A partial 11-1 in favor of the opponents was decisive only in the last quarter. Porcelli: “But they gave their all, proud of them”
VERCELLI
The first away defeat for Usac Rivarolo arrives in the Vercelli away match against the Rices basketball club played at the Bertinetti gymnasium: final score of 74-59, for what was the fifth day of the first round of the Serie C silver championship. The match was decided in the last quarter, when an 11-1 partial in favor of the Vercelli team broke a match that had been balanced up to that moment; and so the score of 51-50 for the hosts went to 62-5. Away that was already very difficult for the Canavese with only eight players on the scoresheet. In addition to the absentees in recent weeks due to Covid-19, the young Costa and Battaglia who were injured with the formation of the under 20s died, Longoni was also not in perfect condition after the injury with San Mauro; the only positive news is the return of Ronci, but short of training. The game saw Usac stay in the game for over three quarters. In the first ten minutes a 10-2 run for Titto Porcelli’s team allowed him to go three points ahead of the result of 12-9, at the first short interval the score was 16-14 for the hosts. In the second quarter the teams struggled to find the way to the basket, but Usac found a good moment in the middle of the fraction also building a margin of five points in their favor at 24-29; in the final part, however, Vercelli recovered 32-30. After the long interval, the match remained point-to-point for almost eight minutes, but a 7-0 run for Rices gave the home team the eighth plus, reaching 47-39, the same margin at the last interval. short on 51-43. At the start of the last quarter, Usac managed to recover the disadvantage by taking the minus one on the result of 51-50 and with possession of the ball available for possible overtaking. But at this point in the match the hosts took the match to their side within a couple of minutes thanks to a partial 11-1.
Usac Rivarolo coach Titto Porcelli commented on the match as follows: «I am very satisfied with the team’s performance – he said – we had too many absences but we managed to stay in the game until a few minutes from the end. All the players gave everything they could, and for this reason I feel like we have brought home a very good performance. In front of us we had a complete and decidedly strong team with several long players who were determined to rebound both in defense but also in attack ». The best scorers of the match were the two young Giacomo Sartore for Usac and Matteo Raise for Rices with 24 points each. The two in the past were also teammates in the Biella basketball youth teams. Vittorio Ferraresi also scored double figures in the Rivarolo home with fourteen. –
DANILO GLAUDO