Basketball, in Serie C the almost relegated CUS Pisa hosts Dragons Prato

Pisa, March 21, 2025 – With four rounds to go until the end of the regular season, the season of Cosmocare CUS Pisa seems to be sealed, after the last two defeats, with Sancat Firenze and, above all, against direct competitor Pontedera. Bottom of the league in the Serie C championship, 4 points behind CUS Firenze, with whom they are also at a disadvantage in the basket difference, Scocchera's quintet should win all the games and hope for the defeat of their opponents, to avoid last place, synonymous with direct relegation. A practically impossible task, for a modest and, above all, very fragile team, incapable of managing with sufficient lucidity all forty minutes of the match. Sunday 18 al PalaCus of Via Chiarugi, the vice-leader is on stage Basketball Prato Dragons, with which, at least on paper, the forecast is adverse.

DRAGONS BASKETBALL PRATO – Coach's team stalls, second in the standings behind the undefeated leaders Montevarchi, is a very well-equipped team, with experienced athletes such as Iardella, 36 year old guard, Salvadori, 31-year-old pivot, and Berni, 31 year old guard, all in Serie B until a few years ago, the power forward Magni, the play Smecca and the guard Staino (ex C gold), to which the younger ones are added Manfredini, Marines e PaciniComing off an unexpected home defeat against Dukes Sansepolcro, the Prato team must be careful not to make any more mistakes in order not to lose second place in the play-off rankings.

COSMOCARE CUS PISA – In the first leg, the university players were protagonists for three quarters of the match in Prato, then dropped off sharply in the last, losing with an excessive gap, compared to the values ​​demonstrated on the parquet, despite a good individual performance by Cyan. From that match onwards, the team began to frequent the last place in the standings, first in cohabitation, then, in the second half of the season, alone. For the yellow and blues, whose fate in the season seems sealed, there are no more expectations at this point, if not at least that of finishing the championship with dignity, trying to play with commitment and to honor the season, certainly unlucky, until the last minute.