Kids&Us victory in the first EuroCup match at Congost
Diego Ocampo's team defeats Germany's Ratiopharm Ulm, with a great performance by Timmy Allen.
101 Kids&Us Manresa | Villar 2, Notae 20, Agbo 14, Allen 30, and Ongenda 11; Kolenda 4, Vila, Beaufort, Bassas 5, Tamba 7, Fernández 5, and Minchev 3
89 Ratiopharm Ulm | Atamna 4, Watson 11, Sims 14, Rataj 17, and Traore 7; Koroma, Schmidt 18, Faye, Shittu 13, Heckel 5, and Liedtke
Quarter scores: 31-24, 31-21, 20-24, 19-20
Kids&Us Manresa secured their first EuroCup victory by defeating Germany's Ratiopharm Ulm 101-89 at the Nou Congost, in a game they dominated from the start.
Diego Ocampo’s men got off to a strong start, quickly establishing an eleven-point lead (15-4). This allowed them to control the scoreboard throughout an opening quarter where offense prevailed over defense. By the end of the first period, the hosts held a seven-point advantage (31-24).
In the second quarter, the "Reds" remained highly effective on offense and continued to dominate the scoreboard. A decisive 12-0 run pushed Manresa’s lead to twenty points (60-40), though the Germans managed to cut the deficit to seventeen by halftime (62-45).
After the break, the pattern remained largely the same; the team from Bages maintained the upper hand and never felt their lead was truly threatened, despite some three-pointers from Schmidt late in the third quarter (82-69). In the final ten minutes, Ulm cut the deficit to just ten points (91-81), but at no point did they threaten Ocampo's team's first EuroCup regular-season victory.
On Sunday at 12:00 PM, Kids&Us Manresa will visit the challenging home court of one of Europe's best teams: Pedro Martínez's Real Madrid.