Good performance from Bertram, Legnano surrenders to PalaOltrepò
Bertram Derthona-Axpo Legnano 104-85
(24-19, 52-40, 76-63)
Scoreboards:
Derthona: Alibegovic 31, Blizzard 4, Buffo, Ndoja 21, Ugolini, Garri 13, Lusvarghi 2, Viglianisi 8, Bertone 19, Gergati 3, Spizzichini ne, Lydeka 3. Coach Ramondino
Legnano: Raffa 22, Thomas 27, Laganà ne, Bianchi 13, Ferri 3, Bortolani 12, Bozzetto 2, Biraghi, Berra 3, Corti, Serpilli 3. Team Mazzetti
Concrete proof for Bertram Derthona who, still without Spizzichini, achieved a success against Legnano - forced to give up Laganà - which came at the end of a match that the Bianconeri led from the start. The match started in favor of Bertram Derthona, who took advantage of her great precision in her three-point shot (5/8 in the first minutes of the match) to produce the first break, at 21-13 in the 7th minute. At the end of the half, Legnano comes closer thanks to Raffa's initiatives: in the 10th minute the Bianconeri lead 24-19. In the second quarter the match flows in balance, both in the game and in the score: the Knights remain in contact thanks to Thomas (author of 11 points in the period). In the last two minutes of the first half, Ndoja's triples and an unsportsmanlike call to Bianchi - capitalized by Alibegovic with five consecutive points - allowed Derthona to go into the break with a 52-40 lead. Upon returning from the locker room, Thomas again closes the gap in the score (54-49), before the new acceleration of Bertram favored by the triples of Ndoja and Bertone and the coldness of Alibegovic on the line: coach Mazzetti interrupts the game at 63-51 24'. In the following minutes the Bianconeri responded blow for blow to Legnano, maintaining a double-digit margin: in the 30th minute the score was 76-63. At the start of the last quarter Bertram scores a new break in the score, which allows her to reach her maximum lead at 85-65 in the 33rd minute. In the final, Alibegovic's baskets allow the home team to exceed 100 points for the first time in the season: the final score is 104-85.
