Burgos: the game of the ex and the assist leaders
BAXI Manresa faces a team where there are three former players and a former coach, in a match that will bring together three of the top five assist leaders in the Endesa League so far
Bàsquet Manresa has visited the CB Miraflores court twice, with a victory for each team. In the 2018-2019 season, the Bages team won 74-82, while last year the victory was for the home team (79-65).
Saturday’s match will bring together three of the top five assist leaders in the competition. Dani Pérez is the first with 7.1 passes per game, followed by the ex-Manresa Alex Renfroe, who accumulates 5.9. The other Burgos guard, Omar Cook, is fifth with 5.1. As for team statistics, the team led by Joan Peñarroya (former BAXI coach) is second in steals (10.15 per game) and in percentage of two-point shots (58.79%), third in assists (19, for the 20.08 of the Manresans, leaders) and turnovers (15.38), fourth in points in favor (85.77) and fifth in three-pointers converted (9.92) and in fouls committed (21,69).
Other interesting facts
-Hereda San Pablo Burgos has four members with a past in Bàsquet Manresa: Álex Barrera played there in the 2015-2016 season, Jordan Sakho did it from 2016 to 2020, Alex Renfroe played 13 matches in the 2018-2019 season, the same one in which Joan Peñarroya was on the bench of the entity.