Bilbao Basket beats Polish Wloclawek and almost sealed its place in the round of 16 (76-71)
Euskaraz irakurri: Bilbao Basketek Wloclawek taldeari irabazi dio (76-71), eta ia erabakita utzi du hurrengo txandan izatea
He Surne Bilbao Basket was imposed this Wednesday, not without difficulties, on Anwill Wloclawek by 76-71 in Miribilla and practically sealed his pass to the round of 16 of the FIBA Europe Cupa competition in which they have almost eliminated the Polish team, the current champion of the tournament.
On the contrary, the squad led by Jaume Ponsarnau heads the B Group with full victories and 8 points with two games left until the end of the league. For their part, the Poles have 5 points so far.
They led the important victory of the Biscayan team, whose classification to the next phase is disputed by almost unreal mathematical possibilities, the center Sacha Killeya-Jones (24 points and 20 rating) and, above all, the captain Xavi Rabaseda, who gave an authentic recital of things to do on a field to win a game. As an example, the 8 recoveries with which he finished the match, six at halftime, and the 6 rebounds that he grabbed (15 rating). He also finished with good numbers Alex Renfroe (10, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 16).
For Wloclawek, who in the last minutes were excited about a victory that would rescue them from almost certain elimination, the best was the forward Jacub Garbacz (24 and 20), who did not stop hammering the Bilbao hoop throughout the game and was the great architect of his team staying alive shortly before the end.
Those who helped him the most were Victor Sanders (14) and Tanner Groves (7 and 8 rebounds).
The next match for the men in black will be next Wednesday, November 15, on the fifth day of the competition in which they will have to visit the Sibiu field, a team that closes the classification without yet knowing what victory means in this phase .
Data sheet
76 – Surne Bilbao Basket (21+27+14+14): Renfroe (10), Kullamae (6), Rabaseda (6), Andersson (5) and Killeya-Jones (22) – starting five – Pantzar (9), Adam Smith (9), Alex Reyes, De Ridder (4) and Hlinason (3) and Rigo (2).
71 – Anwill Wloclawek (19+17+19+16): Amir Bell (7), Victor Sanders (14), Garbacz (24), Petrasek (6) and Kalif Young -starting five-; Joesaar (6), Tanner Groves (7), Laczynski (4), Kostrezewski, Siewruk and Wadowski (3).
Partials: 21-19, 48-36 (break); 62-55 and 76-71 (final).
Referees: Zafer Yilmaz (Turkey), Alexandre Maret (France) and Ritvars Helmsteims (Latvia). No eliminations due to fouls.
Source: Eitb
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