Derthona Basket Italian vice champion at the U3 men's 3×18 National Finals
The path of the stops Derthona Basketball towards the top step of the podium, but only in the final of the National Finals 3×3 Under 18 Men played last weekend at Lignano Sabbiadoro. Super start for the young Lions team, composed of Gabriele Fonio Fracchia, Richard Bordoni, Davide Borasi e Marco Fogliato, driven by Coach Giulio Lombardi, who win the quarter-finals against the Basketball I go by only two lengths, 16-14. In the semi-final there is the team from the Marche region The Shooting Freaks, already met during the group stage, the match is one-sided and sees the Tortona team victorious by 15-6 to fly to the championship final.
In the decisive match for the title of Italian Champions 2024, it is a challenge to Blue Orobica Bergamo, a very physical team. The black and whites try to keep the advantage gained in the first part, but with two consecutive shots from the arc the Lombards condemn them to defeat 17-21.
Even though the team was “underage” compared to the other teams, the path of the black and white team to get to the end of the tricolor competition was admirable.
THE SCOREBOARDS
Quarter finals
- Basketball Vado – Derthona Basket 14-16
Derthona: Leaf 4, Borasi, Fonio Fracchia 12, Bordoni
semifinal
- The Shooting Freaks – Derthona Basket 6-15
Derthona: Fogliato 4, Borasi 3, Fonio Fracchia 8, Bordoni
Final 1th-2th place
- Derthona Basket – Blue Orobica Bergamo 17-21
Derthona: Fogliato 2, Borasi 4, Fonio Fracchia 9, Bordoni 2
