Official debut of BAXI Manresa with the Catalan League in Tarragona
Hiopos Lleida will be the first rival in a competitive match (at 18:30) in the 2025 edition of the Catalan League. Diego Ocampo has the only absence of Louis Olinde.
BAXI Manresa 2025-26 continues to overcome stages and will play its first official match this Wednesday: group stage of the Catalan League 2025. The first rival in Tarragona will be Hiopos Lleida (18:30). Power forward Louis Olinde will not yet be available for the match.
After 3 pre-season matches, BAXI Manresa continues to prepare for the season now with a title at stake. Diego Ocampo's team, which has already played 3 pre-season matches, has only been fully formed and training with the entire squad for a few days. This will be the first of the 2 matches that the Bagencs will play in Tarragona. The second will be on Friday at 18:30 against Girona. Both matches will be broadcast on Esport3.
The opponent is Hiopos Lleida, a team that Diego Ocampo's men have already faced, in Sant Julià de Vilatorta. They will have to measure their strength against a team that has been well reinforced, especially with names of players who are well acquainted with the Endesa League, such as John Shurna or Melvin Ejim. Gerard Encuentra's team aims to establish itself among the best Catalan teams this coming season.
Diego Ocampo said in the press conference prior to this Catalan League that "for all the players there are many new things: the team, the rules... we have faced a tough summer, with many changes; we have to rebuild and this takes time; Lleida has been reinforced especially with players with experience in the ACB, very experienced people used to competing at a high level; Girona has also been renewed, but with creative players and maintaining a backbone».