Allianz Derthona among the top eight in Italy: large victory over Francavilla in the play-off, tomorrow the Piedmontese derby with Borgomanero in the quarterfinals
Allianz Derthona Tortona – Fortitudo Basket Francavilla 93-61
(25-13, 55-25, 79-45)
Derthona: Baldi 18 (7/9 from the field, 4/6 from three), Bresciani 12 (2/3 from three, 5 rb), Albertinazzi, Farias 4, Tambwe 4, Errica 5, Korlatovic 8 (11 rb), Diodati 6 , W. Bellinaso, Moro 5, Conte 14, Josovic 17 (4/9 from three). All. Ansaloni, ass. Tosarelli, Albasini.
Fortitudo Basket Francavilla: Napolitano, Cerminara, Gonzalez 11, Piscitelli 2, Dicorato-Romano, Berdychevskyi, Olive, Condric 18, Laino, Argentiero, Janha 27, Meroza 3. All. Trovò.
Referees: Pazzaglia, Martellosio, Bertuccioli.
Among the top eight in Italy. Allianz Derthona Tortona easily won the play-off against Fortitudo Basket Francavilla and obtained qualification for the quarter-finals of the U19 Eccellenza National Finals. In the clash between the second of Group A and the third of Group B at the Estra Forum in Chiusi (SI) the bianconeri quickly shook off the disappointment of the defeat the day before against Fidenza in the match that decided the winner of the group and they inexorably ran away from the Apulians, ensuring a new episode of the Piedmontese derbies against College Basketball Borgomanero for tomorrow's quarter-final.
The match against the opponents arriving from the province of Brindisi was without any fuss. It took Derthona five minutes to get the measure of their opponents, from there it was set in motion by a 4-point game by Conte, the prologue of a break that led him to closing the first quarter with a double-digit lead (25-13) and literally flying away on the wings of the triples in series by Baldi and Josovic and the contribution of the rest of the team throughout the field, faced with a Janha who was too alone on the other part - with the partial exception of Condric and Gonzalez - to face a deficit that already after just 16 minutes goes beyond 30 points (48-17). Given the margin, in the fourth match in four days coach Ansaloni took advantage of it in the second half to give a lot of playing time to the players less used previously and got excellent responses from the various under-age players in the team, since 2008 Bresciani managed to finish in double figures of points also taking advantage of good percentages from beyond the arc (15/37 as a team for Tortona) to Korlatovic in 2007 who almost achieved a double double in points and rebounds.
Having remained in the tournament, Allianz is preparing for the new Piedmontese derby at the Estra Forum with Borgomanero, the same opponent in front of whom they finished at the top of the table in National Group 1 of the championship and almost the same opponent, excluded for two over 19s present in the College, also faced in the Interregional Serie B senior championship, with a 2-2 overall result. Tomorrow's match will not only decide the seasonal record in head-to-head matches but above all the pass to the championship semi-final.
Tomorrow's match will also be broadcast live on the Italbasket Twitch channel and on the BasketLike.it YouTube channel
