La Pallacanestro Brescia basketball team has opened its regular season with consecutive victories, defeating Vicenza 84-73 on September 27 and overcoming Agrigento 85-71 at home on October 4, according to local sports reports. The back-to-back wins under coach Calvani continue a club tradition of starting league play strongly, with negative opening stretches remaining rare in recent years.
Calvani Leads Brescia to Early Wins
Historical records show that prior to the current campaign, a slow start to the regular season had not occurred for four years. The last time Brescia dropped its opening fixture was October 2, 2022, when Alessandro Magro’s Germani squad fell 78-77 to Olimpia Milano away in Assago. That turbulent 2022-23 season ultimately featured a Coppa Italia title in February, though the team missed the playoffs in May.
Recent Seasons Establish Winning Standards
Subsequent opening schedules have strongly favored the Lombardy club. During the 2023-24 campaign, Magro’s roster spent extensive periods at the summit of the standings after stringing together victories against Pesaro, Treviso, Napoli, and Pistoia before dropping a home fixture to Trento in the fifth round. A comparable trajectory marked the 2024-25 season under debutant head coach Peppe Poeta, who secured early home and away victories against Varese and Scafati.
Ten Consecutive Wins Characterize Previous Campaign
Last season brought a run of ten consecutive victories, discounting a fifth-round loss to Trapani that was later annulled following the Sicilian club’s exclusion from Serie A. Cotelli’s squad defeated opponents including Treviso, Trento, Udine, Cantù, Olimpia Milano, Trieste, Napoli, Cremona, Reggio Emilia, and Varese before finally sustaining a defeat against Virtus Bologna.
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