MURCIA. He UCAM Murcia Basketball Club He swam and swam and swam to end up drowning on the shore, like in the first round at the Palau Blaugrana. This time he lost 90-95 in extra time against Football Club Barcelona. The university students continue outside the top eight, now with a background of 8-10, despite touching it in a great match by Simon Birgander, Jonah Radebaugh and Dylan Ennis and watched by 7,150 spectators at the Palacio de los Deportes. Darío Brizuela and Kevin Punter led the Barcelona fans.
The match, which opened the second round of the league for the Granas and Azulgranas – these today in bright yellow – was presented with breaking news. The Slovakian power forward was no longer in the home team Vladimir Brodzianskywho this Saturday left the squad to join Monbus Obradoiro, of the First FEB, and his place was taken by the American starting as a starter. Kaiser Gatessigned this week. Howard Sant-Roosfor its part, was discarded due to discomfort. At Barça Joan Peñarroya could not count on Justin Anderson, with an overload in the hamstrings of his right thigh.
Each team missed their first two attacks but Ludde Hakanson y Dylan Enniswith two triples, opened the lid. Barça responded with interior baskets to tie it at 6. Those from the capital of Segura, with more defensive intensity, returned to the charge and were eight points ahead (19-11 after another triple, this one converted by Radebaugh).
From there, a partial 0-11 Finished with a basket from Punter at the buzzer, the culés closed the quarter with an advantage of three goals (19-22).
The game was resumed after a marriage proposal – the Murcian teacher and tiktoker Laura Gómez (@laurimathteacher) said yes to her boyfriend– and, now focused on sports, Barcelona extended its streak with four more points until the 19-26. The visiting zone choked Sito Alonso’s team.
Ennis, with his second basket of maximum value, ended a eight-minute drought – the partial in that period of time was 0-15 – but the game was already in favor of Peñarroya’s team, who were more than ten points ahead (24-37) with Chimezie Metu and Brizuela doing damage -10 points from each at the break-. Despite the bad shooting percentage at UCAM CB, the good work of Hakanson and Birgander left the difference in nine points with two quarters left (30-39).
After passing through the locker room, the game became an exchange of baskets with Birgander pulling the local attack and Barça resorting to choral play. The Grana team managed to get within four points. Gates scored his first triple after seven missed shots in the game – five of them from beyond the arc – and made it 44-48 in the 26th minute. The match consisted of partials and a 10-0 gave way to 46-48 immediately afterwards. That difference was maintained at the end of the quarter (50-52).
Gates’ second triple put his team ahead many minutes later (53-52) already into the last quarter but Metu, Brizuela and Tomas Satoransky responded with three more long-distance hits. Barcelona was in charge again, now for 58-65 in the 35th minute.
-It was left broken and Sito’s defense put them in a position to win it (70-71 with Radebaugh adding three by three and with a minute left). Gates launched a triple that could have been key but he missed it and the next thing was a 2+1 by Punter for 70-74 with 32 seconds remaining.. Two triples by Dani García and Radebaugh, the latter in extremis, took the match to overtime (78-78).
UCAM CB would play extra time without Hakanson and without Ennis, both eliminated for five foulsbut with the high having reached that additional period. There Punter, who was already Barcelona’s most active player in the final stretch of the game, and Gates competed in external successes. Birgander, doing his thing, scoring in the zone. Ties and minimal advantages followed one another and the success of the free throws was key for Barcelona to win. Radebaugh had another free three-pointer to force another overtime but this time he didn’t make it. Álex Abrines sentenced him from the personnel line.
Technical sheet:
UCAM Murcia Basketball Club, 90 (19+11+20+28+12): Hakanson (7), Ennis (18), Rodions Kurucs (3), Gates (10) and Birgander (25) -starting five-, Dani García (3), Radebaugh ( 24), Caupain (-), Todorovic (-) and Diagne (-).
Football Club Barcelona Basketball, 95 (22+17+13+26+17): Satoransky (16), Brizuela (19), Parra (11), Parker (-) and Vesely (5) -starting five-, Punter (20), Metu (13) , Núñez (5), Fall (2) and Abrines (4).
Referees: Martín Caballero Madrid, Arnau Padrós Feliu and Jorge Martínez Fernández. They eliminated the locals Hakanson (m.38) and Ennis (m.40) with five personal fouls.
Incidences: Match corresponding to the eighteenth day of the Endesa Basketball League that was played at the Palacio de los Deportes in Murcia before 7,150 spectators.
