55-70. Spar Girona reunites with victory in Germany

He spar Girona was reunited this Thursday with victory by beating the German Rutronik Stars Keltern in the Euro Cup (55-70) thanks to an excellent third quarter (7-34), after a very unsuccessful first half (34-22).

The Catalan team, with just eight professionals, broke a streak of two losses with the third victory in nine games in all competitions, to continue first in Europe (2/1).

The coach, Roberto Iniguezhad been the protagonist in the previous one because he told the journalists “to hell” and admitted that “right now” they can’t “even win the piss cup” and that the Girona He has been eating caviar for “two years and now” he eats “fried eggs with ham and not Jabugo.”

Queralt stood out Houses and Juana Camilion (13), Tilbe Senyurek (11) and Ugonne Onyiah (10), fundamental in the rebound, and Maddison Connor (10).

He Keltern was much superior in the first half, taking advantage of the Catalan team’s mistake. He Girona He only scored one of the first nine field goals and the locals closed the first quarter with a lead of nine points, against an opponent that had not reached ten points (17-8).

The set of Iniguez They also did not find the rim at the start of the second quarter and the advantage grew to reach 16 points after a 9-2 (26-10) run due to the blatant differences in accuracy: 50% in field goals to 15%.

Camilion She scored ten of the visitors’ first 15 points (26-15), but was the only Girona player with more than two rating credits at half-time.

The Catalan team tried to re-enter the match with a 1-7 lead to break the psychological barrier of ten points, but Keltern soon regained the initiative and reached half-time with a 12-point advantage (34-22, 17-14).

He Girona He had ten more offensive rebounds than his rival (1-11), but his mistakes were insurmountable: 25% on two-point shots (6/24) and 11% on three-pointers (1/9).

The visitors returned from halftime with the obligation and also with the determination to take a step forward to amend their bad first half and the script of the game changed completely.

He Girona They won 0-13 in the first five minutes of the third quarter and took the lead for the first time on the scoreboard after a triple by Camilión (34-35).

The Catalan team had finally found success and increased its lead to 56 points (38-56), after several baskets by Queralt Houses and two triples from Madison Connor and one from Tilbe Senyurek and Carolina Warrior to break the match. He was 5/6 on three-pointers since the start of the quarter.

The match reached the decisive quarter almost resolved (41-56) after an excellent third period in Catalan key (7-34) and in the last ten minutes the Girona They dominated at will against a sinking rival, to a maximum advantage of 22 points (43-65).

In a very delicate situation due to the crisis of results and the plague of injuries, “a perfect storm”, in the words of Íñiguez himself, the team achieved a victory that serves to “see the light.”