Segovia y Uki Omoruyi who promoted a superior team on all fronts, especially under the hoops, which at halftime led 21-58 and at the end of the third quarter 30-72. The last one, without the pressure of the result, only confirmed that superiority. In the end, a clear victory (38-90) and, as happened in the boys’ first game, with all twelve players scoring.
