The Borgomanero College is closer to Serie B: they won 111-82 in the first leg of the playoff semifinal at home against Messina. Sunday in Sicily will have a 29 point lead to administer. Okeke, Boglio, Ferrari, Airaghi, Di Bartolomeo: many are the protagonists of a game played at high levels.
The two teams start at a very high pace: they penetrate, shoot from a distance and play attacking at a thousand per hour. Both teams pay little attention to the defensive phase. The beginning is balanced, then little by little Borgomanero puts his head forward: at the end of the first ten minutes the College leads 34-26.
In the second quarter coach Di Cerbo’s team starts even better and widens the gap: after a spectacular dunk by Okeke 4 minutes from the interval at 51-63 Messina is forced to stop time to rearrange ideas. Instead it is Borgomanero again to lead the dances and to go to rest at 61-41 after a basket from higher categories with Boglio knocking the ball against the board for the arrival of Ferrari who crushes.
Upon returning to the field Borgomanero does not slow down, he understands that Messina is in difficulty and widens the gap as much as possible in view of the return match. The Sicilians seem tired and only at the end they manage to contain the attacks of Di Cerbo’s frenzied boys who close with deserved applause.