Surne Bilbao Basket visits Sibiu in search of a place in the round of 16
Euskaraz irakurri: Bilbao Basketek Sibiuren etxean jokatuko du, final zortzirenetako txartelaren bila
He Surne Bilbao Basket visit this Wednesday to BC CSU Sibiu in Romania, to close his pass to the round of 16 of the championship FIBA Europe Cup. At the moment, Jaume Ponsarnau’s men have won all four matches in this previous phase, which has led them to occupy first place in group B. The match can be seen livein ETB4 and eitb.eus, starting at 6:00 p.m.
The men in black beat the Romanian team, already eliminated, clearly in the first leg, and this time they will take the field with the same objective. They will face a Sibiu that has not yet won in this phase, and occupies the last place in the group.
Only the champion of each of the ten groups of the competition is guaranteed a ticket to the round of 16, a phase in which the six best runners-up will also be present. He Glasgow Caledonia It is the only team that can take first place in the group from Surne. But, to do so, they would need to win their two games and for Bilbao Basket to lose in the two remaining games. If they reach the last day tied, Caledonia should overcome the 58 points they lost at the Bilbao Arena against the Biscayan team.
Losses of Alex Renfroe and Sacha Killeya-Jones
Ponsarnau will not be able to count on Alex Renfroe and Sacha Killeya-Jones. As explained by the coach of those in black, the American point guard is not traveling so that he can “rest” from an injury that has been going on since the second day of the Endesa League, against Baskonia in the Buesa Arena, and the British center so that he can recover from the “appalling fall” he suffered on Sunday against Real Madrid.
Instead, both very important players in the Biscayan rotation, the homegrown players are part of the expedition to Romania. Unai Railingwho also “was injured”, and Asier Fernandezthis is new in the call.
Source: Eitb
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