Allianz Derthona Tortona set a record at the Next Gen Cup: first qualified in chronological order for the Final Eight in Trento. Scafati ko, 5 wins out of 5
Academy Scafati Basket – Allianz Derthona Tortona 64-80
(17-26, 35-49, 50-64)
Scafati: Sangiovanni, Giaquinto, Tono 3, Zampella 4, Carolei, Cavaliere 13, Mauro, Regine, Borrelli 1, Borriello 17, Cane 26. All. Cirillo.
Derthona: Tandia 10, Baldi ne, Van Der Knaap 14 (3 rec, 4 ast), Farias 4 (7 rb, 5 ast, 19 val), Tambwe 4, Errica 21 (6/11 from three, 5 ast), Korlatovic 3 (2 stops), Diodati 5, W. Bellinaso 2, Moro 5, Conte 16, Josovic ne. All. Ansaloni, ass. Tosarelli, Censurini.
Referees: Perciavalle, Secchieri, Giovagnini.
Continues to write record after recordAllianz Derthona Tortona in the qualification phase of IBSA extension Next Gen Cup 2023/24. After remaining the only unbeaten team in the entire batch of 16 teams by winning the big match yesterday against the only other opponent who had not yet experienced defeats, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, in today's match at PalaPajetta in Biella with theScafati Basketball Academy the team coached by Luca Ansaloni he brought his victories to 5 in as many matches, taking away the satisfaction of winning the prize first qualified training to the Final Eight in Trento from 22-24 February. Thus, after the semi-final reached in the last edition in Naples, for the second time in a row the oldest team in the Derthona Basket youth sector has the satisfaction of being able to go all the way to play for the title.
Despite the roster being patched up due to the injury-related absences of Baldi and Josovic, legacies of the battle with Milan, and the feverish state of Tambwe, against the bottom of Scafata in Group A, Allianz did not have the same problems in leading easily from the 'beginning to the end. Nicholas Errica's newfound ability to shoot from beyond the arc made it easier, his 3/3 from three to start the game gave way to the sudden escape above or around the double-digit margin with the support of the usual irrepressible athleticism of Timothy Van Der Knaap. When the sniper from Tortona scores his sixth triple out of eight attempts, it brings him to 20 points just before the arrival of the long interval and above all his +18, 30-48. In the third quarter Scafati tries to get closer and is partially successful, as evidenced by the -14 at the end of the third, then in the final period the other "bomber" Stefano Conte takes care of putting the three baskets of the bracket that repel a 7-0 Scafatese break for 73-57 less than 4' from the final siren that ends the game.
The string of victories allows the Bianconeri to gain another satisfaction: tomorrow against the Carpegna Prosciutto Papalini Pesaro (two-way ball 16pm at the Biella Forum) and the day after tomorrow against the GeVi Naples (start at 11am at PalaPajetta, both games live on legabasket.it) a success will be enough to win the group and ensure on paper a softer match in February in Trentino in the quarter-finals with the fourth-placed team from the other group .
