The team from Girona beat MoraBanc Andorra this Thursday in extra time (84-89) in the previous round
The team led by the retired Marc Gasol will face Barça on Monday the 11th at the Barris Nord in Lleida
Bàsquet Girona qualified for the semifinals of the Catalan League by beating MoraBanc Andorra in overtime (84-89) and on Monday they will face a Barça that this Thursday debuted with victory in Lleida in the semifinals that will take place precisely at the Barris Nord, while the other will be played by Joventut and BAXI Manresa with the final on Tuesday the 12th.
DATA SHEET
CATALAN LLIGA
AND
GIR
ALIGNMENTS
MORABAND ANDORRA, 84
(15+21+15+23+10): Adam Somogyi (6), Juan Rubio (17), Stan Okoye (10), ‘Tyson’ Pérez (11), Marin Maric (1) -starting five-, Andrew Goudelock (19), Mihajlo Andric, Pierre Oriola (5), Aaron Ganal (12), Ken Santiago and Nacho Llovet (3).
BASKETBALL GIRONA, 89
(21+20+13+20+15): Ike Iroegbu (14), Markel Brown (15), Sergi Martínez (2), Yves Pons (4), Jaume Sorolla (2) -starting five-, Golomán (17) , Quino Colom (4), Máximo Fjellerup (5), Mindaugas Susinskas (3), ‘Juani’ Marcos (12), Èric Vila (4) and Stefan Dordevic (7).
REFEREES
Jordi Aliaga, Yasmina Alcaraz and ‘Juande’ Oyón. They eliminated Sorolla, from Bàsquet Girona, due to five personal fouls.
INCIDENTS
Match corresponding to the qualifying round prior to the semi-finals of the Catalan League played in front of 1,646 spectators at the Poliesportiu d’Andorra.
MoraBanc Andorra faced its first game of the new project on its field, diminished by casualties, especially in the outside game due to the absences of the Brazilian Rafa Luz, the American Markel Starks and the Swedish ‘killer’ Tobias Borg. Faced with this plethora of physical problems, Natxo Lezkano had to call up two 16-year-old juniors (Ken Santiago and Ignasi Armengol) in addition to recovering Aaron Ganal from his loan at LEB Plata’s Benicarló, who by the way was on point with 12 points.
The duel, very even, was decided in extra time after regulation time ended with a tie at 74 after the Girona team without its retired president Marc Gasol came back in the fourth quarter. In the five minutes of extra time, Bàsquet Girona scored, showing more solidity than those of the Principality, who showed a lot of pride but the game seemed very long.
A triple by Hungarian Golomán with 37 seconds left propelled Girona to the semifinalsin which they will face a Blaugrana team that could count on the entire squad as the arrival of the Spanish internationals Àlex Abrines, Darío Brizuela and Willy Hernangómez plus the Lithuanian Rokas Jokubaitis is expected this Saturday.
The best of MoraBanc was Andrew Goudelock, with 19 points without forgetting Juan Rubio’s 17. On the Catalan side, the aforementioned Golomán shone with 17 points and 11 rebounds, well supported by Markel Brown, author of 15 points and 11 by the young Argentine ‘Juani’ Marcos, a Barça youth player.