Lointek Gernika loses against London Lions and must come back 7 points (69-76)
Euskaraz irakurri: Lointek Gernikak London Lionsen aurka galdu du eta 7 pointu irauli beharko ditu (69-76)
He Lointek Gernika has been defeated this Wednesday against London Lions (69-76) in the first leg of the round of 16 of the EuroCup Women which has been disputed in Maloste and will have to come back seven points in the return if he wants to continue in the European competition.
The match did not start in favor of Gernika, who quickly fell behind on the scoreboard and had to row against the current (6-18). Still, with a partial 8-0 They got into the game and stood up to the rival, preventing them from scoring in the last minutes of the first quarter (14-18).
The game has become more even, although the Londoners continued to lead the way. The visitors have once again escaped on the scoreboard and the Basques have once again had to come back to go into the break with an eight-point deficit (27-35).
A 5-0 partial in favor of the locals opened the match and made Lointek believe in the possibility of a comeback. But every time they got closer on the scoreboard, London gained strength to put the distance back in the middle and they went to the last quarter with a complicated difference (49-57).
Lointek fought until the end, but was not able to change the script of the match and will have to come back from seven points in the second leg (69-76).
Data sheet:
69.- Lointek Gernika Bizkaia (14+13+22+20): Ariztimuño (4), Buch (19), Watts (12), Milapie (10), Silva (4) -starting quintet- Dodson (6), Flores (5), Madera (2) and Nikitinaite (7).
76.- London Lions (18+17+22+19): Snytsina (8), Winterburn (13), Katanic (14), Samuelson (6), Fagbenle (18) -starting quintet- Beckford-Norton (-), Gustafson (13), Meyers (4) and Wilkinson (-) .
Partials: 14-18, 27-35 (rest), 49-57 and 69-76 (final).
Referees: Lukasz Jankowski (Poland), Alexandre Maret (France) and Edgard Ceccarelli (France). They eliminated Milapie (m.37) and Silva (m.37).
Source: Eitb
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