Happy Casa Brindisi bid farewell to Serie A with a defeat in Brescia

The 2023/24 sports season ends with a defeat for Happy Casa Brindisi, which sees Legabasket Serie A say goodbye after twelve consecutive seasons. At the PalaLeonessa in Brescia the blue and white team bids farewell to the top basketball championship, being defeated by the home team with the final score of 94-75.

It should be noted that today’s meeting consolidated the friendship that has existed for some time between the two fans. The arrival of around 50 people from Brindisi present in the guest sector was welcomed with collective applause from PalaLeonessa. The supporters from Brescia then displayed a well-wishing banner: “We are waiting for you”. The people of Brindisi also commemorated Tonino Palumbo, a historic fan who died in recent days, with a banner: “Hello Tonino… True Brindisino”.

Coach Sakota has to do without Italian point guard Tommy Laquintana, who was stopped by an ankle problem during the last weekly training session in Brindisi. Germani got off to a flying start with an initial score of 12-2 in their favor taking advantage of the excellent scoring approach of Akele and Bilan. Brindisi responds to the first push and gets within just two points at the end of the first quarter, finding points from the bench with the introductions of Riismaa and Morris (22-20).

Morris opens the second quarter with great precision by scoring three triples that are worth the overtaking (33-34) until Brescia scores a 14-5 break to regain command of the operations (47-39 at 20′). Upon returning to the parquet, the hosts accelerate on the open field, taking advantage of the numerous turnovers from the Brindisi attack and running away until they reach their maximum lead of +14 (65-51 at 27′). Decisive shoulder that breaks the balance and allows the Leonessa to manage the end of the match without too many worries.

And at the end of the match, the Brescia players applauded the Brindisi supporters, who made themselves heard again today.

Scoreboard

Germani Brescia – Happy Casa Brindisi: 94-75 (22-20, 47-39, 69-60, 94-75)

Germani Brescia: Gabriel 15 (2/2, 3/6, 5 r.), Massinburg 5 (2/3, 0/3, 1 r.), Della Valle 18 (1/3, 3/5, 3 r.), Cobbins 8 (4/5, 4 r.), Cournooh 5 (1/3, 1/4, 2 r.), Christon 6 (3/5, 1 r.), Bilan 9 (3/7, 1/1 , 8 r.), Burnell 12 (5/7, 0/2, 9 r.), Akele 16 (5/6, 2/2, 5 r.), Porto (0/1 from three), Tanfoglio (0 /1, 0/2), Petruccelli ne. All.: Skinny.

Happy Casa Brindisi: Morris 16 (3/4, 2/8, 1 r.), Sneed 9 (2/7, 1/7, 4 r.), Laszewski 8 (1/2, 2/3, 1 r.), Smith 4 (2/2, 4 r.), Riismaa 3 (0/1, 1/2, 2 r.), Lombardi 6 (2/3, 0/1, 5 r.), Bartley 6 (3/8, 0/5, 1 r.), Bayehe 12 (4/5, 0/1, 4 r.), Washington 10 (1/2, 1/4, 6 r.), Laquintana ne, Seck ne, Malaventura ne. All.: Sakota.

Referees: Rossi – Borgo – Capotorto.

Note – Free throws: Brescia 12/16, Brindisi 18/22. Shot percentage: Brescia 36/68 (10/26 from three, ro 13, rd 29), Brindisi 25/66 (7/31 from three, ro 14, rd 19).