Adamant takes home the derby. In Mantua a battle with nerves on edge. Santiago and Marchini place the break
Serie B: the third quarter once again brings the home team back in front, but it lasts only a few minutes. Benedetto's boys do not lose their heads and respond to the successes of their rivals in the standings.
Once again, Marchini's baskets were fundamental in the key phases of the match. Adamant responded with personality to the derby test (Photo Bp)
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STINGS MANTOVA: Verri 8, Biordi 4, Boudet 21, Lo 15, Miladinovic, Pasquino, Aguirrezabala 5, Ciorciari n/o, Peralta 7, Pettovello, Almeida n/o, Bortolotto n/o. Coach Romero.
ADAMANT FERRARA: Dioli n/a, Sackey 2, Casagrande 7, Drigo 4, Santiago 9, Tio 2, Yarbanga 9, Solaroli 10, Chessari n/a, Ballabio 8, Braga n/a, Marchini 18. Coach Benedetto.
Partials: 19-15; 29-34; 48-44.
It is an ugly, dirty and mean Adamant that takes home a fundamental success in the Curtatone cauldron, at the end of a not very spectacular but very intense match, that the white and blues turn to their side 5' from the siren with a partial of 11-0 signed by Santiago and Marchini. At the start of the game it is a fair of errors, with both teams imprecise in attack in a very tense environment, with Ferrara losing several balls and suffering the physicality of Boudet with his back to the basket (16-10). Yarbanga takes three fouls in three minutes, Adamant seems distracted and then Marchini takes care of waking them up, with the first white and blue advantage that comes at 14' on 21-26. The Livorno winger is a sentence and as has often happened this season his entrance changes the face of the match: it is his triple from the corner that brings Ferrara to +8, while Mantova struggles enormously to find the way to the net.
At halftime Adamant is +5, and when they come back from the locker rooms this time the white and blues seem to be connected: Ballabio scores the 34-40 layup, but Boudet keeps his team alive, and Lo's triple is worth the new parity at 42. Ferrara crumples up and the Stings take advantage of it to get back ahead: at 30' it's 48-44, Benedetto's troops don't score anymore and the very low score certifies the tension on the field and in the stands. With 5' to go, a Santiago who until then was impalpable decides to take the team on his shoulders and with five points in a row Ferrara is back ahead: partial 9-0 for the white and blues and at 36' it's 50-57. It's the decisive break, because Mantova has no more and Adamant takes home the derby.
Jacopo Cavallini
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