The Alperia Game begins with the teams, coaches and referees, all in the center of the field, lined up in an embrace and a red sign on their faces promoting the LBF Techfind awareness campaign “NO TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN” on the occasion of the international day dedicated.
BCB injury situation still problematic, Alessia Egwoh still out, captain Licia Schwienbacher recovered for the match, but Aiste Vaitekunaite blocked. This week therefore big problems are already in training for coach Romano’s team who hopefully will be able to resolve the emergency as soon as possible.
Also because the next match will be away at Roseto, a direct competitor who currently has two points less than BCB, but has yet to play the eighth matchday which sees them away in Vicenza.
Looking at yesterday’s match we can certainly say that Alperia held up well, winning all the partials and keeping the match in control from the first minutes to the end, with important advantages.
The Basket Club Bolzano thus has 4 players in double figures, driven offensively by Manzotti’s 20 points, followed by Stefanczyk 14, Schwienbacher 13 and Favaretto’s double double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
For Vigarano 15 points from Valensin, 13 from former Grassia and Cutrupi in double from 11+11.
“I warned the team that it could be a difficult match because Vigarano was playing better in the last few matches than at the beginning. – begins coach Romano -. We have several injuries and in training we managed to play 5 vs 5 only on Friday, this was evident in the fluidity in attack. We were short on defense, especially in the second half when we raised the intensity and that was the key to the match.
Now we have to be able to recover all the injured players to be able to work better during the week.”
Licia Schwienbacher: “I’m very happy with this match, we managed to help and support each other, even in moments of difficulty when they started to score with every action, we didn’t fall apart.
We continued to play as a team, a factor that we lacked in other matches. Let’s start from this which is a beginning and will be our strength.”
Alperia Basket Club Bolzano – Pallacanestro Vigarano 71 – 54 (24-18, 41-30, 55-40, 71-54)
ALPERIA BASKET CLUB BOLZANO: Mazzucco, Schwienbacher* 13 (2/5, 2/3), Favaretto 12 (3/6, 1/2), Malintoppi* 6 (2/6, 0/2), Cassini, Egwoh Alessia NE , Stefanczyk* 14 (5/12, 1/5), Gualtieri* 6 (2/7, 0/1), Manzotti* 20 (5/8, 2/7), Vaitekunaite NE, Bonato NE, Kob
Coach: Romano M.
2-point shots: 19/44 – 3-point shots: 6/20 – Free throws: 15/19 – Rebounds: 39 9+30 (Favaretto 10) – Assists: 19 (Malintoppi 6) – Stolen balls: 14 (Favaretto 6) – Turnovers: 12 (Missets 3)
PALLACANESTRO VIGARANO: Iannello, Tintori* 7 (0/2, 2/5), Moretti, Valensin* 15 (3/9, 3/8), Zangara, Cutrupi* 11 (4/7 from 2), Grassia* 13 ( 3/5, 2/4), Patriarch, Armillotta 2 (1/4, 0/3), Pepe 6 (3/4 from 2), Mink*
Coach: Grilli C.
Shots from 2: 14/33 – Shots from 3: 7/25 – Free Throws: 5/10 – Rebounds: 38 9+29 (Cutrupi 11) – Assists: 15 (Armillotta 5) – Recovered Balls: 3 (Grassia 1) – Balls Lost: 22 (Grassia 4)
Referees: Pensot M., Zuccolo M.
