Titano San Marino grows in the 2nd half and tames Basket Auximum
There is a clear win under the tree for the EA Titan. With Osimo it ends 80-62 and the biancazzurri can thus celebrate the eighth success of this first round against four defeats. A smile that came at the end of a complicated match in the first half and then growing in the second half, with our team putting together the two decisive breaks in the third and fourth set.
THE MATCH. The show in the first quarter is all by Francesco Fusco, unstoppable to say the least. For him 14 points with four triples, with the Titans ahead by five in a game for the moment with very high scores (27-22). In the second part, the defenses rise in tone, with Osimo to approach and also to overtake. The guests start the quarter with an 8-0 break (triple by Belli and Carancini), turn the match around 27-30 and are ahead even three and a half minutes from halftime on 33-34. Then here’s the Titans whip with the points of Riccardi and Dini for the new lead at half-time on 42-37.
Back from the locker room, the acceleration of the hosts splits the match in two. Gamberini finds baskets from all positions and the advantage assumes, as possessions go by, ever more favorable dimensions for our players. In the 22nd minute it’s 49-39 and the double-digit margin between the two teams remains an indication for the entire third set, with 60-45 in the 30th minute to prove it. In the home straight, Osimo tries again, Pozzetti scores a couple of important baskets and is 63-52 in the 32nd minute. The decisive basket of the match, the one that opens the final draw, is a tap-in from Frattarelli. Then, in cascade, the points of Gamberini and Dini up to the maximum lead on 75-52 at 4’30” from the siren. There’s no more story, the ending only serves to fix the Multieventi scoreboard on 80-62. (Source: Pallacanestro Titano San Marino press office)
Titan San Marino – Auximum Osimo 80-62
San Marino: Gamberini 23, Palmieri 3, Macina, Frattarelli 7, Dini 12, Raschi 13, Riccardi 5, Zanotti, Fusco 17. All. Rossini
Osimo: Loretani 5, Carancini 5, Carletti D., Vignoni 3, Moretti 6, Armento 8, Belli 9, Graciotti E. 8, Barletta, Graciotti R., Pierucci 4, Pozzetti 14. All. Carlotti R.
Partial: 27-22, 15-15, 18-8, 20-17.
Progressives: 27-22, 42-37, 60-45, 80-62.
Out for 5 fouls: nobody