The UCAM Murcia beat Leyma Coruña by 105-93 by signing its maximum scoring of the season coinciding with its last match of the course in the Sports Palace, which was seen by the mega star of the NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo in the stands, and it is placed ninth when advancing to the Baxi Manresa, both sets now with 16 wins and 17 losses.
Playing before an opponent who is the colist and is descended to the first Feb Los Murcianos, who last Sunday said goodbye to the qualifiers for the title, had Howard Sant-Roos, reappeared after their injury, but not with DJ Stephens, with discomfort in the Achilles tendon announced this Saturday. The Coruña, on the other hand, presented themselves without Thomas Heurtel, Trey Thompkins and Augusto Lima.
Rodions Kurucs catches a rebound to the grip of Aleix Font.
The match began with the two teams, easily scoring and hence the score (15-14 in less than four minutes). The UCAM CB put the direct and, with a partial of 14-0 and Kaiser Gates already scored 13 points and three triples, had a 26-14 in his favor. Diego Epifanio requested dead time and at least stopped the bleeding to the point that the period concluded with a 34-27 still for the locals.
In the second quarter, with Kostas Antetokounmpo failing the six free throws he tried and with his three brothers seeing him, the game turned. Phil Scrubb and his success allowed Leyma to have a 40-43. At that time the Grana painting reacted, today of a novel blue, again from the hand of Gates. A triple of his left the score in 55-49 at rest.
The game resumed with a 0-7 output so that those of the Coruña turn the score (55-56). The match was partial and an 8-0 left the score in 63-56. The duel between Dylan Ennis, who would end up being the top clash with 24 points, and Scrubb rose in tone and, since Rodions Kurucs and Nemanja Radoovic joined their external successes, the university team went on to send with some clarity (80-69). The room ended with an 82-74 that could still predict emotion in the last period.
There was not so because those of Sito increased their offensive flow to reach 90-79. Although a certain relaxation was noticed and his rival approached (92-85 and 94-88), Ennis, Ludde Hakanson and Gates, with two triple, sentenced the victory of the Catholic team, which exceeded the hundred points in what was its top score in this league exceeding 100 of 100-83 against the Joventut de Badalona.
Technical file
105. UCAM Murcia Club Basketball (34+21+27+23): Hakanson (9), Ennis (24), Rodions Kurucs (6), Gates (22) y Birgander (8) -Cinco Inicial-, Dani García (3), Sant-Roos (2), Radovic (13), Radebaugh (6), Moussa Diagne (5), Kostas Antetokounmpo (4) y Falk (3).
93. Leyma Coruña (27+22+25+19): verge (11), lundqvist (15), barrueta (7), burjanadze (9) y silins (9)—CINCO inicial-, ángel núñez (3), Phil Scrubb (18), Jakovics (9), Jakovics (4), Huskic (4), Aati Diagne (11), Santiago martínez (-) y font (6).
Referees: Rafael Serrano Velázquez, Alberto Sánchez Sixto and Yasmina Alcaraz Moreno. They eliminated the local Rodions Kurucs for five fouls (m.36).
Incidents: Party corresponding to the thirty -third day of the Endesa Basketball League, the penultimate, which was played at the Murcia Sports Palace against 5,119 spectators. The local team premiered equipment, blue between light blue and turquoise and pays tribute to Calblanque beach, as the club reported. The match was seen by Giannis Antetokounmpo, the NBA star and player of Milwaukee Bucks and the Greek team, who came to see his brother Kostas, who plays in the UCAM CB, as he did several seasons with the family's little girl, Alex, who was then in the quarry of the university entity. They also saw the Altetokounmpo Thanasis and Alex himself, so the four brothers gathered at the Palace.
