Serie B basketball, Luiss Roma beats Taranto and rises in the standings
On Sunday 8 January, Luiss Roma opens 2023 with a hard-earned 76-65 victory against Taranto and flies to 20 points in the standings. It is second together with other teams. On Wednesday 11 January he will recover the December match away from the leaders, Ruvo di Puglia.
Taranto shows up strong and runs away with a mini partial on 7-11. Luiss shoots blanks from 3, but remains in contact thanks to the defense and the work on rebounds. Jovovic and Allodi fight under the scoreboards and a triple from Legnini gives the boys from Paccariè the lead 26-23. The first half ends 35-33.
Midway through the third quarter, Luiss puts in a good 10-0 run in 3 minutes, trying to turn the match around thanks to Pasqualin, Jovovic and Murri.
However, Taranto proves to be a team determined not to give up. Thanks to a careful defense he manages to get back to 56-54, with less than 6 minutes to play.
Pasqualin throws a triple, taking Taranto’s breath away, who with a short bench can’t find new energy from his players.
In the final Jovovic, Murri and Legnini make no mistake from the average and keep Taranto at the right distance. It ends 76-65.
The conditions of Allodi who was injured in the last quarter in view of two big matches to be evaluated in the next few hours. The recovery of Wednesday 11 against the leaders Ruvo and January 15 in Caserta.
The next home match will be on January 21st at 6pm against Salerno.