98-66: UCAM Murcia destroys Bamberg and direct access to the round of 16 will be played in Greece

He UCAM Murciamuch higher than Bamberg and with Souley Boum as the main offensive force, they beat the German team 98-66 and already secured a place, at least, for the play-off to access the round of 16 of the Basketball Champions League although their goal is still to finish first in group D – they are now second with three wins and one loss – and they will play it on the court of the Greek Peristeri Betsson, whom they need to beat at home on December 8 to achieve that goal of directly accessing the next round of the continental tournament.

Those of Sito Alonsowho came into this clash after losing in their previous appearance (72-80 against the leader Peristeri), faced a rival whom they won with solvency in Germany (67-86 at the Brose Arena) and did so with the last minute losses of Argentine point guard Juani Mark and power forward Rubén Lopez de la Torreboth with discomfort; and another power forward like the Croatian Toni Nakicabsent for personal reasons.

With the crash consuming its first minutes, it was learned that the Peristeri had beaten Itelyum Varese Italian by 101-96, so the Hellenes would continue to be leaders with a full victory, and, therefore, UCAM needed to win as well to not lose their trail and thus continue to compete with guarantees for first place in the group, which will give direct access to the round of 16. Being second or third requires having to pass a qualifying round.

The German team started better and led 2-7 but the reaction of the Murcians soon came. The score of 12-12 at the halfway point of the first quarter, with two triples already scored by each side, predicted that there could be a close dispute although the exterior success of the Granas, today dressed in blue, led to their first takeoff in the match (17-12). The Barcelonan Jesús Ramírez, coach of the Teutonic team, stopped him with a timeout.

It wasn’t going to be of much use to him because UCAM, adding three by three – Jonah already scored like this Radebaugh,Kaiser GatesSouley Boom and sander Raiestethis one twice, made it 25-15 and that +10 was repeated with 27-17 and 29-19, which was the result recorded at the end of the initial period.

Bamberg reaction

In the second quarter, several bad minutes by the university students, with too many turnovers, made them go from 32-21 to 32-27 and that difference was stabilized with Bamberg improving thanks to Trevon Scott, already with 10 points scored. That was until the courage of Emanuel Cate and Moussa Diagne, based on defense and rebounding, gave their team a break.

A 2+1 of Boomtwo free throws by the Equatoguinean point guard and also his second triple gave the local team’s maximum advantage up to that moment (47-33 one minute before halftime). The number 0 of the Murcians already had 15 points and made a difference with a 13-goal lead with another basket from beyond the goal by Gates at the buzzer to make it 50-37, a score with which the players took the path to the locker room.

In a similar way to how the first half ended, Dylan’s second triple started Ennis– and the match seemed to be close to being half resolved at 59-42 and, despite the fact that the Spanish team was far from offering its best version, it was enough to maintain the points cushion. Not in vain, the fourth, which left a partial score of 15-15 and many errors on both sides, concluded with a 65-48 that was not conclusive but was close to being so.

In the final ten minutes both teams exchanged baskets without much further ado as the match was already doomed. The greatest success of those of Sitewho scored 33 points in that period, made the difference and there was a maximum Murcian advantage of 34 points (90-57 after a triple by Michael Forresttwo mates of Gates and Jean-Marc Pansa and two more than three from Gates and Radebaugh himself). Finally there were 32, a real beating.