The Alcantarilla team comes out of relegation with their narrow victory in Tenerife, where they managed to take advantage of the nerves of a fighter Clarinos
Tenerife Clarinos, bottom team in the Endesa Women’s League, almost upset Hozono Global Jairis de Alcantarilla last night. Raquel Álvarez’s men showed their faces and were very close to victory in Santiago Martín, leading by 9 points with four minutes left, but they got nervous when they had to close the game and the seniority of the Murcian team prevailed in the lands of Tenerife. Enric Surís’ men forced extra time when all seemed lost and gave their rival the finishing touch in extra time. With this result they leave the relegation zone.
The significance of the collision was clear, given the faces of the latter two tentatively classified. For the Canaries, losing practically confirmed relegation as the sewers tried to lift their heads again with a win that would see them move out of penultimate place. However, the error was the predominant tonic of the first minutes.
Izaskun García (10), Aisha Sheppard (23), Terezia Palenikova (9), Iho López (-) and Kai James (12) – starting five – Stephanie Madden (10), Kris Raksanyi (13) and Andjela Delic (3) .
Maria Bettencourt (17), Lashan Higgs (12), Belén Arrojo (4), Melisa Brcaninovic (22) and Tamara Seda (7) -starting five- Érika de Souza (6), Aislinn Konig (4), Débora Costa (- ), Shante Evans (11) and Claudia Contell (5).
The initiative in the result was gone, although Sheppard kept his man from 4.60. (5-7). Erika de Souza entered the field, extending the revenue from the paint, and soon after came the first triple, at the hands of an ‘ex’ of the Tenerife team, Bettencourt (7-14). The follow-up came in the hands of Brcaninovic, who put the +10 and forced the first break of the match.
Immediately after the return, Konig joined the party (7-20). Clarinos then managed a 5-0 run to hold the clash, but the response was identical, with De Souza in the paint again and Brcaninovic from the perimeter (12-25). Only Aisha Sheppard’s triple gave Tenerife hope and ended the first period 15-25.
The resumption was much better for Clarinos, who saw herself go against with a maximum difference of 13 points shortly after the end of the first quarter, to a difference of just six just after two minutes of the second set and came first. timeout by Eric Suris (21-27). Around the bench, Izaskun García’s three-pointer deepened the Jairista’s momentary crisis. In addition, shortly after reaching the middle of the fourth, Tamara Seda’s third personal foul. The score favored the girls led by Raquel Álvarez at half-time, albeit by only one point (42-41).
We had to wait almost two minutes for the first movement on the scoreboard after the break, with Higgs scoring two free throws. Clarinos maintained his defensive intensity and kept his face on the game offensively, relying among others on Aisha Sheppard who returned to add three (45-43). Seda returned to the scene and took pride of place in the paint during those opening bars, though in front of him was a Kai James also doing his thing on the other side of the track.
The tie was maximum and neither team was able to earn more than two points. Thus followed the minutes of a dramatic encounter. It would be Tenerife that already reached its maximum income of four points at the last minute (57-53). A third period that ended 57-55, after Débora Costa did not take advantage of the last counterattack after stealing.
Clarinos went away again (61-57) and the margin of error got smaller and smaller. Jairis saw no way to score, while Raksanyi hit from the outside and Electronics scored 71-62 with four minutes remaining. The response had to come, and it came on time. Bettencourt got a triple that put the five-run (72-67) lead at 2:30. With 25 seconds left, at 76-76, Clarinos could win and Jairis could. No one took advantage of the last possession and the game went to extra time (76-76). And there was only one team there.
Hozono Global Jairis got off to a 0-4 partial start, and another fantastic news for the visitors came with Kai James’ fifth offense. Then a great assist from Contell came to Evans, to practically kill a collision that took Jairis (80-88).
Source: La Verdad
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