Apu picnic: the leaders also passes to Casale

In the second away match in a row there is only a match until the middle of the first quarter. The Old Wild West is more determined than ever and sweeps away the young Piedmontese

Net path. The Old Wild West completes the double trip to the West by winning hands down 72-49 also the recovery with Casale Monferrato and returning alone to the top of the A2 Green Group.

Impact on the match for Udine at a high level with Walters who brought a basket and blanket with him to Piedmont for a real picnic under the basket. Easter Monday approaches and the big boy continues his progress starting the match well: 6 points in 10 ‘, then much more. The opponents certainly weren’t great but the boy is there.

For the rest coach Boniciolli, still without Ebeling and Mussini, catches the secret agent Vittorio Nobile and places him at the start on the trail of the young sapling Sarto, one that the Apu had spotted last summer. The defense works and the game is in control even after the quarter.

The guys from the West want to end the trip to the West with a win. It’s a question of approach: Casale trembles, Udine plays as a strong team. End of first quarter: 12-25. Casale of the “Valentini family” (between coach and children there are three) even without the American Williams lacks experience and talent. Not in enthusiasm.

And he insists on the mixed zone, a sort of last resort to stay in the game. Taking advantage of shooting errors by three of the guests, with Lacey unusually inaccurate and nervous even after two unwelcome referees’ whistles, and with a couple of Sarto’s baskets breaking the saga of errors on both sides, the plan succeeds. , but only halfway.

At half-time it is 37-26 for the guests. Not a great second quarter with many mistakes on both sides and the feeling of Casale attached to the match with scotch tape.

The APU only needs a solid restart to immediately set the record straight. And who begins to guarantee it? Walters. He defends and recovers two balls and places a basket on the hook with two Piedmontese literally clinging to him. In short, Lacey, a Cup gunslinger, can continue to play for the team and provide assists like the one for Cappelletti’s triple of + 20 (26-46) which effectively closes the match.

The 5 out of 9 from three of the third quarter for the APU allows the advantage to touch 30: 62-36. The rest is training with Walters who closes as MVP with 15 points and Boniciolli who, with the slingbar, makes everyone rest, admires an overflowing Esposito and even gives minutes to the baby Pieri who would be playing in Casale. Physically, the Old Wild West has an edge with high-ranking teams, let alone with a team full of young people.

And so Uidne only has two stages left now (Urania on Sunday at Carnera and then a trip to Trapani) before the match against Cantù, who yesterday suffered and beat Assigeco Piacenza at home with a lot of partying in the middle of the game 40 years after the game. last Coppacampioni. The Canturini are keeping pace, but at the APU they had largely foreseen it at the beginning of this beautiful duel.