BAXI Manresa wants to continue to assert the Congost factor against Breogán
After a great victory over Aris Salonika in the Eurocup, Diego Ocampo's team will host Luis Casimiro's Galician team, who have one more victory. Eli Brooks and Hugo Benitez could be included in the squad.
This Saturday at 21:00 a new match at Nou Congost in the 15th round of the Endesa League. BAXI Manresa will host Rio Breogán, a team that is one step above the Manresa team with one more win. For this match, Diego Ocampo could recover the wingers Hugo Benitez and Eli Brooks, who were injured in recent days.
A new challenge for BAXI Manresa, who want to make the most of the "Congost factor" to defeat a rival again, as happened this Tuesday with Aris de Salonica. The crowd at the Manresa pavilion was key to the victory from the first minute and must be so again this Saturday against a direct rival in the standings. Dani Pérez will finally be the only casualty of the team, who will have to decide which 12 players make up the final roster.
Luis Casimiro is the coach of Rio Breogán, who with one more victory than Bages, are currently tenth with 6 games won and are trying to push to enter the Copa del Rey places. The Lugo team beat Unicaja on the last day at the Pazo. The key men of Casimiro's team are the shooter Francis Alonso, having his best season, and the pivot Danko Brankovic (10.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game). Jordan Sakho, former player of BAXI Manresa, is also part of the squad
Diego Ocampo said in the press conference this Friday that "it will be a very tough game basically because they are one of the best attacks in the league in several aspects: they pass the ball very well, which means they can comfortably shoot from 3 and are making very good shots; in addition, they dominate the offensive rebound; all of this means that they are now with 6 victories".