79-69. Victory alone to lead Primera FEB / San Pablo Burgos
Silbo San Pablo Burgos beat Alimerca Oviedo Baloncesto for their fifth win of the league season. The team, led by Bruno Savignani, knew how to gain a good advantage through their inside play on a day when they weren’t excelling in their outside percentage. Luke Fischer was the standout player for the Castilians with 19 points and 4 rebounds and 19 rating points. At the end of the day, the victory leaves the Coliseum team as the only undefeated team and the sole leader of Primera FEB.
Luke Fischer dominated high at the Coliseum, giving Silbo San Pablo Burgos a 6-2 lead. Outside, Alimerca Oviedo Baloncesto recovered in the light (8-8). The Castilians did not give up trying to dominate the match and with an important 11-0 run they established their maximum advantage (19-8). The guests tried to correct the difference at the end of the first quarter (22-15).
A 7-0 start alienated Savignani’s team, which posted its best 14-point lead (29-15). Javier Rodriguez’s team counterattacked, led by Kevin Bercy, midway through the fourth (32-23). The contribution of György Goloman and the intensity of Didak Cuevas again allowed the Castilians to gain maximum advantage (37-23). Mikel Sanz’s threes and Bercy’s points supported the new approach of the Asturians, who reduced the gap at the break (44-37).
Burgos’ team returned from the locker room with active Fischer, Gudmundsson and Lapornik, who once again increased their lead to 15 points (54-39). The local team pushed ahead with ambition and the contributions of Corbalan, Cuevas and Diez gave them a maximum lead of 17 points (61-44). The Asturians stopped it with a timeout and added on at the end of the third period (63-49).
Alimerka Oviedo Baloncesto continued to capitalize on his chances in the last quarter (66-56) and tried to revolutionize the game by going for quick attacks (66-59). The Castilians requested a time-out, which they managed to take advantage of thanks to Wemby (71-59). At the final stage of the match in the Coliseum, the distance moved within the ten-point barrier (75-65). Fischer’s work ended with the fifth victory of the season Primera FEB Silbo San Pablo Burgos (79-69).
The Burgos team will play their next Primera FEB match against Caja Rural CB Zamora on Sunday, November 3, at 12:00 at the Angel Nieto Pavilion.
Technical sheet
79 – Silbo San Pablo Burgos: Jon Axel Gudmundsson (11), Micha Lapornik (10), Joe Cremo (-), Dani Diez (11) and Luke Fischer (19) – starting five – Didac Cuevas (6), Gonzalo Corbalan (4), Pablo Almazan (2 )), Gyorgy Goloman (7), Roberts Stambris (-), Emmanuel Vemby (6), Alex Barrera (3).
69 – Alimerca Oviedo Basketball: Joaquin Valinotti (-), Devin Hutchinson (8), Mikel Sanz (10), Francisco Amarante (8) and Ike Nweke (13) – starting five – Kevin Bercy (18), Dan Duschak (4), Raul Lobaco (5) , Alejandro Lopez Alvarez-Tirador (-), Kenneth West (3).
Numbers: 22-15; 22-22; 19-12; 16-20.
Judges: Francisco José Zafra, Juan Gabriel Carpallo and Aitor Gomez.
Incidents: The match, corresponding to the fifth day of Primera FEB, took place at the Coliseum in front of 8,196 spectators.
Post-match press conference by Bruno Savignani
Javier Rodriguez post-match press conference
Post-match press conferences (on YouTube)