In C Gold, Basket School Messina and Green Palermo win, against Fortitudo, and stretch on the free Milazzo defeated in Reggio Calabria
The hot phases of the clock group in the Serie C Gold of Basketball begin. Over the weekend, several important clashes for the purposes of the final ranking that will decide who will participate in the playoffs. The Nuova Pallacanestro Messina takes a step forward and overtakes Orsa Barcelona at home after an extra time.
On the other hand, the defeat of the Milazzo free agents who lose contact from the leading duo and now will come with a lot of pressure to the challenge against the New Basketball for the leading positions of the unified standings.
Victories without too many worries for Basket School Messina, at home against Sport Club Gravina, and the leaders Green Palermo who goes to PalaRussello against Fortitudo Messina. Victory for Castanea Basket against the rear Orlandina Lab.
New Basketball Messina – Orsa Barcellona 86-80 dts
Nuova Pallacanestro Messina hits the success against Orsa Barcellona 86-80 after an extra time. Trentello touched by Budrys (28), a fan for Salvatico (22) and Pierleoni (20), double figures for Maddaloni (12). This is the third success in a row for Nuova Pallacanestro Messina, which overcomes Orsa Barcelona in a crucial match for access to the playoffs. With this victory, Nuova Pallacanestro is one step away from the playoffs, in the next round, the last away match of the clock phase on the parquet of the Milazzo free agents, another key challenge.
Salvatico and Pierleoni immediately open the dance and stretch for the locals who engage in a push and pull with the Barcelona inhabitants which ends on the score of 19-17 at the first siren. At the opening of the second fraction there is the overtaking of the Bear who maintains a good pace and closes the first half ahead at 35-42. Upon returning to the field, the guests are left dry in the first minutes and the Nuova Pallacanestro partially returns, slowly getting closer and closing the third quarter at -3, 52-55.
The last ten minutes are of great intensity, the locals seem to take the lead in the middle of the set (64-57), but the Bear gets back into contact and is also ahead in the final minutes. At 70-72, with five seconds on the clock, Messina has no more timeout and Salvatico throws himself in, makes a mistake but the offensive is by Budrys who practically scores the equalizer on the siren. At the nervous extra time the Orsa Barcellona who lets the locals escape with a partial 8-0 on 80-74, the Nuova Pallacanetro Messina at this point manages the advantage in the 5 minutes of overtime and takes the game home.
Basket School Messina – Sport Club Gravina 85-57
Basket School Messina hits the fifth consecutive success, thirteenth of the season. The schoolchildren overtake the Sport Club Gravina at the “PalaMili” with a score of 85-57 and, taking advantage of the concomitant defeat of the Svincolati Milazzo, stopped by Dierre Reggio Calabria, they put a serious mortgage on second place in the ranking of the Sicilian Calabrian group of the Serie C Gold dedicated to Haitem Fathallah.
Race always in control of the team coached by Pippo Sidoti, who starts very well and sets the score at the end of the first quarter at 26-16. On the return to the field, the hosts are still protagonists who with a break of 11-2, built with the triples of Manfrè, Mazzullo, Busco and Scimone, fly on +19, an advantage that they will keep until the long break (44-25) .
In the second half the music does not change, again a break by the Messina Basket School which in the partial half record a new maximum advantage, +27 over 58-31. The race is firmly in the hands of the Messina who manage in the final of the third quarter, only to then extend again at the beginning of the quarter. The +33 on 80-47 is the maximum advantage of the evening, at this point coach Sidoti gives space to the very young Doria, Marco Sidoti and Stroscio, a couple of triple from Santonocito allow Gravina to reduce the final gap.
Fortitudo Messina – Green Basket Palermo 64-87
They are twelve consecutive for Green Basket Palermo, which also in Messina’s away match on the Fortitudo parquet, shows off a very solid offensive performance, directing the match in the first two quarters and rejecting in the final the onslaught of the opponents coming out of the interval. The passive is 15-23 after 10 ‘of play which, however, does not discourage the young people of Messina, who suffer the backlash of being answered in the rhymes to each mini-partial put on the scoresheet that only temporarily brings the two teams closer. Messina increases the pressure, but it is still the Palermo players who extend up to +17 at the end of a devastating first half offensive.
The return from the interval smiles at Fortitudo Messina who with the heavy shots of Bricis, Cavalieri and Bellomo reaches -7, with Palermo who manages to put together only 7 points in the first 5 ‘of play in the third quarter. In the final of the third quarter, the Palermitans manage from the line to bring the advantage back to the half-hour in double digits, the scoreboard says 50-63. The start of the fourth period is what decides the match: the 10-0 partial with which the leaders of coach Verderosa returns to the field closes in advance every speech at PalaRussello. Guests stretch on +23 to 33 ‘. Ends 64-87 and Green Palermo keeps +4 in the standings on Basket School Messina.
Dierre Reggio Calabria – Released Milazzo 83-69
New stop of the Unemployed Milazzo beaten away by Dierre Reggio Calabria, a match deservedly won by the Reggio players who led right from the start. The home team, after having closed the first fraction at + 9, extended in the second period closing at + 17 (48-31). In the third quarter the boys of coach Trimboli tried to get back into the game and shortened when the third siren reached -11. In the last period the Milanese seemed to find the right intensity and concentration, at 3’50 ″ from the siren they went on -5 with the scoreboard marking the score of 70-65. The Dierre, however, did not give up and after two consecutive triples returned to + 11. The final minutes saw the Calabrians now in control of the race who won the victory with a final + 14.
Results 4ª Clock
Castanea basket – Orlandina Lab 105-48
Vis Reggio Calabria – Cus Catania 67-66
New Basketball Messina – Orsa Barcellona 86-80
Mastria Catanzaro – Basket School Gela 85-72
Basket School Messina – Sport Club Gravina 85-57
Dierre Reggio Calabria – Released Milazzo 83-69
Fortitudo Messina – Green Basket Palermo 64-87
Serie C Gold table
Green Basket Palermo 30 points
Basket School Messina 26 points
Released Milazzo, Mastria Catanzaro 22 points
New Basketball Messina, Sport Club Gravina 20 points
Basket School Gela, Vis Reggio Calabria 18 points
Castanea basket 16 points
Dierre Reggio Calabria, Orsa Barcellona 10 points
Fortitudo Messina 8 points
Cus Catania 4 points
Orlandina Lab 0 points
Serie C Silver
The clock phase has also started in the C Silver basketball series where the Milazzo Minibasket, the Amatori Messina, the Lions Messina and the Domenico Savio are engaged.
On the first day only the Mamertini win while the Amatori falls in Acireale (90-54), Domenico Savio in Marsala (85-77) and the Lions in Palermo (84-77).
Basket Giarre – The Milazzo Minibasket 81-85
New victory for the Milazzo Minibasket over SS Basket Giarre ASD second in the rankings in the Blue Group of the Regular Season. A fifth consecutive success for the Mamertine team that manages to bring home another important result in the Serie C Silver championship in the clock phase.
The game starts with low rhythms, tight defenses and a study phase that leaves little room for attacks, at the end of the first period it is 12-10, still all a balance, but in the second part of the game, 2 triples of the substitute Calivá manage to open an important gap that will feed thanks to the plays of Enrico Mobilia (6/9 from 3p, 66%) and Giuseppe Varotta (15 points on the scoresheet) both supporters of an excellent performance. At the end of the third period of play Milazzo is +11, the locals return to the game but Leonardo Di Dio reports all the free throws earned (90% from free throws for him) and consolidates the fifth consecutive victory for the mamertines.
