Bertram suffers from a bad third quarter and falls to Latina
Benacquista Assicurazioni Latina-Bertram Derthona 95-85
(17-23, 43-42, 76-55)
Scoreboards:
Latina: Lawrence 18, Carlson 18, Hajrovic ne, Tavernelli 11, Cassese 5, Fabi 13, Baldassarre 13, Allodi 11, Jovovic, Ambrosin ne, Cavallo ne, Di Bonaventura 6. Coach Gramenzi
Derthona: Knowles 26, Tuoyo 10, Alibegovic 12, Ganeto, Blizzard 10, Buffo ne, Garri 13, Lusvarghi, Gergati 8, Spizzichini 6. All. Pansa
Third defeat in the championship for Bertram who, still without Ndoja, played on par with Latina for a while before suffering a 33-13 partial in the third quarter which directed the match towards coach Gramenzi's team. The reaction of the last quarter was not enough for coach Pansa's team to achieve success. The start of the match flows on the edge of balance between the two teams: it is then Bertram - thanks to Garri's baskets - who produces the first break of the match (19-12 at 9'); at the first interval the Bianconeri lead 23-17. Even in the second half, coach Pansa's team finds good offensive solutions and continuity in the three-point shot, but Latina reacts by also relying on outside shots; it was then a basket on the counterattack by Carlson that gave the home team the lead (34-33 in the 16th minute). After Knowles' baskets, a triple from Lawrence closes the first half, with the home team leading 43-42. Upon returning from the locker rooms, Latina started sprinting, finding great offensive continuity and producing a 17-4 run that forced Bertram to interrupt the game at 60-46 in the 24th minute. Despite the reaction of the Bianconeri, the home team continued to lead by 76-55 at the end of the third quarter. At the start of the last quarter, Derthona finds a series of three-point baskets that reduce the gap in the score, but Latina then controls the opponents' comeback attempts to achieve a 95-85 victory.
Thus coach Pansa at the end of the match: ʺWe must congratulate Latina who maintained her momentum for most of the match and produced the decisive break at the beginning of the third quarter. We managed to interrupt their offensive flow a few times; in attack we did good things during the first half. Defensively we have difficulty supporting the structure with two big big men, but unfortunately we are in a physical condition for which we have to deploy him at a certain point of the match: when the match ended we played with Alibegovic as a tactical four to open the field , trying to put her on a fighting level but Latina, despite feeling the blow, never lost the inertia of the match. I'm sorry because my team worked with enormous desire but in the difficult moment they weren't able to come together. I'm sorry and I take responsibility for this, while others must take responsibility for not having fought like Latina did. There is a big difference between what we saw this week and this evening, it is useless to talk about absences because the discussion is more general. Last year here, without Gergati, we played a great game with six and a half players, but those athletes had a desire that I have seen little of since August 18th to today. Defense is made up of details, tactics and rules, then you need the desire to throw yourself on the ground, play over injuries, take an extra step. On these aspects, evidently, we are not ready: I'm sorry that not everyone works with the same desire and is not focused on the common goal. Today we should have been better than yesterday, but instead we thought about making a shot instead of one more slide when Latina raised the intensity. At the moment we are not confident, because a team with confidence bites into matches at key moments. Everyone must take their own responsibilities: the coach is responsible both when things work and when they don't. In the same way there are those who take more responsibility in victories and in this moment when things are not going they must take on more responsibility: I will work to make this happen. At the moment I'll take the responsibility.
