After a highly contested first quarter, the locals increased the pace to achieve a comfortable victory over Quiero Valcude Alcobendas by 67-35. With this victory, Pozuelo reinforces its leadership in the Odd group of the women’s VIPS League with nine victories in ten games. Local captain Sofía Gaos was the MVP of the match.
VIP PARTY
CB Pozuelo 67 (12+23+20+12): Andrea Gómez (5), Cristina Fidalgo, Sofía Gaos (13), Natalia González (7), Raquel Martín (7) -starting five- María Malpartida, Blanca Pérez (5), Leire Martín (7), Ana Jiménez (9) , Natalia Carrasco (2), María Valdeande (8) and Atalia Ballesteros (4).
I want Valcude Alcobendas 35 (10+12+6+7): Andrea Saugar, Paloma de Quinto (7), Garazi de Diego (3), Lucía Sanz (6), Lucía Novo (11) -starting five- Ana Durán (3), Marta Ruiz, Ángela López (5) and Claudia Macari.
Referees: Acuña and Aspas
MVP VIPS of the match: Sofia Gaos (CB Pozuelo). 13 points (67% on field goals), 8 rebounds, one assist, two steals and 18 PIR
Statistics on SWISH (NBN23)
ÓSCAR RIBAS / DEPT. FBM COMMUNICATION
The tenth day of the VIPS Women’s League closed with the match between CB Pozuelo and the I want Valcude Alcobendas. Those from Alcobendas, ranked fourth, arrived with the mission of dealing a new blow to the local team, who lost their undefeated status against Femenino Alcorcón last day, but those from home were determined to return to the path of victory.
After the initial jump, the visitors opened the light thanks to a good action of Lucia Sanz but it would not take long for the local team to respond via Sofia Gaos that quickly tied the score. The home team cornered their rival, capturing several offensive rebounds and forcing some turnovers in a minute of great intensity, but no matter how hard they tried, the hoop refused to let the ball in; After the storm, neither team was able to pull away to end the first quarter with a partial 12-10 in favor of Pozuelo.
The locals began to improve in rhythm and success, the ball rotation began to be more effective and little by little they were moving away on the scoreboard under the gaze of their rival who could not find the spaces or the combination to break the dynamics of Pozuelo. Sofia Gaos commanded the local attack, well accompanied by Ana Jimenez, Natalia Gonzalez y Rachel Martinwhich added 18 of the 23 points scored by Pozuelo in the second quarter and marked an important advantage going into the break.
When the match resumed, the home team came out with an overwhelming pace. They were convinced of achieving their goal and that was evident on the field. Valcude was unable to regain that momentum shown during the first quarter and the home team maintained control of the match until the end, to achieve their ninth victory. Is It is important to highlight the contribution of the Pozuelo bench, which contributed 35 of the 67 points, including the first two of the debutant Natalia Carrasco.
