L’spar girona has sweated hard to win the match in his visit to Bebibre. The team of Bernard Canute, who went into halftime losing (32-26) came back to life in the second half to turn the game around and seal the win. The Leonese players, who are fighting to enter the play-off, have faced a team weakened by the high number of casualties that continues to harm the rotations of the staff. However, the American combination of Brittney Sykes -which seems to have recovered from tendinitis after missing the Copa de la Reina- i Rebekah Gardnerwho together have added 38 points, has been fundamental to achieve another victory that allows Girona to maintain second position.
The duel has not started in the best way. Cecilia Muhate i Marianna Toloboth loaded with two fouls in the first few minutes, forced Bernard Canute to move the bench earlier than expected. A partial 9-0 has further complicated a start that made us fear the worst for the interests of Girona. Canut has been asked to remove a Brittney Sykes, despite coming out of tendinitis, to look for a repulsive. When the team needed it most, Rebekah Gardner He put on the heroin cape and came to the rescue to stop the bleeding and put his team back in front with 10 consecutive points.
The other side of the coin was Ana Maria Palma, who showed confidence from the outside shot to dynamite the scoreboard. The frenzy took over the game on both sides of the court, which surprisingly favored the home team, who took advantage of their quick transitions to take the lead again in the electronic period (24-19). Girona, with only seven players from the first team, have suffered from the lack of bench depth. The Leonese were overflowing with confidence, while theSpar Girona juggled to try to arrive on time and Erin Whalen he took advantage of it to punish with a triple that placed the maximum difference (32-24) in favor of the locals.
The comeback
After the break, it was up to Spar Girona to row if they wanted to leave Bembibre with a victory. The locals were ahead of their rivals with six points and Tolo has appeared under the hoop to shorten distances. Labuckiene he took the token from his partner to tie the match (44-44) and Ceci Muhate was ahead of the Catalans for the first time since the start of the game (45-46).
The fifth lack of Marianna Tolo complicated the situation of an already precarious Spar Girona bench. But it has appeared Brittney Sykes. The American has placed 48-52 and laia flores continued the feat with a reassuring triple that stretched the lead (48-57) and allowed the players to catch their breath after a partial 5 to 11. Faustine Parra he had just finished it with a triple that placed the maximum distance (50-60) and left the duel sentenced. Finally, Sykes he has put the bow on the party with another outside shot that has finished annihilating the options of the Bebibre.