There Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaroafter the defeat of Casale Monferrato against Tortona, seeks a victory in the key of salvation by hosting the Vanoli Basketball Cremona, which comes from the success against Brescia which arithmetically certified its permanence in Serie A. In the first leg match of this regular season, played on Sunday 19 November 2023 during the 8th matchday, Vanoli prevailed 96-69 with the 17 points from McCullough and Zanotti and a great performance from Pecchia with 9 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 28 rating. Where to see it: Sunday 28 April 2024 at 6.15pm, DAZN. Referees: Lorenzo Baldini, Denis Quarta, Alessandro Nicolini.
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Eboua scores again from below but Tambone bombs: 54-55 in the 26th minute. After Cavina’s timeout, Cremona restarts from Matteo Piccoli’s triple: 54-58. Now it’s a back and forth: Tambone shoots a three for a new -2 and Pesaro gets their head back with another triple, this time from Cinciarini, for 61-60. But still SMALL! Another triple from the former Derthona: 61-63 in the 29th minute. Vanoli returns to +4, but Tambone doesn’t fit and closes to 63-65.
51-53 at 25′ – We start again in Pesaro, and for a change the first two are from Eboua. Bad start to the second half for VL. McDuffie burns the defense with a great first step: 45-51 in the 22nd minute. BLUIETT! Carpegna Prosciutto is there: basket and foul by Bluiett, who misses the free throw, but fourth foul by McCullough on the other side. Davis passes for two comfortable passes from Pecchia, 47-53 in the 23rd minute. Break Pesaro, back to -2 at 51-53.
RANGE: 43-49
43-49 at 20′ – The two teams run a lot but now they are not very precise. Wonderful Golden, brilliant ball for the cut by McCullough and Cremona at 34-42. Mazzola unlocks the VL scoreboard which returns to -6. But Eboua flies over the rim again: 36-44, timeout with 3:30 in the quarter. Wright-Foreman invents a basket and fouls. Bluiett scores -5 in transition, Cavina timeout. With Pecchia and the usual McCullough Cremona restarts, break and 41-49 at 19′. In the end the first half ends 43-49 for Vanoli.
34-40 at 15′ – Visconti! Triple that is worth the new -1. But Cremona restarts very strong: triples by Zanotti and McCullough, Sacchetti timeout at 27-32. VISCONTS! Another triple, the second of his game and WL at -2. Well done Zanotti on the other side for 30-34. Mazzola scores a free throw, basket and +6 foul for Paul Eboua. But Carpegna Prosciutto doesn’t let the guests escape: Cinciarini’s bomb, 34-37 in the 14th minute. EBOUA! Vanoli’s wing dunk. Zanotti scores a free throw and a new +6 for coach Cavina’s team.
END 1Q – 22-26
22-26 at 10′ – Bad mistake by McDuffie who makes up for it shortly after, 13-13 with 4:30 to play. WRIGHT-FOREMAN! Bomba, this time the partial goes to the home team: 16-13. McCullough responds shortly after, while Galli equalizes with the clock stopped with 2/2: 18-18 with 2:45 on the clock. Stop and winning shot by Lacey. VL counter pass with another triple from Wright-Foreman: 21-20, timeout. Davis scores two free throws. Love closes to -1 before McCullough’s triple. Last Cremona possession, Lacey stops from three but doesn’t go: 22-26 after 10′.
11-13 at 5′ – Eboua opens the match with two points from below. Small quintet for Pesaro: Mazzola scores a three, Golden responds with a half hook, 3-4. Tambone also bombs, after 2′ it’s 6-4. Eboua and McDuffie score from the line, the 2/2 of the Pesaro winger makes it 10-7 after 3′. Break of 6-0 Vanoli starting from a basket by Davis after a snatch by Piccoli. Cinciarini breaks the deadlock with a free throw, 11-13.
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– Previous. There have been 26 precedents between the two clubs in Serie A, all regular season matches. Vanoli is ahead 14-12 in the previous games and leads 7-6 in the matches played in Pesaro.
– Those who are absent. In Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro Leonardo Totè is out due to a contusive-sprain trauma to his right elbow; Davide Denegri is out in Vanoli Basket Cremona due to a compound fracture of the first phalanx of the index finger of his right hand.
– The exes. For Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro Romeo Sacchetti coached in Cremona from 2017 to 2020, winning the historic Italian Cup in 2019 and winning the coach of the year award in the 2018/19 season. In Serie A he has accumulated a total of 52 victories out of 92 games on the Lombardi bench and is currently the coach with the most championship victories in the history of the Lombardi team. For Vanoli Basket Cremona Simone Zanotti played in Pesaro from 2018 to 2022, accumulating 120 appearances in national competitions and scoring 6.3 points and 3.4 rebounds in 16 minutes of average use. Paul Eboua was in the VL in the 2019/20 season and part of the 2020/21 season, recording a total of 26 appearances in Serie A with the red and whites scoring 6.8 points in almost 20 minutes on average. Trevor Lacey played in Pesaro in the 2015/16 season, averaging 14.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 30 appearances in the red and white.
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