Aloe Plus Lanzarote Conejero visited the mythical Antonio Magariños on Saturday afternoon, the cradle of the Movistar Estudiantes youth academy and the cathedral of national grassroots basketball.
The team led by Samuel Sosa played a serious match, taking the initiative in the first three quarters and maturing the match in the last ten minutes. A triumph with which he cuts the streak of five consecutive triumphs of the Madrid team and adds the seventh triumph of the season.
The match began in the best way for the interests of Aloe Plus Lanzarote Conejero, being more plugged on the court both in attack and defense. Movistar Estudiantes needed more than seven minutes to achieve the first basket, a circumstance that the Lanzarote team took advantage of to get a partial of 0-12. At the end of the first quarter, the score was 7-15.
The script of the match did not change in the second quarter. Aloe Plus Lanzarote Conejero did not let Movistar Estudiantes be comfortable on the court. With a great job, the Arrecife team continued to increase the difference before the desperation of the Madrid team. The advantage at halftime was ten points in favor of the Lanzarote team (20-30).
Movistar Estudiantes was more toned in the third quarter of the match, with Nacho Arroyo and Alex Tamayo guiding the attack of the Madrid team. With four minutes to go until the end of the period, the advantage was only three points in favor of Aloe Plus Lanzarote Conejero (40-43). The Lanzarote team did not give their arm to twist, continuing with a firm game in defense as in attack and with a triple returned to put the income above ten points (40-51). At the end of the third quarter, the score was 48-55.
Movistar Estudiantes took the lead for the first time on the scoreboard in the fourth period (61-59), having an income of three points thanks to the triple scored by Nacho Arroyo. Aloe Plus Lanzarote did not lose its nerve, and play after play it took the reins of the match again, taking the lead with one minute to go (64-66) and achieving a five-point advantage with a new triple (64-69). The Madrid team lost the ball in the play in which they attacked to tie the match, committing a foul and scoring Aloe Plus Lanzarote Conejero the two free throws.
With the score of 67 to 71, the match came to an end, adding Aloe Plus Lanzarote Conejero the first victory of the season away from home and consolidating the Lanzarote team in the quiet zone of group B of the EBA Basketball League. Aloe Plus Lanzarote starts next week the second round of the competition, receiving the visit of CB Villarrobledo.
Technical Sheet
Movistar Estudiantes (67): Andriy Grytsak (0), Adams Sola (3), Bernat Vanaclocha (2), Mamadou Diagne (0) and Alex Tamayo (17) -starting five- Dovydas Giedraitis (19), Héctor Alderete (0), Pablo Suárez (0), Nacho Arroyo (24) and Diego Alderete (2)
Aloe Plus Lanzarote Conejero (71): Raúl Rodríguez (6), Javier Herrero (7), Andrej Tomic (9), Jarad Scott (26) and Cécimo Armas (9) -starting five- Jerell Ellis (10) and C.Yassi (4)
Partials: 7-15, 20-30 (break) 48-55, 67-71 (final)
Referees: Manuel Jesús Garrido Tornero and Rodrigo Palanca Page. Without eliminated
Incidents: Antonio Magariños Pavilion. Match corresponding to the 15th day of group B of the EBA Basketball League.
