The IDK Euskotren ran out of batteries to keep up with Perfumerías Avenida. Ibaeta’s team fell before their fans in a match … that became too long for the San Sebastian locker room. Azu Muguruza already warned before the match that the Salamanca team, despite not being as brilliant as in previous seasons, arrived in Donostia with a clear upward trend. This Saturday at the Josean Gasca the ‘Perfu’ also went from less to more, little by little it became a hurricane that devastated the San Sebastian residents in the second half of the match. They won by 19 points in a great rebounding game for the Salamanca team, who closed the duel with 43 sacks.
A new defeat that left the IDK Euskotren fans frozen, who until halfway through the third quarter trusted in the team’s chances, 48-50. Quite the opposite happened to a large group of Salamancan fans who occupied part of the stands. Dressed in blue and with drums, they did not stop cheering on ‘Perfu’ throughout the match. They were noticed from the beginning, when Iyana Martín inaugurated the marker of the Amaratarra pavilion for Perfumerías Avenida. IDK Euskotren’s response was immediate, Lara González after a very block by Khadija Faye and Rusó Buch gave the home team the first lead, 2-4. The clash started with both teams accelerated, with little pause between attacks.
With up to five ties on the scoreboard, neither team was able to impose its superiority. The inaccuracies caused by the dizzying pace of the game were combined with an exchange of points that ended with two baskets by Meyers so that the Salamanca team finished the first quarter with an advantage, 18-22.
Robinson, who had a spectacular first half, scored and then Ejim scored the first three-pointer of the game, 23-22. Neither of the two coaches let the rival escape in the light.
Perfumerías got within four, 27-31, a maximum advantage in the first half that Ibaeta also achieved when Fame scored 36-32. Ejim was charged with fouls, three, and Muguruza, who had asked her players to be careful in that regard, sent her to the bench. Khaidijah Cave responded to Faye and Vilaro equalized at 36, but two free throws from Irene Murua gave the San Sebastian team the lead before the break.
After passing through the locker room, the girls from San Sebastian kept up the pace. Meyers extended the lead to six, 44-50, Eraunzetamurgil continued to press, but the IDK’s forces ran out. A spectacular Virag Takacs-Kiss appeared in the game, a large center measuring 194 centimeters who, with her 15 points and winning the rebound, decided the game. In the last period, which started with a 50-60 score, the visitors scored twice as many points as the San Sebastian team. When ‘Perfu’ began to escape, Ibaeta’s team did not keep up.
