Debut with defeat in the Silver Play-In for the Interregional Serie B: Gulliver Derthona knocked out in Arezzo
Amen BC Servizi Arezzo – Gulliver Supermarkets Derthona 82-67
(14-9, 45-34, 66-53)
Arezzo: Pelucchi 8, Zocca 8, Toia 4, Nica 2, Iannicelli 15, Rossi 5, Kankovic 19, Semprini 12, Vagnuzzi, Giommetti 7, Terrosi 2, Provenzal ne. All. Evangelists.
Derthona: Baldi 13 (4 ast), Fernandez Lang 6, Farias 8, Tambwe 9 (14 rb), Korlatovic 3, Diodati 10, Fonio, Albertinazzi 3, Moro, Conte 15 (3/8 from three, 3 rec, 5 ast) . All. Ansaloni, deputy Tosarelli, ass. Albasini.
Referees: Mammoli from Perugia and Antonelli from Spoleto (PG).
The adventure begins with a defeat Play-In Silver di Interregional Serie B of the Gulliver Supermarkets Derthona. To Arezzo the black and white team loses 82-67 against the home teamAmen BC Services of first ROUND of second stage, which involves the crossing between the teams classified from fifth to eighth place in Division A of the North-West Conference and the teams that always finished from fifth to eighth place in Division B. Derthona, who started from the top of first place in ranking with the 8 points they brought with them from the qualifying phase, finishing in fifth place, they had to surrender to the Tuscans, who were last at 2 and coming off eighth place in their group.
Added to those of Tandia and Errica the further heavy absence of Andrija Josovic, loaned to EA7 Emporio Armani Milano for the Belgrade stage of the U18 Euroleague, in fact the Arezzo team always led matches with the lead. Also dragged by the former Dimitrije Jankovic and despite the efforts of Luca Ansaloni's boys to never let her escape decisively, especially with Stefano Conte's triples (in the archive photo), at the end of the third period Arezzo flies away after two bombs from Ianniccelli and Zocca for +13 in the last mini-break, never worried again in the final period.
For Gulliver, the debut of Tomas Fernandez Lang, fresh South American U17 champion with his Argentina shirt, wing class of 2006 remained on the pitch for 18' after arriving on loan this week after the first part of the season spent at Virtus Arechi Salerno, with whom he played the Serie B Nazionale and the U19 Eccellenza.
Once the first round is over, Derthona slips to third place in the rankings, 2 points behind the leaders Dany Quarrata and Basketball Club Lucca, in the 8-team group which grants access to the promotion playoffs to the top two classified at the end of the 10 days expected.
Sunday March 10 the home debut in the Play-In Silver involves arriving at PalaCamagna of Tortona the Spezia Basket Club, winner on his debut 98-84 at home against Campus Varese: free kick at 20:30.
