The locals pressed the accelerator after the break to take down the Alcantarilla team, which could not surprise as in La Seu
The Hozono Global Jairis suffered the first loss of the season of his Endesa Women’s League debut, after falling yesterday against Spar Gran Canaria, at the La Paterna Sports Center. Alcantarillas were measured against a rival looking to take home the first win of the season after falling during his visit to Perfumerías Avenida. Another tough clash was at stake, though Jairista’s precedent could not be more flattering after beating Cadí La Seu against the odds in the Murcian women’s debut in the top tier of Spanish women’s basketball.
Lucas Fernández started with Claudia Contell, Belén Arrojo, María Bettencourt, Melisa Brcaninovic and Tamara Seda. The first minutes were marked by a visitor error, leading to a 10-2 start that forced a time-out, with a special role for local Sika Koné. The lead was extended to 10 runs (12-2) after the break, but then Jairis reacted with a 0-10 run that ended with a spectacular triple by Alejandra Sánchez. The result varied slightly before the end of the first quarter, with a local advantage (14-12).
Gran Canaria scored its first triple during the opening stages of the second quarter (19-15) in an attempt to extend the lead, although the answer kept coming from Jairis, who took the lead just four minutes before half time (21-22). Arrojo continued the comeback and put on a 2-9 run, forcing the local timeout at 3:36 to finish fourth.
A triple by Holesinka tied the score and eventually he repeated his success in the next attack (27-24). Meanwhile, Contell missed the two free throws with subsequent possession for the visiting team, who also lost. The latter followed one another with little success on either side of the field, giving rise to some final seconds with the opportunity to pass for the visitors. The distant triple by Lizarazu didn’t come in and culminated in the top half, 27-26.
After the restart, the tie continued to prevail, with Spar Gran Canaria maintaining a smaller lead that Érika de Souza was in the lead across the finish line after half the fourth (34-34). Gran Canaria opened the gap again with a 5-0 run (39-35) and Lucas Fernández stopped the game to try to get the team back together before finishing the penultimate episode of the game.
Brcaninovic approached Jairis, but Koné persevered and left with 12 points (41-37). Bettancourt made a mistake on Holesinka and allowed her to take three free throws, and the Czech didn’t fail, adding 18 points to her locker and taking the local lead to seven points (44-37) en route to the fourth quarter .
It was important to shorten the distance as quickly as possible. This was not the case in the first few minutes, when Gran Canaria reached a nine point lead with 6:37 remaining (48-39). Vittoria Blasigh then made it favorable for the highest local income, with a difference of 11 points (50-39), counted just six minutes before the climax. The comeback was difficult at times, but the sewer team did not lower their arms and managed a partial 0-5 to narrow the distance to six points (50-44), with José Carlos Ramos timed out at 4:02 of the climax.
Redmon practically killed the collision with another triple (58-48). The unsportsmanlike behavior of Alejandra Sánchez was used by Holesinka to score two new runs from the free throw (60-48). The rainfall in search of a fleeting comeback boosted Canarian income to 14 points (64-50) which the Murcians made up for at the last minute to leave the final difference at eight points (64-56). El Jairis opens at home this Sunday against Embutidos Pajariel (8 p.m.).
Source: La Verdad
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