A1 women. Restivo: “Important race to grow” The Lombard women: “Watch out for Shepard and Lucas, they are at the top”
SASSARI. A toast, good wishes and lots of gymnastics during the holidays for Dina Women, who today at 7:30 pm face Schio in the challenge valid for the 12th day of the A1 women’s basketball. The round has already experienced two advances: Lucca-Ragusa 72-67 and San Martino di Lupari – Faenza 64-54. Three matches postponed for Covid (Empoli-Venice, Geas Sesto-Campobasso and Moncalieri-Broni), tonight at 6pm Costa Masnaga-Virtus Bologna and then the biancoblù match. 20 points Schio unbeaten leaders, 8 points the Sassari, who have six teams behind them in the standings. But close.
Coach Antonello Restivo commented on the match: «First of all, congratulations to Schio, he is doing well both in the league and in the cup. It is a profound team, mentalized to win with an important tradition. We will have to face this match with the joy of comparing ourselves with the best. They are games from which to learn as much as possible in which we will have to approach with the aim of following our game plan and doing our thing ».
Schio sits at the top of the championship standings with a streak of ten victories: “Clearly we are talking about an opponent of the highest level, at the top of the standings: they are the first defense of the championship, they make intensity and aggression the main weapons and can count on a very deep roster. They all have very high level players, among all in my opinion there are two pawns to report: one is Sandrine Gruda, unique player for her ability and elegance in the game, the other Kitija Laska, a player I have followed for a long time, a number 3 shooter deadly “.
The Women come from the home victory over Broni: «We are facing a very positive week, trying to train at a good pace to find certain certainties in defense, increasing and improving on certain details that still don’t go well. We will try to go to Schio focused on these things, to play our game with the aim of always improving. Morale is high after the race with Broni, we must keep this enthusiasm and this desire to fight and do well ».
“We want to congratulate all the white and blue people so that it can be a peaceful Christmas and we take the opportunity once again to thank our wonderful fans”, concludes coach Restivo.
And in Schio (free admission to PalaRomare for the occasion) they do not take the match lightly: «Dinamo Sassari is an atypical team because it strengthens the talent of two extraordinary players who are the best scorers of the entire A1: Shepard and Lucas. The first is averaging 28.25 points, the second at 25.5; to be clear, the third in the standings – Reshanda Gray from Campobasso – has an average of 18.1 points.