Vigevano, at the PalaBasletta the challenge to S. Vendemiano led by the former Patrizio Verri

VIGEVANO

Today at 6 pm the semifinals of the play offs begin at Palabasletta in via Carducci. Vigevano is there and receives San Vendemiano, a Venetian team in which the ducal fans will meet the former gialloblu captain Patrizio Verri, who was one of the pillars of the season without defeats, which led to the conquest of Serie B by the Vigevano basketball. But San Vendemiano is also an experienced team, which has been sailing in Serie B for years, but above all that in its group it finished third with 42 points and 21 games won. In the first round he overtook Piombino with a 3-0, gaining a few more days of rest, compared to the vigevanesi who beat Desio in game 4.

Even in rotations, the Venetians are in good shape. Exactly like Vigevano who has recovered the starting point player Alessandro Procacci, absent in the last with Desio due to an ankle problem that has recovered, they have 9 players available, although preferring the starting quintet, unlike coach Piazza who not infrequently in the during the season he found the winning resources from the bench, Rossi and Mercante in primis, but also Radchenko and the newcomer Cianci put their “brick”, as the coach from Brianza likes to say. Even the next opponents of Vigevano have recently acquired a new piece, namely Passoni, guard / winger of Florence who was the third scorer of group A, who immediately dropped into reality with 8.3 points. The other elements in the San Vendemiano roster are also thick.

Last season Sanguinetti traveled at 10 points average in A2 with Rieti, and Vedovato is a customer who has already put Vigevano in difficulty in the past.

Guard Baldini, opponent of the ducals in the Bernareggio jersey, is the top scorer with 13.5 points and the best three-point shooter (39%). And then there is the best rebounder Gatto, who travels with an average of 7.5 balls collected under the basket per game. At the team level, San Vendemiano is very similar to Vigevano with the same 3-player percentage (Vigevano 27.5 and 30 San Vendemiano), while in defense the Gialloblu suffer 64.8 points per game against today’s opponents 66.2. Game 2 is scheduled for Tuesday, while away game 3 is set for next Sunday. –

andrea ballone