Basketball Serie B: what a victory against Imola!

  • 22 February 2022

Important victory for Luiss against Imola 67-54 after a point to point game played mostly by their respective defenses. Luiss was deprived of three key men, Pasqualin D’Argenzio and Di Bonaventura, who joined the other injured and lost Gellera in the third quarter, and had to send in the field in the last and decisive 4 minutes the claudicant Di Bonaventura, as Buzzi and Barbon were also out for 5 fouls.

First quarter start very strong university and fly thanks to a great defense and the points of Legnini and close 23-14.

Trapani wakes up his team, Luiss can’t find the basket anymore and Imola goes ahead. They go to rest 31-35.

In the third quarter, Luiss gives maximum effort and plays a super basketball and flies 52-42.

Imola doesn’t take it lying down and comes back with a counterbreak up to minus 2 on 53-51.

A nice triple by Zini gives the university players back their confidence.

Paccariè’s key move is to insert Di Bonaventura who, in 4 minutes of pure experience, scores 9 decisive points that give Luiss the victory.

Great team effort for Luiss that finds an inspired Barbon with 4 on 5 from 3, Murri heart of defense and happy play, Jovovic real fighter and always in the right place.

This victory brings us to 16 points in the standings and brings us closer to the playoffs that until a month ago seemed like an unreachable dream.

The scoreboard:

SSD LUISS Roma – Andrea Costa Imola 67-54 (23-14, 8-21, 21-7, 15-12)
SSD LUISS Roma: Matija Jovovic 14 (6/11, 0/3), Cesare Barbon 14 (1/5, 4/5), Riccardo Murri 10 (1/8, 2/5), Giorgio Di bonaventura 9 (1/2, 1/1), Marco Legnini 8 (2/4, 1/7), Francesco Gellera 4 (1/5, 0/0), Leonardo Di francesco 3 (1/1, 0/4), Andrea Zini 3 (0/1, 1/3), Francesco Buzzi 2 (1/1, 0/0), Davide Tolino 0 (0/1, 0/0), Tommaso Salvaggi 0 (0/0, 0/0), Alessandro Van velsen 0 (0/0, 0/0)
Free throws: 12 / 17 – Rebounds: 44 16 + 28 (Marco Legnini 10) – Assist: 12 (Riccardo Murri 5)
Andrea Costa Imola: Emanuele Trapani 16 (2/5, 2/3), Kevin Cusenza 9 (3/6, 1/5), Nunzio Corcelli 8 (1/3, 2/4), Nicola Calabrese 5 (1/2, 0/3), William luca Wiltshire 5 (1/1, 1/2), Alessandro Vigori 4 (1/3, 0/2), Luca Fazzi 4 (0/1, 1/2), Carlo Trentin 3 (1/5, 0/2), Tommaso Carnovali 0 (0/5, 0/4), Giacomo Guidi 0 (0/0, 0/0)
Free throws: 13 / 22 – Rebounds: 38 12 + 26 (Alessandro Vigori 7) – Assist: 6 (Kevin Cusenza 4)