APOTHEOSIC VICTORY IN FONTAJAU

The team took an exciting victory against MoraBanc Andorra in a game with extra time that was decided in the last minute (107-104)

First Team | Sunday, 03 December 2023

Básquet Girona took the victory in the most even game of the season, against MoraBanc Andorra in Fontajau (107-104). The match was decided in the final minutes after extra time, with Ike Iroegbu as the decisive protagonist. The locals get their seventh victory of the season, the fourth with their fans.

The team from Girona was the first to open the scoreboard, despite this, MoraBanc Andorra managed to be at the top of the scoreboard throughout the 1st quarter with a great success in the shot (26-38). In the second Quarter, the team from Girona has managed to equalize the balance by placing themselves 1 point behind MoraBanc Andorra. However, the Andorran team reached the break staying ahead of the score (56-60).

In the second half, the team from Girona successfully won and adjusted the defense (11 rival points in the resumption) while seeing how the Andorran team did not give up. It was a very even second half in which the team did a very good job at the front and at the back, and the score at the end of forty minutes was tied (93-93). In extra time, the team from Girona was at the top of the scoreboard at all times, with an Ike Iroegbu who was again decisive, thus taking the victory in the last frenetic and exciting seconds of the game (107-104).

Ike Iroegbu, 30 points and 28 rating

Sergi Martínez, 11 points and 19 rating

Maxi Fjellerup, 15 points

Yves Pons, 14 points

Statements Salva Camps: “Today we saw two very different sides. In the first we were not good, in defense we were very bad: they scored on us under the hoop, they rushed us. We stayed in the game for our success at the three-point line. The second half was completely different: they scored eight points on us, before Jean Montero’s three-pointer.”