Brown shoots a basket during the Gasca game. /
Those of Azu Muguruza fought until the last second despite the fact that the Lugo women won by the minimum in Gasca
The IDK Euskotren was unable to beat Durán Maquinaria Ensino this Saturday at Gasca. The women from San Sebastian conceded their second consecutive loss in a match that ended 70-72. Those of Azu Muguruza tried until the end, but they couldn’t get back on the winning path. The first quarter was fairly even, although it ended with the team from San Sebastian down on the scoreboard (14-16). During the first ten minutes the IDK was supported mainly by Coulibaly, Harden and Brown. Precisely they formed the initial quintet along with Cvitkovic and Díaz.
The entrance of Cornelius and Cox in the second quarter gave the local team another breath, which soon took the lead. As soon as it started, IDK attacked from the three-point line and hit their first triple of the game, the work of the Dutch point guard. When two minutes had not yet passed since the start of this quarter, the women from San Sebastian had already gone ahead in the light (19-18). At 21-18, the Ensino coach, Varela, was forced to request the first time-out of the game to stop Muguruza’s pupils, who after turning the score around reached the break 36-28. Almendro, who was very attentive to stealing, scored ten points in the second quarter. Coulibaly stood out for his powerful defense at the rim, but it wasn’t enough. The Galician women complicated their existence.
As soon as the second half started, Coulibaly increased the distance on the scoreboard to ten points (38-28). A three-pointer from Almendro left the light at 41-35 when the rival team began to press. At 5.14 minutes from the end of the third quarter, a triple by Lizarazu put the visitors ahead (43-45) and Azu Muguruza had no choice but to stop the game. Ensino came back strong from the break and did not make things easy for IDK. Four minutes from the end of the third quarter the light reflected a 45-47, thus keeping the Galician advantage. But four straight points from Cvitkovic equalized the score again (47-47). Another basket by the Croatian power forward, who added six consecutive points, turned the score around (49-47). There were two minutes left in the third quarter and IDK had to widen the gap if they wanted to win in front of their fans. But Ensino didn’t let them play as they would have liked in the third quarter, finishing 51 equals thanks to Cvitkovic, who was key in the third quarter in which IDK couldn’t close the defensive rebound.
70
IDK EUSKOTREN
72
DURÁN TEACHING MACHINERY
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IDK Euskotren:
Díaz (2), Cvitkovic (10), Coulibaly (14), Harden (7), Brown (5) –initial fifth–, Cornelius (6), Cox (6) and Almendro (20). -
Durán Teaching Machinery:
Lizarazu (8), Van den Adel (16), Aliaga (2), Giralt (11), Gomes da Silva (4) –initial quintet–, Prieto (0), Erauncetamurgil (11), Abalde (4), Orsili ( 5) and White (11). -
Partials:
14-16, 22-12 (36-28), 15-23 (51-51), 19-21 (70-72). -
Referees:
Miguel Enrique López Herrada, Eric Carrera Rosdevall and Cristina Adan Rodríguez. -
Incidents:
game of the twenty-second day played at Gasca. -
15. Tenerife 20 4 16
With the bright tied, the IDK played it all in the last quarter. A triple by Cornelius served to get ahead and regain their spirits (56-54), but Ensino took control and with just over five minutes left to finish the game, the score was 56-62. A basket by Coulibaly gave the Donostiarras hope with three and a half minutes to go (60-65). A triple by Almendro gave life to IDK a minute and a half before the final buzzer sounded (66-69).
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Saturday
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IDK Euskotren-Ensino 70-72
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Leganés-Campus Promise 57-65
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Canary Islands-UNI Girona 71-68
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Students-Valencia Basket 52-59
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Clarinos-Araski 60-71
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Sunday
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Perfumeries Avenida-Baxi Ferrol 12:30
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Cadí La Seu-Bembibre 17:15
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Gernika-Zaragoza 18:30
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Classification
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JGP Team
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1
Valencia Basket 22 18 4 -
2
Perfumeries Avenue 19 18 1 -
3
Girona 19 15 4 -
4
IDK Euskotren 21 12 9 -
5
Casademont Zaragoza 21 12 9 -
6
Cadí La Seu 19 13 6 -
7
Spar Gran Canaria 22 10 12 -
8
Movistar Students 22 10 12 -
9
Campus Promises 20 10 10 -
10
Gernika Bizkaia 19 9 10 -
11
Durán Maquinaria Ensino 20 7 13 -
12
Leganes 21 6 15 -
13
Kutxabank Araski 18 8 10 -
14
Bembibre 19 5 14 -
15
Tenerife 20 4 16 -
16
BAXI Ferrol 20 4 16
With 45 seconds to go, Ensino went into bonus and IDK got to one. The Mallorcan forward, with twenty points in the entire match, leveled the match when there were only nine seconds left to play (70-70). Gasca scored with his basket in a match in which all eyes were on the referee. It was not possible and it ended 70-72. The IDK will face each other on Sunday with the Araski (12:00, Vitoria).
