Derthona conquers Piacenza
Derthona seems to have learned the lesson of the match against CUS Torino a fortnight ago. The end of the race which had been fatal to Quaroni & co. against the Piedmontese university students, a turnaround in favor of the Bianconeri in the treacherous away match in Piacenza. After leading practically for the entire match, Arioli's boys find themselves in perfect parity 4-56 just over 56 minutes from the siren. The ten point advantage with which the last quarter began was in fact squandered against the 1-3-1 zone of the home team who thus reversed the inertia of the match. But the evening is favorable for the black shirts and the omens are a providential bomb from Quaroni and 2 out of 2 from the line from Gioria. The home big men aren't up for it and first Gennari and then Paleari respond to our team's presumption. When there are still three minutes left at 60-61 anything can still happen: Ganguzza, keeps calm and launches the final partial; Gioria, omnipresent, still earns two free throws which he makes, while on the opposite side, Paleari even misses four in a row. It's up to Degrada to literally kill the home hopes with a frontal shot that has 3 points on the scoresheet and 2 in the standings for Derthona who with character leaves PalAnguissola, maintaining the best defense in the championship and positioning themselves behind only Monticelli Brusati who with Marostica remain the only innocents in the group. Beautiful and convincing performance by the Tortona collective in Piacenza: the aforementioned trio of bombers Degrada-Ganguzza-Quaroni clearly had an impact on the match but the victory came from afar also and above all thanks to a careful and determined defensive attitude. Samoggia and Pavone won the duel under the scoreboards with the antagonists Gennari-Paleari, despite the latter's centimeters. Gioria and Anselmi limited the offensive forces of Furlanetto and Garofalo. But the surprise of the evening was the contribution obtained from the bench with the insertions of Daniel and especially Strotz who in the third quarter built the lead (43-53) which, although sacrificed in the last quarter, gave confidence and concreteness to the the entire Juventus team. Derthona is here: let's carry on like this! Now they have two consecutive home matches against ABC Varese and Spilimbergo. Robur et Fides Varese arrives next Sunday at 18pm, the historic Lombard team which boasts perhaps the longest tenure in this championship. After the winning debut in Turin and overcoming Bassano, ABC is fresh from defeat against Lecco on their own parquet. The Varese team relies on the drive of wingers Santambrogio, Realini and Matteucci, all people who combine technical quality with category experience: watch out guys!
Bakery Piacenza – Orsi Derthona Basket 60-70 (12-18; 20-15; 11-20; 17-17)
Orsi Derthona Basket: Gioria 6, Quaroni 14, Samoggia 4, Anselmi 6, Pavone, Degrada 12, Ganguzza 18, Daniel 3, Strotz 7, Gay. All. Arioli
