BAXI Manresa makes a great game and conquers Barris Nord
Diego Ocampo's team had a great game marked by their accuracy in the three-pointer and defense. Bassas, Ubal and Oriola were the most outstanding players for the team from Bages.
90 Hiopos Lleida I Walden 10, Batemon 33, Jimenez, Ejim 16 and Diagne 9; Agada 5, Paulí 3, Golomán 2, Sanz 9, Shurna 2 and Krutwig 1
99 BAXI Manresa I Obasohan, Brooks 9, Reyes 14, Steinbergs 12 and Akobundu-Ehiogu 6; Bassas 14, Ubal 17, Olinde 10, Paulicap, Oriola 17 and Dani Pérez
Partials: 19-25, 24-29, 27-23, 20-22
BAXI Manresa took the victory in the Catalan derby played on the complicated court of Hiopos Lleida (90-99), in a match that dominated from the middle of the first quarter.
The players led by Gerard Encuentra made a good start and scored the first five points of the match. However, the visitors reacted thanks to their great success from the outside, which allowed them to come back and close the first quarter with a six-point lead (19-25).
In the second period, Diego Ocampo's men continued to be very in tune from the triple, and this allowed them to obtain a maximum difference of twelve points (35-47). At halftime of the match, the team from Manresa was winning by eleven points (43-54).
At the restart, the locals immediately moved to four points (50-54). The team from Bagenc immediately regained a ten-point margin (59-69). In a quarter of exchange of blows, Lleida came closer again (70-73) and the visitors entered the last period with a seven-point gap (70-77).
In the last ten minutes, Ocampo's team continued at a very serious level and extended the difference to about sixteen points (78-94) which were definitive to add the eighth victory of the year in the Endesa League, since the locals could not react.
On Wednesday from 19:30 BAXI Manresa will close the regular phase of the Eurocup by visiting the court of the German Veolia Towers Hamburg.