DEFEAT IN THE NEW CANYON

The team cannot overcome Manresa in a back-and-forth game script (101-87)

First Team | Saturday, 09 December 2023

Básquet Girona has lost in its match against BAXI Manresa in the Nou Congost (101-87). The team from Manres has started by printing great energy on both sides of the court which has allowed them to generate the first advantages on the scoreboard, thanks to the greater success. In the second quarter, the team from Girona won by two points in an even match in a back-and-forth game (52-42).

In the resumption, Básquet Girona hit the table with a 2-13 run that allowed them to get ahead on the scoreboard with a triple from Markel Brown on the counterattack. However, the team from Manres responded with an 11-0 run that returned the margin of ten points to the electronic team (79-69). In the last period, the home team increased the difference to +19, which Girona reduced to fourteen points (101-87)

Post-match statements:

Salva Camps: “Manresa was superior in many phases of the match. In the beginning we weren’t able to stop their game in transition and in some stretches of the first half we weren’t able to stop their game in direct blocking, giving up 52 points in the first period.”