Movistar Estudiantes receives Baloncesto Alcalá tomorrow, Saturday, on the sixth day of the Regular League, in search of the third consecutive victory.
“For us it is an important game,” he says. the subsidiary coach, Mariano Arasa, and “we can take a step forward and position ourselves better in the standings with four wins and two losses.”
Baloncesto Alcalá is “just like us,” adds the coach and explains that “they have won three games and lost the last two. Against Guadalajara Basket one point (87-86) and against CB Tres Cantos, two (60-62).”
According to coach Baloncesto Alcalá “they compete in every game and are a fairly balanced and balanced team, different from previous years at the player level.”
Their greatest strength, he affirms, is rebounding, “specifically offensive rebounding, in which they are one of the best teams in the competition” and “we – he emphasizes -, who have not played a great role in that aspect, will tend to be doubly attentive, doubly prepared, to improve and not make a profit there.”
Mariano Arasa says that they face the match “with some doubtful players”, although “we hope it arrives by the weekend”, and concludes that they are “very happy and excited”, hoping to “get the third consecutive victory”.
With three wins and two losses, Movistar Estudiantes is fourth in the BA subgroup classification of Tercera FEB, and Baloncesto Alcalá, with the same results, is sixth.
The rival
Baloncesto Alcalá is a balanced, balanced and very competitive team that provides a high pace to the games. Leading the bench, Ángel Díaz, who is in his sixth season as coach.
On its website Baloncesto Alcalá says that the match “is not going to be easy like any of the ones we have already played,” but “it is sure to be exciting and hard-fought.”
From the Movistar Estudiantes squad, Baloncesto Alcalá highlights Pablo Orenga, who “may be one of the most decisive players in the League. The powerful center who averages 13 points and 10 rebounds per game is the key player on this team,” and they also lead the group’s top scoring team table.
Baloncesto Alcalá scores an average of 75.4 points per game, and concedes 68.6, with a field goal success percentage of 40.8% (30.4% on three-point shots and 61% from the line Free Kick). He captures an average of 38 rebounds (14.6 offensive and 23.6 defensive) and distributes 16.6 assists.
They referee the match the referees Iván del Baño Millán and Alejandro García Salardón
Saturday 16. 8:30 p.m. Movistar Academy Magariños. Serrano, 129. Madrid)