Bertram suffered a complex second half and fell to Agrigento
M Renewables Agrigento-Bertram Derthona 71-60
(20-21, 40-35, 57-46)
Scoreboards:
Agrigento: Bell 8, Cannon 16, Evangelisti ne, Cuffaro ne, Sousa 4, Ambrosin 19, Nicoloso ne, Guariglia ne, Trupia ne, Zilli 12, Pepe 12, Fontana. All. Ciani
Derthona: Knowles 11, Tuoyo 14, Alibegovic 13, Blizzard 10, Ndoja 5, Garri 4, Lusvarghi, Viglianisi, Gergati 3, Spizzichini. All. Ramondino
Defeat for Bertram Derthona, who went to Sicily with the returning Garri but without Ganeto, who stopped during the match against Roma. After a balanced first half, the Bianconeri suffered from the offensive streak of their opponents, led by Ambrosin and Cannon, and surrendered in Agrigento. The start of the match was characterized by the great balance between the two teams, who found effective offensive solutions: Tuoyo and Cannon were the main protagonists of the first minutes of the game, which saw continuous overtaking and counter-overtaking in the score. It is once again the American center of the home team (author of 12 points in the quarter) who closes the partial in favor of the Bianconeri inspired by the triples of Gergati and Knowles and at the first siren Bertram leads 20-21. In the second period the Sicilian team started better, led by baskets from Ambrosin and Bell which forced coach Ramondino to interrupt the game at 28-22 in the 12th minute. Derthona's reaction is entrusted to Blizzard and Alibegovic, who close the favorable break in Agrigento and bring the Bianconeri back to -1 (30-29). In the final minutes of the first half the balance remained on the pitch and coach Ciani's team went into the break with a 40-35 lead. Upon returning from the locker rooms, Derthona raises the intensity of their defense, returning to -1 (40-39), before suffering a new break - led by Pepe - by Agrigento, who extends the score (48-41 at 26') . At the end of the half, coach Ciani's team finds good offensive solutions, continuing in their favorable moment and reaching, for the first time in the match, the double-digit margin (54-42 at 29'): the period is closed by the triple of Ambrosin and Blizzard's free throws, which set the score at 57-46. In the last quarter Bertram tries to react, but is kept above the double-digit gap by Agrigento's precision in shooting from outside: in the 35th minute the Sicilians lead 63-52. An inspired Ambrosin fuels M Rinnovabili's margin (67-52 in the 36th minute), forcing coach Ramondino to stop the game. Coach Ciani's team controls the Bianconeri's last attempts to return and wins 71-60.
Thus coach Ramondino at the end of the match: ˝Congratulations to Agrigento for the victory and for being much more consistent than us. They were very present in every single possession for the entire duration of the action. From our point of view, beyond some technical aspects, the key must be to find consistency when things don't work, when we are not precise and are unable to express a high quality of play, both due to our own demerits and the merits of our opponents. . We must work continuously and together to try to improve both physically and technically. We need to find a way to produce our game and find solutions to the problems we face during the match: we are still looking for balance and this week we have done two consecutive training sessions with the same roster. During the week we have to work better, with all the staff available˝.
