A great home win for Zan Tabak's CB Sant Josep Girona, defeating Menorca Basquet for 72-62 in the fifth game the LEB Oro regular season. After winning the first two games and losing the following two ones, it was very important for the team to react immediately and restart on the right way, and that's exactly what happened on the court in front of the 1.780 season-ticket holders. Against a team like Menorca, one of the favorites for the promotion to next year's ACB, CB Sant Josep played with great character, and based its victory on the perfect work in defense and control of rebounds: the game was very balanced for three periods, with Menorca leading just by few points in each partial, but Girona dominated the fourth period for 26-12 and got the victory. Individually, there were great performances by Nacho Ordin, who scored 21 points with 4 assists, and by the veteran Darryl Middleton, who wrote 13 points and 9 rebound for 24 of personal ranking. "This game was a whole team effort - Zan Tabak said after the game - I hope we will continue to produce this kind of defense, in the game against Menorca we showed our face, this is how we work everyday". Now, Girona has a balance of 3 wins and 2 lossed out of 5 games, for the 5th place in the LEB Oro ranking. Next game will be on the coming Sunday, October 23rd at h. 18.00 on the court of Iberostar Canarias, 2nd ranked with 4-1 behind Lleida (5-0). It will be another very important game...
CB Sant Josep Girona vs Menorca Basquet 72-62
CB Sant Josep Girona - Nacho Ordin 21 (4 assists), Sergi Pino 8, Pau Vila 3, Darryl Middleton 13 (9 rebounds), Rolands Freimanis 7 (4 assists) - starting five - Thomas Coleman 5, Eric Jimenez, Xavi Guirao 2, Marc Fernández 8 (10 rebounds), Carlos Canals, Arnas Labuckas 5. Coach: Zan Tabak.
Menorca Basquet - Jorge Jimenez 2, Marc Blanc 6, Oliver Arteaga 10, Roberto Morentin 11, David Navarro 14 - starting five - Roma Bas 2, Taylor Coppenrath 5, Daniel Perez 6, Urko Otegui, Cesar Bravo, Andreu Matali 6. Coach: Jose M. Berrocal Riera.
Partials: 11-10, 17-20, 18-20, 26-12 & Periods: 11-10, 28-30, 46-50, 72-62
CB Sant Josep Girona vs Menorca Basquet 72-62
CB Sant Josep Girona - Nacho Ordin 21 (4 assists), Sergi Pino 8, Pau Vila 3, Darryl Middleton 13 (9 rebounds), Rolands Freimanis 7 (4 assists) - starting five - Thomas Coleman 5, Eric Jimenez, Xavi Guirao 2, Marc Fernández 8 (10 rebounds), Carlos Canals, Arnas Labuckas 5. Coach: Zan Tabak.
Menorca Basquet - Jorge Jimenez 2, Marc Blanc 6, Oliver Arteaga 10, Roberto Morentin 11, David Navarro 14 - starting five - Roma Bas 2, Taylor Coppenrath 5, Daniel Perez 6, Urko Otegui, Cesar Bravo, Andreu Matali 6. Coach: Jose M. Berrocal Riera.
Partials: 11-10, 17-20, 18-20, 26-12 & Periods: 11-10, 28-30, 46-50, 72-62
