The resignation of Simon Anumba has been formalized on the eve of the match, coach Davide Tassinari necessarily redesigns the quintet and launches Vladan Arnaut alongside Nwokoye among the five starters, for the first time this season. On the outside, the proven Gallizzi – Mascherpa duo, Gioele Moretti. From the bench, Bugatti, Brighi, Ndour and Bertini.
Approach, in terms of intensity, centered by the Tigers, who, however, undergo a rebound and cannot find the way to the basket except with Moretti’s initial triple. At 6’15 ”, on 9-3, coach Tassinari calls time out, with a Luiss Roma good at monetizing in the painted, well defended on the shot from 3. Thus debuts in the Bugatti match, in place of Arnaut and Cesena is released with Nwokoye who reduces the gap with 2 baskets from below, before the hosts begin to miss an infinite series of supports. At 2’51 ” it is then Ndour’s time for Nwokoye and Moretti goes for 13-9. At 1’24 ” Gallizzi arms Bugatti’s triple and Cesena is there! The first quarter is thus directed towards the last 30 ” with Mascherpa who sends Di Bonaventura to the bezel who misses the first and pockets the second. On the other hand, however, the hard defense on Bugatti’s support reverses the action and Gallizzi’s second foul gives Murri 2 free throws. The same Capitoline number 2, however, in turn sends Mascherpa to the line for 3 free throws at 3 ” from the first mini interval. For the captain it is 1/3, Ndour takes the rebound, the referee swallows the whistle and the first 10 minutes go to archive at 16-13.
The game is very intense. Under the boards there are no counters and the teams do not score for more than 2 minutes in the second quarter. At 7’55 it is Moretti, from 3, who unlocks for a draw. Cesena bewitches the basket and LUISS does not take advantage of 4 opportunities in the same action. It is therefore still Moretti who finds the draw, while Brighi, 1/2 to the free, gives the overtaking to the Tigers, 19-18. The Roman attack immediately finds the answer in Jovovic’s 3-point game, better than him, and Rome goes on +2. The hosts therefore take breath, with Converso rebus complicated for the Romagna defense. At 2’43 ” Moretti is on the line and sets 25-23. At 2’00 Brighi catches the wild card with D’Argenzio’s breakthrough and on the following action Nwokoye finds his average shot for 27-25. At the dawn of the last minute Barbon hits 30-25 from the arc, with the LUISS 1/13 from 6.75, after yet another rebound lost by the bianconeri and on the other side Cesena loses the ball, with coach Tassinari to demand a foul on Mascherpa. It is the same captain who sends Nwokoye in support for the 30-27, tenth personal point, which sends the teams to the long break at 30-27. Moretti 12 points.
Cesena shakes up at 8’09 ” when Gallizzi holes from the arc, then revised by 2, but also hits the additional free for 31 all. The match continues to be very intense competitive and the teams continue to go hand in hand. The stakes are high and the teams know it. The tension cuts itself into slices. At 6’30 ” on Mascherpa’s error and overturning in front, Gallizzi commits his third foul on Converso who monetizes with 3 points that send LUISS to 37-33 and puts the hosts in confidence. Bravo Brighi at 5’41 ” to draw the fourth team foul with D’Argenzio. Cesena remains in attack, but Mascherpa’s triple doesn’t go 2 seconds from 24 and Roma expands the lead with Jovovic’s triple. LUISS tries to escape, but Mascherpa, moving away, closes the opponent’s break for 42-35. The captain gets into rhythm. He steals the ball and hits the big target for 42-38 and, 3’42 ” from the end of the third quarter, Ndour, with the clock stopped, does the usual 1/2 for 42-39. The bianconeri recover the ball again and, on the offensive action, Mascherpa is again knocked down, but without refereeing outcome. The intensity does not drop. After Legnini’s basket, Mascherpa misses two free throws and Cesena, in defense, seems to suffer a lot, with Bugatti committing the fourth team and Barbon nailing 47-39 from the arc, to which Ndour responds, before committing his second. do it and send Jovovic to the line. The Capitoline number 5 does not tremble and Rome goes up to +8 at 1’15 ”. Di Ndour and Brighi the excellent baskets that lead to 45 Cesena … before the triple at the end of Di Bonaventura, which is worth the 52-45 that launches the last quarter.
At 7’23 ” from the gong, LUISS goes to +10 first, with 6 points from Legnini, and then at 62-50, foot on Murri’s arch, but above all he sinks very heavy blows for the morale of a Cesena that, with the baskets of Bugatti and Nwokoye seemed to be able to hang up the capitolini. Positive note, for the Romagna, the 4 team fouls, which send Brighi to the line at 6’50 ”. The Romagna exterior achieves yet another 1/2. Under 11, 6’14 ” from the siren, Cesena puts the ball back into play in attack with 9 ” on 24, but the basket arrives on the next retrieve, with a lot, too much, effort. But it is Moretti’s triple that tries to raise his team. At 4’42 ” Mascherpa is still imprecise with the clock stopped, but he gives the fourth point to the Tigers, to which Rome responds for 64-55, first and, then, 67-55, before Mascherpa’s basket. The bianconeri try, but time passes and, above all, at 3’18 ”, when the referee whistles a throw-in for the bianconeri and lost to LUISS, the score is 67-57. At this the Romagna lights go out and the last 2 minutes are good only for the statistics and the final score.
LUISS Roma – Tigers Cesena SSD 75-59 (16-13, 14-14, 22-18, 23-14)
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