Orlandina tames Molfetta and starts on pole in the play-offs where it challenges School Messina

The Orlandina-fan duo is back and scares the other seven contenders in the Interregional Serie B play-offs, Southern group, which will start with game one of the quarter-finals on Wednesday 8 May, with game two on Sunday 12th and a possible home match of the best-placed team on Wednesday 15. In front of a record crowd and as warm as it hadn’t been felt for years, Orlandina beat Molfetta twice in the last match before the playoffs and finished at the top of the Southern group of Interregional Serie B. At the Infodrive Arena the super challenge ends 92-83 with the paladins dominant in the first half up to 23 points ahead with Gatti and captain Palermo on fire and then, thanks above all to the immense Jasaitis, capable of turning the match around again with an overbearing extension after the Apulians had sensationally put their noses ahead by 3 with 4 minutes to go. Gatti 26, Palermo 21, Jasaitis 17, L. Marini 6, Moltrasio 3, Agbortabi 6, Caridà 7, Mentonelli 5, Favali 1, D. Marini.
And in the quarter-finals Orlandina will face School Messina, second in Silver. Ragusa, second after the 80-73 over Angri, will face the Svincolati Milazzo who, winning 82-77 in Marigliano, reached the top of School and Avellino (victorious 68-64 after an overtime against the Messina players) but for the separate classification (the 2-0 against Irpinia was decisive) they preceded everyone at the finish line, eliminating the great favorites from Campania. Salerno, who beat the Viola 102-94, seems to be the other favorite and will face Reggio in the quarterfinals, while Molfetta-Sala Consilina (89-80 against Monopoli) closes the grid.