Dream blacks in Ruvo di Puglia. Raggisolaris won 81-80 on the Tecnoswitch pitch, winning a thrilling final thanks to strong nerves and great clarity. A team victory that will be fundamental for morale ahead of the last four matches. And now head to Bisceglie who will arrive at PalaCattani on Saturday evening.
The Blacks take to the field determined and attack Ruvo di Puglia from the first action. After a few minutes Pastore gives the score 12-2, an extension also due to the excellent defence, then Traini shortens to 11-14, but Faenza responds as a great team, arriving at the first break ahead 21-11. Poletti is the offensive end of a game that puts all the players in the best conditions to make a basket and when Vico takes over the score becomes 29-15. A double-digit advantage that is maintained thanks to Poletti’s surgical triples which makes Ruvo’s comeback attempts in vain and the pivot scores the 46-31 which closes an excellent first half.
The Blacks continue to dictate the law, even reaching +18 (56-38), but when Traini, the best of his team, comes out in the 29th minute due to injury, Ruvo turns the game around. Faenza begins to argue with the basket and scores only 6 points in the first 7 minutes, while Contento and Jackson play the charge. The Apulian overtaking came in the 37th minute with Leggio (72-71), but Faenza had the merit of never losing its mental strength. Especially when Ruvo scores 5 points in a few seconds with Jackson (triple) and Galmarini (two free throws), because Poggi scores a three-point play in the following play, making it 78-78 and leading Leggio to commit his fifth foul. With 58 seconds left, Contento shoots to make it 80-79, then Vico scores the free throws to make it 81-80. The ending is thrilling with the Argentine guard who misses a mid-range shot with 7 seconds left, Jackson captures the rebound but misses the shot that could have been worth the victory. The Blacks can celebrate.
The scoreboard
TECNOSWITCH RUVO DI PUGLIA: Galmarini 9, Granieri ne, Toniato 5, Contento 13, Mazic 2, Ghersetti ne, Jackson 17, Eliantonio 1, Traini 19, Leggio 14, Boev ne. All.: Ambrico
BLACKS FAENZA: Galassi, Papa 11, Poletti 19, Siberna 8, Vico 10, Poggi 12, Ballarin ne, Petrucci 5, Pastore 14, Begarin 2. All.: Garelli
Referees: Scarfò – Lilli
Note. 2-point shots: Ruvo di Puglia: 16/33, Faenza: 18/32. 3-point shots: Ruvo di Puglia: 12/33, Faenza: 9/28. Free throws: Ruvo di Puglia: 12/14, Faenza: 18/22. Rebounds: Ruvo di Puglia: 38, Faenza: 36.
Out for fouls: Lectern and Begarin
