DEFEAT IN GRAN CANARIA

The team competes and gets ahead in the last quarter in Gran Canaria despite losing (89-84)

| Sunday, 17 November 2024

In the first few minutes of the game, neither team managed to keep pace, but three consecutive scoring plays by the home team in the last two minutes allowed them to generate a 12-2 run with which they took the lead in the first quarter.

In the second period, the team from Girona came within one point on two occasions thanks to a great Ike Iroegbu, author of 11 points, 3 triples and 13 points in the second quarter. A 6-0 final partial returned the difference to the Canaries (42-37).

In the rematch, the home team started better, extending the advantage to ten points (50-40) but the Girona team overcame the bad moment and ended up tying the match (62-62). In the last period, the players of Fotis Katsikaris even got ahead with a basket by Nnaji (73-75) but the effectiveness in the three-pointers of the Canary team and the victory in the rebound made won in the final stretch (89-84).