The New Icom Selargius it doesn’t stop. The yellow and black beat 58-47 Normatempo Italy Basketball Turinwinning the fourth consecutive victory and two important points with a view to the playoffs. Important performance from coach Maslarinos’ players, with Aijanen (16 points) and Ceccarelli (19) on top. The only discordant note was the injury suffered in the third quarter by Juhasz, which forced the big Hungarian to not play much of the second half of the match.
THE RACE – Selargius starts off decisively once again (5-0 after the first 2′), but as the minutes pass it is Torino that does better, making its voice heard on the rebound and finding confidence from the arc with Penz and Heriaud (15-20 after 10′). The move to the bench is good for the yellow and black, who change the pace in their own half of the pitch and also gain advantages on the offensive side despite lower percentages. Pinna’s good impact from the bench and the contribution of their long players gave them a two-possession lead at the end of the first half (33-27). The script doesn’t seem to change in the third period, despite the pain in his ankle that immediately stops Juhasz. Ceccarelli from the arc and Aijanen in the paint drag their teammates up to +15, at which point, however, Heriaud decides to take the lead and be the protagonist in the partial score of 11-0 which sets the result at 44-43 at the sound of the third siren. He seems to be able to start a match within the match, but Selargius doesn’t lose his composure, he returns to filling the area well and being punctual with his help, punishing the opponents’ doubles from the other side of the pitch by moving the ball well and attacking the rim strongly. Thus was born a last partial in which Nuova Icom conceded only 4 points to their opponents and managed to overturn the difference in goals, reaching the final 58-47.
“We managed to overturn the goal difference – says assistant coach Nicola Massa – against a team with high-level players, holding them to 47 points. And this means that the girls did an incredible job on their side. The girls were united in difficult moments, they continued to follow the match plan and especially in defense they did a great job. They all tried to do something important for themselves and their teammates: today they were all good. Aijanen’s impact? In addition to being a great player he is a great person – he specifies – he entered on tiptoe and onto the pitch because he gave us more depth in attack and a great hand in defense where it is not easy to attack. Now we are calmer, four wins, but we are already thinking about Tuesday when we will be back on the pitch to work”.
Nuova Icom San Salvatore Selargius-Normatempo Italy Basketball Turin 58-47
Partials: 15-20;18-7; 11-16; 14-4.
Nuova Icom Selargius: D’Angelo 4, Mura 4, Berrad 3, Ingenito 2, Pinna 4, Ruggeri NE, Valenti NE, Ceccarelli 19, Blecic, Porcu, Aijanen 16, Juhasz 6. Coach: Maslarinos.
Normatempo Italy Turin Basketball: Albano, Stejslakova NE, Giordano 2, Pasero, Chukwu 11, Heriaud 18, Penz 10, Cordola 4, Bucchieri 2, Biondi NE Coach: Corrado.
