Casademont Zaragoza put an end to relegation by achieving its third victory of the season this Saturday, at the Palacio de los Deportes, 83-92 against Covirán Granada, which extends its bad moment and remains at the bottom of the table with only one game won in nine days.
© Coviran Granada | Fermin Rodriguez
The match started evenly, with both teams nervous because of how much was at stake and making more mistakes than successes (8-8, m.5).
Partial 0-12 hands
The emergence of Chadian Khalifa Koumadje, the new top of the Endesa League, into the game helped Casademont Zaragoza start at the end of the first quarter, which ended 17-21, a partial score of 0-12 (17-29, m.14), with the hosts very stuck in attack.
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The visitors' lead, very successful in the second quarter in attack led by the American Devin Ray Robinson, shot up to 16 points (22-38, 16'), being able to maintain it until half-time (32-48) against a Covirán Granada team that was clearly outmatched on both sides of the court and that was whistled by its fans at half-time.
Bozic leads the local resistance
Croatian Luka Bozic led the local reaction attempt at the beginning of the second half (40-50, 23'), although Casademont Zaragoza remained calm and in control thanks to Santi Yusta and his success in free throws (48-64, 26').
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The visitors reached the final ten minutes with the game very much on track (59-69 after a 9-3 local partial at the end of the third quarter), stopping any local attempt to get into the game with successful and intelligent attacks in key moments (63-76, 33' after 0-6 with two three-pointers in a row).
Partial 10-0 to add excitement
The team led by Jesús Ramírez had the victory in their pocket (65-79, 34') and made life difficult with a 10-0 local partial (75-79, 37'), although they did not lose their temper in the final moments to end up winning without suffering.
Technical sheet:
83 – Covirán Granada (17+15+27+24): Costa (11), Thomas (14), Munnings (6), Bozic (21), Babatunde (7) – starting five – Rousselle (7), Durán (0), Howard (2), Burjanadze (3), Hankins (12) and Brimah (0).
92 – Casademont Zaragoza (21+27+21+23): Bell-Haynes (13), Stevenson (0), Yusta (20), Dubljevic (18), Robinson (13) -cinco inicial- Spissu (7), González (0), Fernández (5), Soriano (2), Rodríguez (5), Koumadje (9).
Referees: Alfonso Olivares, Jorge Martínez and Yasmina Alcaraz.
Incidences: Match corresponding to the ninth day of the Endesa League played at the Palacio de los Deportes in Granada before 7,191 spectators, according to official figures.
