Victory against Asisa Joventut
Diego Ocampo's team is taking shape and takes another victory.
78 Asisa Joventut I Rubio 18, Ruiz 5, Mauri 3, Cheatham 9 and Sulejmanovic 13; Ellis 2, Torres 8, Nogués 2, Osayi, Niebla 9 and Birgander 9
84 Kids&Us Manresa I Benitez 5, Kolenda 9, Tamba 2, Minchev 6 and Oriola 6; Allen 20, Vila 10, Bassas 4, Agbo 13, Ongenda, Fernández 8, Sánchez, Enabulele 1 and Drejer
Partials: 17-24, 23-24, 21-11, 17-25
Kids&Us Manresa have added their second victory in the second pre-season game after defeating Asisa Joventut in Sant Julià de Vilatorta in a duel that was decided in the last quarter.
Dani Miret's players made a good start and scored the first five points of the match. The team from Manresa then reacted, came back and enjoyed a ten-point lead before a triple rival at the end of the first quarter (17-24).
In the second period, the team from Bages extended the maximum difference to fifteen points (25-40), but the team from Badalona improved and were able to be only eight points behind at the halfway point of the match (40-48).
Returning from the locker room, the green-and-black team came out more in tune, which allowed them to close the gap first and turn the score around later. At the end of the third quarter, two points of margin for Joventut (61-59).
In the last ten minutes, Diego Ocampo's men were more consistent and took a ten-point lead (70-80). The team from Badalona tried to come back, but the team from Manresa remained solid and sealed the victory from the free throw line.
On Sunday at 18:30, Kids&Us Manresa will play again in Sant Julià de Vilatorta, this time against iLERNA Lleida.