Sunday's opponents: Acmar Ravenna
5 – Emmanuel Holloway (185 cm, 1986, guard)
The new guard of Acmar Ravenna is a boy of Californian origins, who moved to Georgia at a very young age. Emmanuel Holloway grew up at Woodland High School in Cartersville, Georgia, where he received a scholarship to play junior college at Iowa Western. Having completed his first two years of university, he opens up the possibility of transferring to the prestigious college of Illinois State. After completing his four-year university course with a degree in communications, Holloway embarked on a European career, playing in Germany (Hannover), the Czech Republic (Brno), Finland (Lahti) and Switzerland (Geneva and Boncourt). Graduated in communications, in the summer he works as a personal trainer at the family-owned gym in Cartersville, Georgia.
7 – Francesco Amoni (201 cm, 1984, wing)
He was born in Gualdo Tadino on 20 January 1984, but it was in Siena that a good part of his youth career developed. Francesco began his professional career in the 2001/2002 season at Nch Virtus Siena in B1, after growing up in the same youth sector; he drops in category the following season, playing in B2 in Colle val d'Elsa (2002/2003) and then returning to Virtus Siena, again in B1. After a year in the Under 20 team of Climamio Bologna and two more seasons at Virtus Siena (2005-2007), Amoni moved to Sati Trading Modena which played in B2007 in 2008/1. In the summer of 2008 Francesco joined Legadue, where he remained for three years, wearing the shirts of Sassari, Imola and, in 2010/2011, Scafati, where he finished with 5 points and 3 rebounds on average. He has been playing in Ravenna since August 2010 and is in his third year as captain of the Giallorossi team, with which he won promotion to Legadue Silver on 9 June 2013 and participated in the A2 Silver playoffs in 2013/14.
9 – Giacomo Cicognani (205 cm, 1992, center)
Ravennate, he is a product of the youth sector first of Byzantium and then of Basket Ravenna. Giacomo has been part of the B2, DNB and Silver rotation for five years now: his first minutes on the pitch came as early as 2008/09, but it was in the 2009/2010 season that "Cico" began to be part of the Giallorossi rotations. The 2010/2011 season was positive and, in addition to the playoff semi-final, brought with it the first call-ups to the Under20 national team: everything seemed ready for a call-up to the European Championships in the category (Bilbao 2011), but a serious injury to the ligaments of the right knee prevented it. the climb. After surgery and more than eight months out of action, Giacomo returns to the field, and after four months of good work the call for the European Championships becomes reality (Slovenia 2012). At the end of the positive experience in Azzurro Cicognani returned to Ravenna, to experience seasons as a protagonist in DNB (promotion to A2 Silver and victory in the DNB Italian Cup in 2013), and subsequently in Silver.
10 – Eugenio Rivali (178 cm, 1986, point guard)
Born in Pesaro on 29 November 1986, Rivali is a product of the youth sector of Scavolini Pesaro, with whose shirt he played up to the Under19 category.
Eugenio later wore the shirts of Morciano, with which he won the C2 championship, of Trento, Gualdo Tadino, Fossombrone and then Santarcangelo. In the yellow and blue jersey he played for three seasons, winning the playoffs from C1 to B2 and subsequently from B2 to DNA before achieving a quiet salvation in the first round of the playouts last season.
After a phenomenal season on his debut in Ravenna, culminating with the "palm" of the best player in the championship and with a more than deserved promotion, he lands in Legadue Silver where in his first year against equal foreign roles he is fed up and able to win the prize of best Italian of the tournament, the Oscar Giba 2014. A point guard with a great vision of the game, he defines himself as "a quiet boy, without many things in his head but with a great passion for basketball".
11 – Andrea Raschi (200 cm, 1979, wing)
Andrea grew up in the youth sector of Basket Rimini Crabs, the club with which he began his professional career in 1996. With the red and white shirt he played for six seasons between Serie A and Legadue, before moving to Gira Ozzano (2002-04) and begin a career that saw him among the best scorers in B1 for several years, wearing the colors of Senigallia, Virtus Siena, Treviglio, Perugia and Bisceglie. In 2007/08, between the season in Treviglio and that in Perugia, there was room for a return to the Crabs, in Legadue, playing 30 games and scoring 151 points in total.
In the last three seasons, Andrea Raschi has played in Chieti, facing Acmar as an opponent in the last Adecco Silver championship. Andrea ended the 2013/14 season playing 28' and scoring 10.6 points per game, with 55% from 2 points and 33% from long range, to which he added 3.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists.
