Lointek Gernika takes the lead in the tie against Zaragoza with a hard-fought victory (75-69)
Euskaraz irakurri: Lointek Gernikak aurrea hartu du Zaragozaren aurkako kanporaketan garaipen landu batekin (75-69)
He Lointek Gernika achieved a hard-fought victory in Maloste against Casademont Zaragoza (75-69) in the first leg of the ‘playoff’ of the quarterfinals of the Women’s Endesa League and will defend a six-point lead in the second leg on Sunday, April 23.
It was in the last five minutes that the Basque team managed to stretch a score that had constant alternatives and never differences of more than four points for one side or the other.
Already in the first quarter, Gernika began to lead with a 13-10 lead, defeated by Zaragoza (16-19) before finishing supported by their superior rebounding.
The second started in the worst way for the locals who lost Brooque Williams to injurybut even so, from the hand of an intoned Sandra Ygueravidethe best player of the match, managed to go ahead at halftime (32-30).
The intense exchange of blows did not stop after the restart and Zaragoza resumed command, doing damage from the outside.
However, the team from Biscay finished ahead again in the fourth 52-48 before this final stretch in which he led by eight points (66-58) with just under five minutes to go, an income that he practically managed to keep, enduring Zaragoza’s final rush.
Ygueravide, with a double-double of 20 points and 10 assists, led Gernika to victory, well supported by the Italian Laura Spreafico (13 points) and Sofía da Silva (8 and 7).
Data sheet
75 – Lointek Gernika (16+16+20+23): Buch (8), Ygueravide (20), Spreafico (13), Meskonyte (8) and Da Silva (8) -starting five-; Wojta (11), Ariztimuño (7), Alberdi, Williams and Bura.
69 – Casademont Zaragoza (19+11+18+21): Ortiz (6), Oma (13), Fiebich (8), Gimeno (8) and Gatling (15) -starting five-; Tate (5), Grande (10), Geldof (1) and Alonso de Armiño (3).
partial: 16-19, 32-30 (rest), 52-48 and 75-69 (final).
referees: Ángel Antonio Albacete, Juan Ramón Hurtado and Rodrigo Garvin. Eliminated due to fouls Ortiz (m.38) and Da Silva (m.39).
Source: Eitb
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