If the defeat against Perfumerías in the Women's League already hurt because of how it occurred in a final to forget, this Tuesday's (63-70) at the Roig Arena will take a while to forget, since Valencia BC let a game slip away that they had on track and that they went on to win by +20in a terrible last quarter in which A partial score of 0-26 left the Roig Arena frozen. A hard blow for Rubén Burgos' team, who see Casademont Zaragoza tie them in the classification of the second phase of the Euroleague Women.
with the newcomer Nia Coffey for the first time on Rubén Burgos' list, the coach preferred to wait to give him minutes and initially opted for a quintet with Leti Romero, Queralt Casas, Leo Fiebich, María Araújo and Kayla Alexander.
After a first exchange of baskets, with Leti and Araújo adding for the taronjas, The locals opened a big gap, taking advantage of the success from 6.75 from Queralt and a Fiebich who made it 12-4 and forced Carlos Cantero to call his first time before the halfway point of the first quarter.
Leite, with five points in a row, tried to get back into the game, but Fiebich returned the partial to add 10 points to his locker. Burgos moved the bench after six minutes to bring on Buenavida and Awa first and both added their first points in a first quarter in which Araújo scored a new triple to make it 25-14.
The success from 6.75 (66%) marked the differences in a first period in which Ouviña and Coffey were the only Taronja without minutes.
Coffey debuts with good feelings
Of course, on the return to the track, the latest taronja incorporation already entered to begin to show the reason for his signing, with a triple, two free throws without error and a lot of mobility and power in the zone.
The taronja shared the ball better and the points were shared between Leti Romero, Awa Fam and Buenavida, before Araújo closed the first half with a 41-25 lead. Leite and former Taronja Fingall were the best in Zaragoza with 9 and 7 points respectively but The best local collective game led the game to half-time.
Maximum difference
At the restart, Alexander scored his first points after a first balance of 0 of 4. Luckily for the locals, former redneck Merrit Hempe was less successful, with 0 of 8 shots, four of them from 6.75.
Fiebich and four consecutive points from Leti put the score at +20with a 49-29 lead that led Cantero to stop the game shortly before six minutes into the quarter.
Vorackova, with six points in a row, tried to make the visitors react, but Queralt Casas' push and a 2+1 from Buenavida allowed the third quarter to close 56-40 weigh in on a last triple from Mawuli.
Partial 0-26 in 9 minutes
The victory seemed on track, but Valencia BC had to maintain the same intensity in the last minutes, given the future importance that the general average may have. And they didn't succeed, with continuous failures in shooting and a defense that could not stop Zaragoza's scoring avalanche, with Mawuli, Flores, Leite and Hempewho thus broke his bad numbers with three baskets in a row.
The nerves reached the court, the haste came with each shot and Zaragoza punished the taronja hoop again and again until Mariona tied the game with a triple (61-61) with 1:58 remaining.
Nothing changed on the return to the court, Leite added five more points and a new triple that silenced the Roig Arena. The new time in Burgos would no longer allow a reaction in time, with Fingall and Leite closing the game with an incredible 63-70. seeing is believing.
Via: Super sport
