Italservice Loreto Pesaro 89
Virtus Ragusa 79
Partial: 28 – 24, 54 – 43, 69 – 59
Italservice Loreto Pesaro: Rupil 3, Lovisotto 7, Cevolini ne, Battisti 11, Cipriani 7, Monterisi ne, Maruca 23, Tombari ne, Tognacci 4, Broglia 9, Martinez 12, Casoni 13. Coaches: Foglietti
Virtus Ragusa: Brown 24, Piscetta 3, Epifani 3, Cioppa 1, Simon 7, Tumino ne, Vavoli 12, Sorrentino 3, Gaetano 26, Mirabella ne, Calvi ne, Ianelli. All.: Recupido
Referees: Di Santo from Chieti and Galieri from Termoli
Pesaro -There Virtus Ragusa comes out beaten by race 2 of the play-off playoff of the Interregional Serie B championship of basketball against Pesaro and to decide the latest promotion in national series B there will be a need “Pretty” scheduled for Thursday at “PalaPadua” of Ragusa.
Pesaro he never gives the feeling of being able to lose the match against the virtussini and leads the match from start to finish, focusing on the quality of his attack, and thus manages to drag Ragusa to race-3.
It will be there “Pretty”scheduled for next Thursday at the “PalaPadua” (two-ball at 8.30 pm), to decide the second promotion in the championship of National Serie B, ssometimes in a match of no return.
Ragusa the first match point is missing due to the unusual defensive concessions and the poor attacking percentages: 5/21 from long range and 63% on free throws (against 85 of the opponents) stands out.
In the first quarter balance reigns. There Italservice keeps its head ahead thanks to the initiatives of Maruca (already in double figures), Ragusa shakes with Go ahead And Gaetano and finds the first (and only) overtaking of the evening with Brown: his triple of 18-19. The American is already very inspired, with 13 points in 7 minutes of use. The distance is minimal, with the performance of the attacks more accentuated than that of the defenses. There Virtus scores 28 points and concedes 24 in an anomalous start.
The guests return to -1 with Epifanibut they allow two convenient solutions a Maruca And Broglia: Pesaro it finds itself 33-27 at 13′. Rupil achieves +8 from the dribble, however Ragusa it is the first moment of heeling and Recupido stop the game with a timeout. You play with a high number of possessions and the Virtus slips beyond the double-digit deficit, until he manages to increase the defensive intensity and return to -5. Casonihowever, restores the distance from the arc: 50-42 at 19′.
At the long interval for the Italservice there are already 54 points on the scoresheet, just eight less than those conceded by Ragusa in the entire race-1.
With Ianelli to four fouls and Simon at three, the rotations are affected. Upon returning to the field Virtus is sent at -15 from the baskets of Lovisotto And Baptistsbut the most serious thing is that he is unable to find the way to the basket for three and a half minutes, until a free throw made by Brown. Gaetano tries to wriggle on the double guests, Epifani guides the transition for comfortable support Brown. But it’s still -10. The home quintet comes out of the timeout with a 6-0 break, but the escape attempt is stopped by triples from Go ahead And Brown: 69-59 at 30′.
Ragusa try to gain some inertia, but Baptists three hole a “zone” attempt. There Virtus she struggles to find continuity in attack and, the few times she manages to do so, she is immediately pushed back. At the halfway point of the quarter, Pesaro leads 78-65. The basket of Simon shakes up the team Recupido: Sorrento scores threes with the help of the table, Gaetano is 2/2 in the bezel e Ragusa it’s back to -6. What definitively condemned it, however, were a couple of bloody turnovers and the cursed free throw carousel. The verdict is postponed until next Thursday.