12 – Jacopo Grassi (188 cm, 1995, guard)
Born in Cesena on 20 February 1995, Jacopo Grassi played minibasketball in his city, then moved to Pol.2000 Cesenatico for youth activities. In 2012/13 he went on loan to Basket Ravenna, with whom he played in the Under19 Elite championship, managing to earn some call-ups and his first minutes of play in the DNB over the course of the season. Last season he played with the Ravenna shirt in the Under19 Elite championship, winning the first, historic, youth championship of the Giallorossi club, and, with the double membership formula, with that of Gaetano Scirea Bertinoro in the DNC, where he played for 16 ' per game.
14 – Gian Antonio Zannini (195 cm, 1995, wing)
Gian Antonio Zannini was born in Ravenna on 8 April 1995. He completed his entire mini-basketball and youth career in Basket Ravenna, with the exception of the 2011/12 season in which he wore the Pol. 2000 Cesenatico shirt to participate in the championship Under17 of Excellence. In the last two seasons he played in the Under19 Elite of Basket Ravenna and was permanently added to the Giallorossi first team for training, embellishing his youth experience with the Under19 Elite Scudetto won as the best scorer in the semi-final and final in May 2014 in Grado .
15 – Matteo Tambone (192 cm, 1994, point guard)
192 centimeters playmaker, born in Graz (Austria) on 14 May 1994, last season he wore the yellow-red jersey of Acea, being an active part of the roster that reached the Scudetto final in June 2013. Rome's first team welcomed Matteo at a young age, after his start at Vigna Pia and Vis Nova Basket Roma: at thirteen years of age he moved to the yellow-red team of Virtus, a club with which Matteo spent his entire youth career until his debut in the first team and at thirteen (78 minutes overall, high of 5 points scored at the PalaTiziano against Scavolini Pesaro) appearances in Serie A in 2012/13. Matteo then went on loan to Ravenna, confirming that he can hold the field profitably in a difficult tournament like that of A2 Silver. After having ended his season prematurely due to an injury to a finger on his right hand (operated on, he missed the playoffs), he presents himself at the starting line of the 2014/15 Silver with a great desire to show off and increase his space of game.
16 – Francesco Foiera (205 cm, 1975, center)
Winger/centre of 207 centimeters and 103 kilos, born in Cesena on 15 September 1975, Francesco Foiera grew up in the youth team of Basket '82 Cesena and then moved to Andrea Costa Imola, the club with which he won the B1 championship in 1994 -95 and Serie A2 three seasons later. Between 1999 and 2001 Foiera played in Serie A1, first in Varese and then in Roseto, returning to Legadue in Messina, before moving to Ferrara between 2002 and 2004 and Caserta the following season. He then returns to Ferrara where he contributes, once again as captain, to the promotion of Club Estense to Serie A. His career continues with the stages of Livorno and Veroli (Legadue), before returning to Romagna in the summer of 2010, first at Fulgor Libertas Forlì and then to Crabs Rimini. After a brief experience in Brindisi, in Serie A, from January 2012 to the end of the 2012/13 season Foiera finally wore the red and white of Andrea Costa Imola, scoring averages of 24 minutes, 10 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. In his first year with the Giallorossi he was appreciated for his determination, experience and leadership that was difficult to replicate. At just celebrated 39 years of age, Charlie is still immovable on the Giallorossi board.
32 – Mike Singletary (198 cm, 1988, wing)
198 cm winger, born September 19, 1988 in El Paso, Texas, Singletary grew up at Kingwood High School in Houston, Texas. He later played four college seasons at Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. Singletary ended his experience with the Red Raiders averaging 13 points and 6 rebounds, earning national coverage thanks to a memorable performance in the derby against Texas A&M, which ended with a comeback victory from -22 thanks to 29 personal points scored in the last 13' of the game (43 points in total). Once his collegiate experience ended, Singletary wore the shirts of Pepinster, in Belgium, Bigua, in Uruguay, and Mornar, in Montenegro.
In 2012/13 he played in the NBA's development league, the NBDL, first with the Erie BayHawks and then with the Rio Grande Valley, a club with which he won the title of the second American league (11 points per game, 45% from 2, 42% from 3, 5 rebounds per game).
In the autumn of 2013 Singletary was the protagonist of the Philippine championship, where he scored 33 points per game (54% from 2, 33% from 3) with the Barako Bulls of Manila, and then joined Acmar in February 2014. In the Giallorossi he played 10 regular season games and 5 playoff games, totaling 15 points and 9.7 rebounds per game, with the highlight of the triple that decided the home match against Casalpusterlengo.
We thank Miro De Giuli, Ravenna press office for his precious contribution.
