He UCAM Murcia CB continues to reap the fruits of its management during the week in the FIBA Europe Cup. The last one was a comfortable and overwhelming victory against Hungarian Falco Szombathely at the opening of the Top-16, which allows him to dominate and mark territory in his group (97-67). The university team, without center Devontae Cacok or power forward Toni Nakic, both of whom were not in the squad due to the rotation policy for this competition, has managed to add its first victory in this round with practically no apparent consequences.
He did not need to engage fifth gear, except in some sections of the first half, to beat a rival who arrived in the Segura capital after reaching this round as the sixth best second and with a short rotation. Something very dangerous against a UCAM Murcia that, even at half throttle, is capable of blowing up games in the blink of an eye. And David DeJulius is becoming an expert in that, although he was only on the court for 12 minutes, it was enough to tip the balance with his ability to break through defenders and success from the triple (15 points, with 5/5 from the perimeter).
They joined the base in the scoring Forrest (13), Ennis (13) and Emanuel Cate (14), who reached double digits, in a match that started brilliantly with a 10-0 run, but in which a responsive Falco appeared and knew how to rally in the first minutes until he dominated the scoreboard. However, starting in the second quarter, the team Site Alonso He found the necessary point between success and management to keep at bay a rival who could no longer face him.
Maybe the negative note It was the little presence of a Hicks who did not take advantage of the tailwind to leave with a good feeling, with only five minutes on the court, on a day in which the least common (and players with less load of minutes like Radebaugh) They ended up closing out the victory in the last quarter.
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An effervescent start
UCAM started the first quarter with a 10-0 run that Falco quickly had to end with a timeout after two consecutive triples by David DeJulius. The start started a little cold, before the university students began to refuel, after a Belo-Osagie was injured in the first action and was later able to return to the track. And he did it when his team had already recovered ground. Because Falco hit Sito Alonso's team back on the table with a 0-6 that served as a warning (13-6). With the rotations, UCAM found greater speed in its game with the entry of Forrest, however, it lost some defensive solidity and that allowed the Hungarian team to get closer. So much so that a triple by Whelan, a former Real Murcia Basketball player, put him ahead 16-17. UCAM tried to react, but it was too late to do so without accelerating their game after a basket by Sant-Roos in which they scored the extra (19-20).
Falco Warning
Five consecutive points from Varadi, with a triple and a good drive to the basket, was the warning that Falco was totally serious at the Palace, so Sito Alonso had to stop him with a timeout (22-25). The university team could not find the key to be more consistent, especially in defense, despite the entry of Dani García and Rubén López de la Torre. In fact, a foul by the point guard on Jovanovic ended with a technical on Sito Alonso for protesting and in the next action it was the power forward who equalized (26-26). There were five left until halftime and the improvement came from behind with an imperial Raieste on the rebound (32-28). The university team managed to raise the revolutions, and that allowed them to have a small rush with Ennis and a triple from Falk that allowed them to get oxygen (41-32). Although it was not enough to go calmly into the break (44-38).
DeJulius breaks in the second half
UCAM tried to raise the bar with its exit in the second half, where baskets by Sant-Roos and DeJulius allowed it to have a ten-point lead in the early stages (51-41). The North American point guard once again brought out his repertoire of highlights to leave Falco's defense broken and dynamite the game from the perimeter with his fourth triple. Furthermore, a new action by Ennis ended up opening the gap and the Hungarian team had to resort to timeout (58-45). A new triple by DeJulius opened a 5-0 run that left his rival very shaken, exhausted by a short rotation and unable to abuse the fouls (66-51). However, UCAM could not slow down, since Falco took advantage of every opportunity to still stay afloat in a third quarter that they ended up dominating (72-54).
Self-control in the fourth quarter
Two triples by Radebaugh to mark his recent fatherhood ended up breaking a final quarter in which UCAM was already looking to seal the victory with one eye also on the scoreboard to obtain the maximum possible difference and have that plus in this Top-16 against the Hungarians (86-59). The university students began to like each other on the hardwood, and Sito Alonso opted for a fresh quintet full of the less common ones (Dani García, De la Torre, Diagne) along with Forrest and Radebaugh, who was not in Burgos last Saturday. The university team was able to reach one hundred points on several occasions in which they took the rim, but it was Dani García who closed the game with a triple to have a comfortable cushion of 30 ahead (96-67).
