Candidate Mara he barely played 2 minutes in the triumph 84-70 of UCLA (4-1) ante Idaho State (2-4).
The Spanish center of 19 years old and 2.21 m.who had just added 16 points and 6 rebounds in 13 minutes in the previous game, only had time to grab one rebound and He lost two balls almost in a row (2:20 and 1:43).
Mara’s two minutes were in the first half, but His losses could cost him losing the trust of his coach Mick Cronin.
If you enter the game and fight for minutes, like Aday Mara has done, the last thing you can do is turn around… and that’s the first thing he did
“If you come into the game and fight for minutes, like Aday Mara and Dominick Harris have done (he played 3 minutes), the last thing you can do is turn it around… and that’s the first thing they both did,” Cronin explained after the party about its ‘punishment’ of Aday Mara.
In his first five games of the season, Mick Cronin has had an unequal distribution of minutes for the Spanish center: 10, 5, 10, 13 and 2.
This season Aday Mara has averages of 5.6 points and 3.2 rebounds in 8 minutes compared to 3.5 points and 1.9 rebounds in 9.5 minutes in the 28 games he played last season.
Pablo Tamba stands out in the NCAA with UC Davis
The one who did have a good night was the Andalusian Pablo Tamba, who added 15 points, 9 rebounds and 2 steals as a starter in UC Davis’ 75-68 victory against Grand Canyon.
The 21-year-old, 2.03 m Spanish forward, who was European under-16 champion with Spain in 2019, trained in the Unicaja youth academy until 2021 when he enrolled at Idaho State to play in the NCAA.
In 2022 he signed for Indian River State (JUCO) and in 2023 he returned to the NCAA to play with UC Davis.
Alonso Fauré played 9 minutes in the 80-59 victory of Pepperdine, the university where Antonio Marín enrolled, against UNLV.
The 22-year-old, 2.06 m forward. Trained in the Valencia Basket quarry, he grabbed 2 rebounds.
