MADRID, 27 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Joventut de Badalona won 79-86 on their visit to MoraBanc Andorra, with a comeback included, and remains tied in the Endesa League with Lenovo Tenerife, who beat UCAM Murcia 75-73 on matchday 20 where also this Saturday the Surne Bilbao Basket defeated Casademont Zaragoza (86-83) and BAXI Manresa defeated Río Breogán (83-68).
At the Principality's Pavelló de Govern, Joventut's advantages in the first quarter gradually disappeared, until they found themselves down 51-40 midway through the third period. But there began the visitor's reaction led by Andrés Feliz, who helped Ante Tomic and especially Shannon Evans, who ultimately scored 22 points, in key moments.
This victory placed 'Penya' with a balance of 11-9, the same as Lenovo Tenerife and UCAM Murcia. Both faced each other in San Cristóbal de La Laguna to open the Saturday session and veteran Brazilian point guard Marcelinho Huertas shone again, scoring 21 points to the relief of the locals in a final quarter full of ups and downs.
Manresa also nourishes that squad with a record of 11-9 in the fight for the 'playoffs', based on their comfortable victory over a Breogán that lasted only a quarter and a half before faltering. Brancou Badio stood out in the Manresa ranks by scoring 18 points and achieving 22 rating credits.
Finally, at the Bilbao Arena, the locals (balance of 8-12) ended their streak of three consecutive defeats (among several competitions). But they did it with suffering at the end, having wasted income from before the break and at the beginning of the third act. Sacha Killeya-Jones scored 19 points for the Bilbao team and earned 25 rating credits.