The point on the championship at the end of the first round
A2 WEST: Agrigento (Chiarastella 20, Martin 17) beating Omegna (Smith 22, Zanelli 18, Iannuzzi 17) becomes winter champion thanks to a basket by Saccaggi (12). A last quarter of 21-9 allows Scafati (Loschi 15, Simmons 14) to conquer Ferentino (Gigli and Raymond 17). Behind them, the victory on the parquet of Agropoli (Roderick 28, Tavernari 19) and Tortona (Brooks 23, Reati 15) are not enough, remaining out of the Italian Cup only due to separate rankings. Casale (Blizzard 12) also goes to Rimini, coming back too late on the Roma pitch (Olasewere 17), held to just 4 points in the last quarter and now in contact with the playoff zone. With a dominated second quarter (22-9) Trapani (Mays 20, Griffin 17) passes to Barcellona (Smith 21), while Casalpusterlengo (Jackson 18, Chiumenti 15) taken by the hand by Poletti (30) beats Latina (Stanback 17, Mosley 15) hooking it up in the rankings. Rieti (18 for the eternal Feliciangeli, Mortellaro 17) which despite the day with only 12 points for the pair of its Americans also beats Reggio Calabria (Dobbins 12, Crosariol 11) reached in the standings Biella (Ferguson 32, De Vico 25) which surpasses Siena (Roberts 19).
A2 EST: The comeback against Ferrara (Brkic 22, Rush 13) allows Brescia (Fernandez 24, Hollis 17) to defend the lead from the attacks of Imola (Washington 16, Maggioli and Prato 12) who have no problems with Matera (Cantagalli 17 , Chase and Guarino 12). Behind them Mantua (Hurtt 35) wins in Recanati (Lawson 25, Bonessio out) and catches Treviso (Powell 22) ko in Ravenna (Masciadri 22). Bitter away games also for Roseto (Weaver 24), swept away by the 103 points of Trieste (Parks 27, Landi 20 and 13 rebounds) and Verona (Cortese 18, Boscagin 17, Ricci 16) which without Rice and Da Ros made a comeback in the final from Jesi (Greene and Santiangeli 17). Treviglio (Sorokas 27) took advantage of the absences (Frassineti, Maiocco and Pacher) to easily beat Legnano (Raivio 21, Allodi 14) while the good moment of Chieti (Lilov 22, Monaldi 15) continued, overcoming Fortitudo (Montano 17, Daniel 15 ) waiting for Valerio Amoroso's debut after the second leg.
The Italian Cup quarter-final pairings:
Agrigento – Mantua (1 West – 4 East)
Agropoli – Imola (3 West – 2 East)
Scafati – Treviso (2 West - 3 East)
Casale M. – Brescia (4 West – 1 East)
