Basketball ball and referee – Photo LiveMedia/Savino Paolella
Start with one a defeat that is difficult to digest the path of theItaly in Group C of the U17 Basketball World Cup 2024. At the Ahmet Comert Sports Hall in Istanbul Argentina wins 83-79 at the end of a match that the Azzurrini controlled in the first halfbefore falling apart at the end. Eight points of advantage at the end of the first quarter, even 11 at the interval after a triple at the buzzer by Accorsi that could have cut the legs off the South American team, which instead showed up with clear ideas for the second half of the game. The quintet of coach Giuseppe Mangone began to gradually struggle in attack, after having scored 55 in the first half, they scored only 24 in the second, and took the stage Tyler Kropp: 29 points with 10/16 shooting and 7/8 from the free throw line for the class of ’07 with jersey number 1. After an amazing first half, which ended with 16 points, our team gradually faded away too Maikcol Perez, who eventually finished with 20 points and 9/17 shooting. Italy will now try to make amends in the next two matches against hosts Turkey and New Zealand.
