COB adheres and separates Melilla in Pazo Paco Paz (74-54)

He Ourense basketball club stopped the bleeding in recent days and resigned himself to a win against a direct rival like Melillawhich leaves one very touched, three wins plus a special difference: 74-54.

It was a certain day in Paz, no matter how Gonzalo Garcia de Vitoria, the visiting technician – and one of our own – will be the first to receive the applause. From there, Ourenses put a direct kick to start the clash and two three-pointers by Pilepic, plus the chaos of Manjgafico under the opponent’s hoop, thus creating the first local advantages, to 18-4 that sealed another long bomb by Txemi Urtasun. The quintet of cobistas, neat in defense and successful shooting, plunged into the troubles of the North African bottom team, as reflected in the e-mail at the end of the quarter: 20-11.

And it was a story with a continuity solution, because the people of Melilla did not show any arguments to change the course of the competition. His leading scorer in recent days, newcomer Trey Davis, didn’t even show up, making sure he was irrelevant in the game. With eight visiting baskets in the second act, the players from Felix Alonso they did nothing more than stretch the rubber of their advantage in a constant manner. Urtasun improved his performance with another week of shooting, and the cobists shared the success in the long run, adding Gjuroski and Pilepić. Williams also contributed his best minutes, and his 3-pointer at the buzzer took the game to halftime with a hopeful score of 41-19 for the men from El Paz.

The third part ended up killing the conflict. Although the COB was no longer as effective in that area, its external missiles opened up a gap. Manjgafic and Urtasun served on two occasions for an almost definitive 55-25 at the plate, which lifted Peciukevicius to the heights of Paco Paz with another basket. The people of Melillin made up for that deficit to 56-33 at the end of the quarter, but the psychological barrier of 20 points became a bulwark for the visitors who might not even have believed in the secondary goal of maintaining a concrete difference of 18 points. points, which they achieved in the first round.

The last ten minutes gave no more. The people of Ourense have listened and are breathing fresh air. One less opponent.

COB (74): Peciukevicius (4), Pilepic (9), Nogués (4), Manjgafic (12), Del Águila (1) —starting five—, Urtasun (20), Williams (7), Gjuroski (9), Ventura (0), Kuath (8).

MELILLA (54): Davis (7), Mulero (1), De Blas (0), Thompson (4), Pereira (4) —starting five—, Rodrigo (5), Jarumbauskas (8), Rodríguez (9), Mensah (3), Pardina (2), Huguet (2), Fall (9).

PARTS PER ROOM: 20-11, 21-8, 15-14 and 18-21.

THE JUDGES: Marcos, Munar Bañón and Sastre Del Río rivers.

INCIDENTS: Pazo Paco Paz, 23rd round of LEB Oroa Afternoon recognition for the work of the club’s youth school, which forced its children to set foot on the Paz field.