After the previous day’s defeat against Belgium, the current European champion, the Spanish women’s basketball team returned to the path of victory by defeating Canada 48-61 in a friendly preparation for the Paris Games played this Saturday at the Dome from Belgian city of Charleroi.
The game started with a jam on both attacks. Defenses prevailed on both sides of the court and after about four minutes of play the score reflected a meager 2-2. As the minutes ticked by, the Spanish team began to catch up against an opponent with a lot of scoring difficulty who had only converted three of their fifteen field goals and one free throw in the first ten minutes.
The current European runner-up has similar records, but with Marian Conde as the most successful player, he managed to close the first quarter ahead (7-13).
The team coached by Miguel Méndez continued to improve and was ahead by nine five minutes after the restart after Marian Conde’s second triple. The Canadians responded, with just one basket midway through the second act, and Syla Swords’ triple tightened the duel at the end of a slight 7-0 (16-18) lead.
Equality was maintained until half time, when the Spanish team was ahead by four points thanks to their greater success from the perimeter (23-27). Nirra Fields, the leading scorer of the match with 16 points, kept her opponent from going away and left everything to be solved in the last two quarters.
The Spanish players struggled to stay ahead. The Canadians came within striking distance (34-36, min 27) but a spurt by the Europeans and a 1-8 partial in the last three minutes of the third quarter began to put victory on track for Miguel Méndez’s team (35-44). , min 30).
With the success of Laura Gil and Leo Rodríguez, Spain managed to go up ten for the first time as soon as the last ten minutes started and, seeing how their players lost fourteen points and scored only four inside of five minutes, Víctor Lapeña – Spanish coach leading the Canadian team – called a time-out to avoid bigger problems and asked for the reaction of his team (53-39, min 35).
Little changed the panorama until the end of the match, which was reached by a clear 48-61 and a better feeling than the day before against Belgium. From July 22 to 24, Spain will close its preparations for the Paris Games at the Segovia tournament.
Data sheets
Canada-Spain, 48-61
48 – Canada (7+16+12+13): Colley (3), Prosper (2), Achonwa (3), Alexander (4) and Fields (16) -starting quintet-, Hill (5), Ejim (3 ), Espada (3) and Amihere (9).
61 – Spain (13+14+17+17): Cazorla (-), Casas (6), Gil (10), Conde (7), Ginzo (2) -five starters-, Ortiz (2), Torrens (22 ). ), Araujo (3), Romero (2), Leo Rodríguez (9), Vilaró (5), Hermosa (4).
Referees: G. Jacobs M. Van Hoye and J. Kisiigha. No eliminations.
Incidents: Friendly match in preparation for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games played at the Dôme de Charleroi in front of 400 spectators.
Source: La Verdad
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