A2- Gramaccioni show, Matelica overtakes florence
Heavy victory conquered by Halley Thunder Matelica in the eleventh day of return of the A2 women’s basketball championship.
The girls of coach Orazio Cutugno managed to overcome a “big” one like Il Palagiaccio Firenze within the walls for 77-67 thanks to a prodigious extension in the last quarter (partial of 24-11) and with the hammering blows of Benedetta Gramaccioni , former on duty who signed 27 points with 5/8 to free, 8/13 from two, 2/4 from three, 6 rebounds, 5 fouls suffered and 2 assists.
The Halley Thunder is returning to success after two burning consecutive away losses of measure suffered on the fields of La Spezia and Umbertide, and now temporarily climbs to 7th place in the standings with 22 points, pending the completion of the day with the Sunday matches. .
Important victory for the biancoblù from the Marche region, as we said, since at the end of the “regular season” there are only two days left and therefore the stakes begin to be more decisive every Sunday to try to get away from the dangerous play-out area.
Against Florence it was a great match: tactics, tough, tight for most of the forty minutes, with the balance that is definitively broken in the last turn of the hands by two close triples sent to the target by Gramaccioni first and then Albanelli.
and Gramaccioni throughout the game was the thorn in the side of the opponent’s defense, it is equally true that overall Matelica produced another excellent team performance: what can we say, in fact, of the 11 fouls suffered by Gonzalez, of the 12 rebounds captured by Pallotta, Franciolini’s best performance of the season, surgical points once again signed in the final by Albanelli and Aispurùa and so on until not forgetting the contribution of Zamparini, Michelini and – even if for a few minutes – Ardito. Halley Thunder, especially in the second part of the match, aimed the basket decisively, limited the three-pointers, sought penetrations and obtained numerous fouls, converting them this time with a reduced percentage to free throws (23/32 even 72%). In front there was a lady team, Florence, third force in the championship with 30 points, who was the protagonist of an equally vigorous test and in fact – as mentioned – the meeting was largely in balance. The Tuscans started strong (1-6 at 2 ‘) thanks to two consecutive three-point games. Matelica’s response is ready, organizing himself and moving forward on 6 ‘with a triple from Zamparini. The hosts also try an extension with Franciolini in the line at 9 ‘(18-13), but he is unable to go further.
Indeed in the second quarter it is again Florence to start better (21-24 at 13 ‘), but from this moment on it is pure balance: the defenses grow, the score is lowered and the advantages are never higher than three or four points, on both sides.
After the long break, Matelica is more perky and goes forward by six (45-39 at 25 ‘) with three free throws in a row by Gramaccioni. Then the tiremmolla continues with a Florentine break of 1-10 (46-49 at 27 ‘) in which the excellent Reani emerges. In the final quarter, the Halley Thunder goes down on the parquet with further determination and in the last seven minutes always leads the match, but without being able to land the definitive shoulder. We enter in the last minute on the score of 71-67 and the great desire for redemption of the Matelicesi, after the last two mocking defeats, finds its realization with two close triples that knock out Florence: the signing is of Gramaccioni at 56 “and of Albanelli 23 ”from the siren. The score is no longer untied from 77-67 and the Halley Thunder can return to cheer.
Halley Thunder Matelica – Pall. Female Florence 77 – 67 (20-20, 31-32, 53-56, 77-67)
HALLEY THUNDER MATELICA: Ridolfi NE, Stronati NE, Albanelli * 10 (2/5, 2/4), Ardito 1 (0/0, 0/0), Gramaccioni * 27 (8/13, 2/4), Gonzalez * 15 (2/10, 0/3), Zamparini 3 (0/3, 1/3), Aispurua 6 (2/5, 0/1), Michelini, Pallotta * 8 (3/7 from 2), Franciolini * 7 (1/1, 1/2), Offor NE
Coach: Cutugno O.
2 shots: 18/45 – 3 shots: 6/17 – Free throws: 23/32 – Rebounds: 44 10 + 34 (Pallotta 12) – Assist: 11 (Gonzalez 6) – Balls recovered: 10 (Gonzalez 3) – Lost Balls: 12 (Gonzalez 5)
BALL. FEMALE FLORENCE: Boccalato, Rossini * 10 (2/10, 2/4), Rossini * 6 (0/1, 2/7), De Marchi 6 (1/2, 1/2), Dell’olio * 4 ( 2/3 from 2), Speziale 3 (1/3 from 3), Poggio * 12 (5/10, 0/3), Reani 19 (5/8, 3/10), Franchini 2 (1/2 from 2 ), De Cassan * 5 (2/4, 0/2)
Coach: Corsini S.
2 shots: 18/40 – 3 shots: 9/32 – Free throws: 4/5 – Rebounds: 44 12 + 32 (Poggio 8) – Assist: 11 (Reani 6) – Balls recovered: 4 (Rossini 1) – Lost Balls: 15 (Poggio 4) – Five Fouls: De Cassan
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