Martina Treviso – San Giorgio MantovAgriculture 59 – 55 (16-15, 30-27, 46-41, 59-55)
MARTINA TREVISO: Zagni 6 (0/1, 2/2), Vespignani* 13 (3/5, 1/4), Amabiglia, Capra, Perini* 2 (1/2, 0/3), Lazzari NE, D’ Angelo* 19 (5/11, 3/7), Gini 4 (2/3, 0/3), Da Pozzo* 9 (4/9 from 2), Egwoh Ashley* 6 (2/13 from 2). Coach: Matassini A.
2-point shots: 17/45 – 3-point shots: 6/21 – Free throws: 7/12 – Rebounds: 39 13+26 (Da Pozzo 12) – Assists: 7 (Vespignani 2) – Stolen balls: 7 (D’ Angelo 3) – Turnovers: 9 (Da Pozzo 3)
SAN GIORGIO MANTOVAGRICOLTURA: Fietta* 16 (7/11, 0/1), Novati* 8 (4/5, 0/4), Llorente, Dell’Olio V.* 6 (0/4, 2/7), Nwachukwu , Petronio* 4 (2/6 from 2), Cremona 2 (1/3, 0/1), Bottazzi 2 (1/2, 0/2), Veghini NE, Benetti NE, Orazzo* 17 (4/6, 2/2). Coach: Logallo L.
2-point shots: 19/37 – 3-point shots: 4/17 – Free throws: 5/7 – Rebounds: 38 6+32 (Petronio 6) – Assists: 4 (Fietta 1) – Stolen balls: 1 (Fietta 1) – Turnovers: 13 (Dell’Olio V. 3) – Five Fouls: Novati
A black week for the Sangiorginos who, despite a great run-up, are unable to equalize the series, thus saying goodbye to the season and the playoffs: Martina Treviso comes out on top after 40 hard-fought minutes at 59 to 55.
The start of the match was more uphill for Treviso, while the Sangiorgines immediately scored 6 points. However, the Treviso team entered the game and scored a strong 8-0, putting themselves at +2, Orazzo was released from 3, while D’Angelo scored his sixth personal point, bringing his team back ahead (11-9). Martina Treviso’s percentages will continue to be positive, the Sangiorginos will manage to contain by closing the first quarter down by just one point.
Bottazzi christens the second half of the game and grants the new advantage to his teammates with a mid-range shot, the Venetians remain in wait and drop 6 points in a row with the Sangiorginos who waste a few too many balls and find themselves trailing at 22 to 17. Fietta tries to defend her teammates by sewing up to -3, while under the boards Dell’Olio’s defensive effort is important to try to reduce Egwoh’s long levers to a minimum (he will close the evening with 6 points compared to 14 in Game 1). The inaccuracy in shooting penalizes the red and whites who are unable to give the final shot and every time they try to get closer there are the black and orange jackets who repel the assault. We will go to the locker room with a one-possession difference in favor of the housewives at 30 to 27.
The defensive effort was immediately implemented in the third quarter, with MantovAgricoltura trying to limit the opponents’ offensive ends, particularly on the shields, but Treviso managed to reach +7 again. The Orazzo-Dell’Olio duo makes the charge, sewing up again at -2 (36-34), while the opponents’ shooting percentages also drop, making a few mistakes that allow the Sangiorgigines to restart, but the basket seems bewitched and does not reward Virgilian effort is due: San Giorgio continues to remain at a disadvantage, but does not want to give up by continuing its attempts to catch up with its opponents. In the last minute Cremona and Orazzo manage to get to -4, transformed into -2 by Fietta with 20” left. Zagni, practically at the end, finds the 3-pointer which puts MantovAgricoltura’s positive moment on standby.
The last 10 minutes open with the aim of trying to reduce Treviso’s advance and the feat seems to be successful for the red and whites who tighten the defensive shirts thanks to a punctual tactic taking care of the defensive details while offensively speaking they find important points and charge positively succeeding , with 6:40 left to go, the lead returns with Orazzo’s 2+1 game: 48 to 50. Treviso does not hoist the white flag and Vespignani, together with Da Pozzo, bring their teammates back ahead by pushing on the accelerator while the people from Mantua find themselves in difficulty, unable to convert as they would like. Dell’Olio scores a triple, 100” from the end, to make it -1, boosting the hopes of her teammates: a few errors in the shot at San Giorgio and 3 free throws for Treviso, however, condemn the Virgilian team who try until the last moment to everything and then seeing themselves forced to surrender at 59 to 55.
A season undoubtedly full of emotions with ups and downs for Basket 2000 San Giorgio, which thus bids farewell to the 2023/2024 season with a pinch of regret, but also with a small step forward compared to previous years: fourth position in the rankings.
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