68-72. Italy gets rid of Spain B in Cáceres to close classification

Cáceres, Feb 26 (EFE) round to obtain the pass to Asian lands, where both squads arrived already classified.

In this way, both teams end up with 8 wins and 2 losses in group L, with the Spanish leading by average against Italy.

The 19 points of Guglielmo Caruso, the top scorer, were decisive for the away victory, where all the players scored in the first official game in history in Extremadura, Spain, with which Tyson Pérez shone (15 points and 8 rebounds). and Juan Núñez (8 points and 8 rebounds).

With the local fans very dedicated to their team -in which Alex Reyes, born in Cáceres made his debut-, especially with Alberto Díaz, also leading the charge in attack with 4 points in the first five minutes, in the end his only contribution, the The match presaged a low score from the start, in which Spain timidly dominated.

A triple by Joel Parra and free throws by Miquel Salvó made it 13-7, the maximum advantage so far (min. 7) for a Spanish team that was beginning to like it and which ended 16-13 up in the first quarter.

Eric Vila was soon charged with fouls in the second quarter with two personnel practically in a row, while in Italy, an incombustible Caruso led his team with 9 points in the first half.

Thus, a 2+1 score by the 23-year-old Italian center tied the game again at 18 (min.12) something that Spain quickly answered with two triples in less than a minute (24-18 min.12)

However, the local team continued to charge themselves with fouls and granting second chances to the Azurra, free throws and rebounds that Italy did not miss, which, with good defenses exhausting Spain’s possession, held on the scoreboard.

Thus, despite the good first half of Tyson Pérez (with 8 points and 4 rebounds in this period), Spain saw how its maximum of +7 (27-20 min.15) fell apart at halftime after the dunk of Mouhamet Diuf and Tomas Woldetensae’s three-pointer, which put the visitors 29-33 up.

In the restart, which began with a three-pointer from Salvó, Marco Spissu withdrew injured in Italy, while the coach Scariolo would receive a technique resulting from desperation as he saw that the rival increased their advantage more and more due to the second chances granted and the enter bonus Spain soon.

34-42 in the 25th minute, they presented themselves with the maximum achievable advantage for the locals, but Italy’s three-pointers made it clear that it would not be so easy, silencing the Multipurpose team for a short time with the 36-48 (min.26).

Of three Ferran Bassas would break Italy’s 4-15 run (39-48 min. 27), while Spain began to defend in the zone to see if they were capable of dominating the defensive rebound.

A 2+1 by Pérez and the subsequent score by Caruso left the game open 44-52 for the last ten minutes, after a 15-19 run in the quarter.

Thus, the final quarter began again with Italy hitting the outside shot and Pérez pulling the Spanish car, which saw the visitors go 44-57 (min, 32)

But it would be Juan Núñez’s basket after the rebound that would put the deficit back below the psychological barrier of ten points 58-67 (min. 36).

And it is that the very young point guard together with Ferrán Bassa tried to complete a comeback that in the end was impossible for Scariollo’s team, who despite being four with a minute to go, could not go down from there, leaving the final score 68-72 favorable to Italy.

Datasheet:

68 – Spain (16+13+15+24): Parra (7), Díaz (4), Salvó (7), Guerrero (0), Núñez (8) -starting five- Busquets (7), Pérez (15) , Vicedo (0), Reyes (0) and Bassas (11), Vila (4), Garcia (5).

72 – Italy (13+20+19+20): Severina (8), Moraschini (2), Tessitori (2), Mannion (10), Spissu (3) – starting five – Woldetensae (3), Visconti (6) , Diuf (2), Caruso (19), Casarin (10), Bortolani (2), Flaccadori (5).

Referees:. Salins, Gatis; Martin Horozov; Peter Praksch. Eliminated Alberto Díaz for five fouls

Incidents: Tenth and last day of group L of the second qualifying round of the FIBA ​​World Cup 2023 played in the Multipurpose Pavilion of Cáceres before 6,500 spectators, full. At halftime, tribute was paid to various deceased members of the Extremadura Basketball Federation.