Virtus Bologna, masterful shot! Travolta Venice at the Taliercio. Lucca passes to Campobasso – OA Sport
There are many topics in the fifth day of Serie A1 2021-2022. It cannot be reduced only to the fact that the Famila Schio remains alone in command of the competition, given the defeats of Venice and Campobasso, but it should also be noted that there are no more zero-level teams in the standings. But let’s find out everything in detail.
LIMONTA COSTA MASNAGA-E-WORK FAENZA 69-64
Very interesting the fight that sees Costa Masnaga emerge victorious from the friendly parquet, with four players in double figures and Matilde Villa imprecise from the field (4/14), but lethal in the line (8/9). There are several injuries on both sides: Morsiani, Schwienbacher and Franceschelli are missing among the guests, while the host has to do without Spreafico. Vibrant fight in the first quarter, where the only +5 is scored by Eleonora Villa from three. The twins exchange the baton, also offering it to Jablonowski to sign the extension on +9 (24-15) and then +10 (27-17), but Cupid is good at taking his team by the hand and bringing them back into contact (34-30 at the interval). The inertia seems to have turned, Policari is the protagonist of the overtaking, Davis and Llorente try to give the decisive turn. The +8 guest arrives with Kunaiyi-Akpanah, but at that point Jablonowski and Vaughn wake up, fundamental together with Toffali and Allievi to overturn the situation. Matilde Villa signs the two free throws that determine the final score 10 ″ from the end.
BEST SCORER
COSTA MASNAGA – M. Villa 16, Jablonowski 13, Vaughn 12
FAENZA – Davis 17, Policari 13, Cupido 12
USA SCOTTI ROSA EMPOLI-ALLIANZ GEAS SIXTH SAN GIOVANNI 59-52
This success is very important for Empoli, who manages to bend a Geas so conditioned by the many problems of injuries (including, on this occasion, Sara Crudo), but never tame. There are also two heavy forfeits in the US, those of Jeune and Baldelli. The departure, however, directs the game in fact, with the triples of Rembiszewska, Bocchetti and Ravelli that are worth 9-0. The attack of the Geas, in fact, is the couple Raca-Gwathmey at the beginning, but Empoli is relentless and flies up to 26-13, with Bocchetti in great shape. Even Williams and Ravelli, at times, are important for what is the +14 at the end of the third quarter. Sesto finds in Caterina Dotto the woman of the reaction, with -7 (48-41) after 2’11 ”in the last quarter. However, Cioni’s team is good at containing a recovery that goes up to 56-52 with two free throws from Gwathmey: it’s up to Williams to go to the line four times and make three occasions for the speech from there. First victory for the Tuscans, and against an opponent of great prestige.
BEST SCORER
EMPOLI – Bocchetti 21, Williams 13, Rembiszewska 10
GEAS – Raca 16, Gwathmey 14, C. Dotto 13
LA MOLISANA MAGNOLIA CAMPOBASSO-GESAM GAS AND LUCE THE WALLS LUCCA 70-83
If what happens an hour later at the Taliercio is sensational, even the facts of the Palaselvapiana of Campobasso are no less important, with a great Lucca, pushed by its foreigners, to conquer one of the most difficult fields of the A1 Series. In the first quarter neither of the two teams goes beyond the 5 points advantage, the ones that Gesam Gas and Luce have with the Wiese-Dietrick duo. In the first 2 ‘of the second period only Kaczmarczyk scores, then it’s still a battle with Gray who takes on almost the entire Molise attack on his shoulders. Final blaze from Lucca for 36-43, but when the fight is back on the parquet, because after Dietrick’s +11 guests Gray and Trimboli arrive to reduce the distance considerably, up to -2 (52-54). Frustaci, however, places an important triple for the team of coach Andreoli, who in the last quarter still finds Dietrick to dominate the game and to put it under lock and key to bring it back to Tuscany in winning form. However, Wiese’s 9 triples are also decisive, a highly spectacular number on this side of the ocean as well as on the other.
BEST SCORER
CAMPOBASSO – Grigi 26, Quinonez 11, Trimboli 10
LUCCA – Wiese 29, Dietrick 23 Gilli, Miccoli and Kaczmarczyk 8
ROW SAN MARTINO DI LUPARI-AKRONOS MONCALIERI 66-50
The final gap is 16 points, what you see at PalaLupe is much wider in terms of the gap between San Martino di Lupari and a Moncalieri who is finding it difficult to have offensive continuity. It starts with a certain balance (17-12), then begins the show of the trio Kelley-Russo-Pastrello, relentless wherever they are in the 20-7 partial that brings the teams to the interval at 37-19. A Da Paixao who tries to do his to Akronos is not enough, who also ends up 28 points (47-19) in the middle of the third quarter. Basically, San Martino can manage without major problems, even Toffolo looks for associates in search of a more dignified situation for the Piedmontese. The race goes to archive without ever seeing a real thrill. Double double of 15 points and 12 rebounds for Kelley.
BEST SCORER
ROW – Russo 18, Kelley 15, Pastrello 12
MONCALIERI – From Paixao 19, Miletic 13, Giacomelli 5
HUMAN REYER VENICE-VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA 37-75
It seems incredible to say, but the result of the Taliercio is real. Resounding counter-performance by the entire Reyer, with all the players performing badly at the same time, and at the same time a great evening of the black Vs, embellished with the first time on the pitch of a potential league superstar like Brianna Turner. There is a fight only in the first five minutes, then, from 10-6, Hines-Allen begins to mark the ground. The Bolognese stars follow: Turner, Dojkic, Zandalasini sow panic in the partial 0-12. What happens in the next three quarters has nothing short of sensational: Venice never manages to exceed 10 points for each of them, having to leave the field free to an attack from Bologna that stings consistently and sends four players in double figures. This is a real redemption for coach Lino Lardo, and precisely against Massimo Romano who is his deputy in the national team.
BEST SCORER
VENICE – M. Bestagno 11, Anderson 8, Petronyte 7
BOLOGNA – Hines-Allen 18, Zandalasini 17, Dojkic 16
RANKING AFTER FIVE DAYS
1 Schio 10
2 Bologna, Campobasso, Venice 8
5 Ragusa, San Martin di Lupari 6
7 Sesto San Giovanni, Costa Masnaga, Lucca 4
10 Sassari, Moncalieri, Faenza, Broni, Empoli 2
* Sassari and Ragusa one game less
Credit: Ciamillo