Interregional Serie B, Gulliver Derthona continues his run at the top of the table: Gazzada also ko, third force in the group
Gulliver Supermarkets Derthona Tortona – Coelsanus Gazzada 84-61
(21-12, 43-31, 63-48)
Derthona: Tandia 11 (7 rb), Baldi 21 (8/8 free throws, 7 sub fouls), Farias 3 (7 rb, 7 ast), Bresciani, Tambwe 6 (7 rb), Korlatovic ne, Diodati 6, Fonio Fracchia, W. Bellinaso, Moro, Conte 19 (3/9 from three, 8/8 on free throws), Josovic 18 (3/7 from three, 10 rb). All. Ansaloni, ass. Tosarelli, Censurini.
Gazzada: Ivanaj 10, Bloise 5, Cassinerio 3, Mina, Beyrne Gomez 7, Genovese 19, Alesina, Magazzini ne, Veronesi 1, Vai 6, Gaye 1, Piccoli 9. All. Cantarelli.
Referees: Manetti di Daverio (VA) and Venezia di Sedriano (MI).
Twenty-three points from the third place in the group. This too is the figure of the golden moment that the country is experiencing U19 Excellence group of the Derthona Basketball, which in the senior championship version went on to score the third consecutive victory in Interregional Serie B, the eighth among the various competitions in which it participates.
It was the one who fell at the PalaCamagna under the blows of the hosts of Gulliver Supermercati Tortona Coelsanus Gazzada, in ninth day of Division A of North-West Conference of the fourth national senior championship. Excluding an initial burst from the guests entirely by Genovese, Luca Ansaloni's boys almost immediately took control of the match, which was broken up by too many referee whistles. After having kept their opponents arriving from the province of Varese in a bain-marie with advantages that fluctuated for a long time between 8 and 12 points, the powerful breakthrough occurred between the third and fourth periods. Producing it in terms of scoring was the trio who, together with Lamine Tandia then limited by fouls, had also led the way previously, namely Lorenzo Baldi, Stefano Conte and Andrija Josovic, authors of 58 points practically equally distributed, a turnover which between the three of them almost reached the total points scored by the entire opposing team, arriving in Tortona with an average of almost 83 points scored on average. Gazzada also paid for the great inaccuracy in free throws (20/36), vice versa compared to the very high percentages of the Bianconeri, who finished with a substantial 28/33 (84%).
With the fifth success in eight races Gulliver takes the third place own Gazzada and Campus Varese at altitude 10 points, thus establishing itself within the Play-in Gold zone which would ensure a privileged path in the subsequent playoffs. The prospect of a new home challenge, the recovery of the sixth scheduled matchday, gives further good spirits to the very young troops Wednesday 22 November at 20: 45 against Magic Oleggio Basketball, currently 2 points behind in the rankings with one race less than Gulliver.
