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Serie B Interregionale: Gulliver Derthona almost beats league leaders Oleggio, but gives in at the end

Serie B Interregionale: Gulliver Derthona almost beats league leaders Oleggio, but gives in at the end

Oleggio Magic Basketball – Gulliver Supermarkets Derthona 76-64

(19-23, 36-40, 55-54)

 

oleggio: De Ros 6, Casella, Karem 6, Pilotti 9, Toffanin 5, Borsani 5, Suigo 13, Lonati 5, Garavaglia 19, Ceccato, Van Elswyk 6, Kovachev 2. Catalani Coaches.

Derthona: Fonio Fracchia ne, Fogliato 2, P. Lisini 5, Farias 8 (8 ast), Borasi ne, Korlatovic 5, Aprile 11, Brizzi 4, W. Bellinaso 7, Gatti 3, Di Meo 3, Josovic 16 (10 reb, 7 fouls sub.). Coach Ansaloni, assistant Fanaletti, Censurini.

Referees: Molteni and D'Amico.

 

In the midweek recovery, Gulliver Derthona was defeated by a hard-fought match against the league leaders, Oleggio Magic Basketball, decided in the last ten minutes of play after three quarters played point by point. Despite the tenth defeat of the season in 16 games, the Tortona team remains only two points away from sixth place, which is worth in the Play-In Off and the relative immediate salvation. The defeat, although weighing on morale, does not compromise Derthona's run towards the goal of salvation, with five games still to play to try to climb the standings in Division A of the North-West Conference of the fourth national championship.

Balanced start at the Palasport “Umberto Re” in Boffalora Sopra Ticino (MI), with the home team immediately trying to take control of the game, but Derthona’s prompt response manages to stop Oleggio’s attacks, overturning the score and taking the lead for the first time thanks to Lisini’s triple. The Leoni thus end the first quarter with a 4-point advantage, 19-23. Oleggio starts with determination also in the second quarter, managing to place an important partial that allows them to overturn the situation and return to the lead. After a muted start to the quarter, Gulliver manages to recover all the accumulated gap with an immediate reaction and also close the second quarter in the lead, 36-40 at 20′.

Upon returning to the court, both teams rely on their best scorers to turn the match around: Garavaglia (12 points) for Oleggio, Aprile (9 pt) and Josovic (8 pt) for Derthona. The third quarter is played point by point, with Gulliver managing to maintain the lead for most of the period. In the final minutes of the game, two free throws made by Karem allow Oleggio to overtake Derthona, taking a 55-54 lead at the end of the quarter.

In the last one, Oleggio begins to take control of the game thanks to a partial that takes them to two possessions of advantage in the first five minutes (65-59). Despite the efforts of the black and white boys to stay in the game, the hopes of recovery are definitively extinguished when, a few minutes from the siren, the home team extends again thanks to a basket by De Ros, taking them to +12. The game ends with the score of 76-64 in favor of Oleggio.

The second weekly commitment for Gulliver Supermercati Derthona will be Friday 10 January at the PalaCamagna in Tortona, at 20:45 against Turin's Don Bosco Crocetta.