Valencia Basket and Spar Uni Girona will repeat last season’s cup final this Saturday (17:30, Tdp). The taronja team recovered from being eliminated from the Eurocup last Sunday with a win against Casademont Zaragoza (65-55), who did not give up in the first half, but were run over in the third quarter. With the score at 30-27, only three players from the leading team had scored. Delaere, Hempe and Colhoun each had nine points. Lara González joined the trio of scorers with a basket that left Casademont just one point (30-29). And the point guard also had a triple to send Zaragoza ahead at the break, but his shot did not go in and Ouviña, with a coast to coast, made it 32-29 with which the first two periods were closed.
Injuries have plagued Valencia Basket, which cannot boast of an inside game with many pieces after the long-term absences of Raquel Carrera and Laura Gil. To bad luck he also lost Ángela Salvadores a few days ago. Trahan-Davis helped a lot on the rebound (7 at halftime, 10 at the end), as did Rebecca Allen (10), and Cristina Ouviña gave a clinic in direction in that first half (6 of his 10 assists) where, yes, the triples did not enter (2/13). Casademont, on the other hand, continued in the game thanks, above all, to theto good aim by Sierra Colhounwho had already three goals to rest.
The third quarter was another story. Delaere put Casademont within a point (32-31), but Zaragoza stayed stuck on those 31 points for more than six minutes. Valencia, on the other hand, clung to the claws of Cristina Ouviña and Queralt Casas and the offensive rebounds of Bec Allen to go on the scoreboard (52-36). Casademont feigned a comeback, but not enough. Without Anna Cruz, injured, the points were divided among five players. Too much Valencia for Zaragoza.
