COB knocked out Valladolid and always led the game (82-72)

A holiday and a half stays in your pocket. definitely Ourense basketball club takes off, fills its stands and finds a competitive character on the field that continues to grow, until it defeats a rival in size Real Valladolid: 82-72

The Pucelano quintet was slow to come to Pazo polje, and COB took the first advantage, led by Fran Pilepić’s long-range missiles and the versatility of Fahrudin Manjgafić, who their markers could not follow. 5-0, which was increased by the first triple of the Croats, and the subsequent 10-2 wiped out the guest, who barely reacted to the left-handed Kuiper’s bomb (10-5), already after the five-minute barrier. The Dutchman was the only reliable bulwark of Paco García’s team, who frowned at the defensive weakness of his team, which allowed a 27-17 run at the end of the quarter.

The second episode was more even, and the defensive breakthrough was bad news for Félix Alonso’s men, who were stuck in their goal-scoring mission and saw the cushion of their advantage shrink against an opponent who could not find generating alternatives from the aforementioned Kuiper and Pantzar. 37-32 left the match open for after the break.

The return to the field of both teams had its own name, that of Manjgafić. The Bosnian’s seven points raised the hopes of the Cobistas to no end, no matter how much one defensive action cost him a physical setback that ended with his bones on the bench. Without their top scorer, Urtasun took the lead in difficult moments, and Stojan Gjuroski began a triple recital that reminded the player of what he was like before his wrist injury. 24 points from that third act made it 61-46 that set the local victory on track.

And, in case there was any doubt, Gjuroski opened the gap to 78-60 in the race – and from a distance – which killed the competition. Not even a 2-9 streak, along with Valladolid’s desperate pressing, could knock out the team that put the icing on the cake with Urtasun’s basket in the last minute. This COB tastes like LEB Oro.

COB (82): Peciukevicius (7), Pilepic (11), Nogués (4), Manjgafic (17), Aboubacar (3) —starting five—, Urtasun (13), Wiliams (3), Gjuroski (14), Del Eagle (0), Ventura (0), Kuath (10).

REAL VALLADOLID (72): Pantzar (26), Gantt (0), Kuiper (10), Mazaira (0), Allen (8) —starting five—, Torres (3), Puidet (3), Kovačević (13), Belemene (1), De la Fuente (0), N’Guessan (8).

PARTS PER ROOM: 27-17, 10-15, 24-14 and 21-26.

THE JUDGES: Lema Parga, Marqueta Gracia, Alejo Sánchez.

INCIDENTS: Paco Paco Peace. A minute’s silence was held in honor of Gonzalo Bernardo, an important figure in the club’s early years.