Defeat Salt

The team fails to overcome BAXI Manresa in the last test of the pre-season (76-91)

First Team | Tuesday, 19 September 2023

Básquet Girona was the first to make a difference on the court and on the scoreboard, entering the game with more energy and bearing the witness of the scoring -5 triples, 8 offensive rebounds and 25 points in the first quarter-. In the second period, the team from Manres managed to impose the pace of the game from the defense, which allowed them to run and wipe out the deficit: from -9 to +5 at halftime (37-42). 

In the resumption, the visiting team kept the tonic in front of a Girona that took a step forward (46-51). The good staging from Manresa has allowed him to maintain the advantage from 4.60 -10 of the 27 points of the third free throw period-. In the last quarter, equality was recovered in the partial, Girona ended up losing (76-91). 

Post-match statements:

Jaume Sorolla: “In the beginning we held on very well and were superior in the first quarter. Then we lost a bit of energy and they continued with this high-intensity, running game.”

Salva Camps: “Another match with good minutes and others not so good and hopefully we can prolong the good ones. In the end we didn’t let them get away and I think we defended them well.”