91-72. UCAM, with 53 points between Taylor and Webb, consolidates its position

Murcia, 23 Mar The UCAM Murcia Club Baloncesto, with 53 points scored between Isaiah Taylor (28) and James Webb (25), defeated the Breogán River in Lugo with authority 91-72 and with this it is a very important step towards winning the qualifying rounds for the title in the Endesa League, since it is seventh with 13 victories in 23 matches and has a mattress of two on the teams that most threaten eighth place. It was a confrontation between direct rivals in the fight to finish the regular phase in the top eight and it was hot because of what happened in the first lap in a clash that took Breogán for 94-89 after several fights and the expulsion of Sadiel Rojas, captain of UCAM CB. The 18-6 run with which Sito Alonso's team ended the match just when their opponent was tightest was decisive at the Palacio de los Deportes in Murcia, where the staging was better by the visitors, who started with a 4-10 in four minutes. That Lucense income remained until 11-17 with Dzanan Musa percussing again and again. Taylor took responsibility for the home team and starred in an interesting duel with Musa from the first quarter as both players led the attacks of their respective teams. In the first ten minutes the Bosnian, the top scorer in the league, already scored eight goals and Taylor, second on the list of gunners, scored three more and left until he was 11 and missed only one shot of the seven he tried in those ten minutes. With that duel already presented from the first quarter ended with the result of 18-20 favorable to the team led by Veljko Mrsic. The start of the second quarter was again better for the Lucenses, who got their maximum advantage with 18-25. Two three-pointers by Thad McFadden, the second of them also with an additional free kick, and another basket of maximum value by Tomás Bellas gave Sito Alonso's team the advantage for the first time in the match (28-27). The defensive improvement and Taylor's festival - 18 points from the Californian at halftime - allowed the university team to close the fourth with a 24-15 in its favor and thereby open space to retire to the locker room with a +7 (42-35). Back on track, eight straight points scored by Webb — two three-pointers and a shot of two — in just one minute and nine seconds shot UCAM CB and forced Mrsic to call time-out with 50-35 against. From there, the exchange of baskets was good for the university team, which, by circulating the ball well and putting hands in defense, had its maximum advantage over the equator of the third period (65-44). Webb, the author of 14 points in a room in which he did not sit, proved lethal and the activity of the whole team, especially Rojas and Augusto Lima, made it seem that the match was practically doomed. However, a partial 4-13 made it possible to enter the final ten minutes with a remontable difference (69-57) and it was so thanks to the good work of Rasid Mahalbasic. Breogán, with Tyler Kalinoski succeeding from beyond the goal, continued to believe in the comeback by lowering the ten-point psychological barrier with seven and a half minutes left (73-66). Some ghosts appeared to the murcians, but at that time a 9-0 in more than four and a half minutes without scoring on the visitor's side and with Taylor and Webb to the rescue of the locals - four points for each in that partial - they gave air to UCAM CB and made him win with solvency and turning the “basketball average” around with the team Galician more than wiping away the five points for what he lost in the first round in Lugo. Match sheet: 91. UCAM Murcia Basketball Club (18+24+27+22): Taylor (28), Davis (9), Rojas (4), Webb (25) and Lima (4) -starting five-, Bellas (3), Malmanis (-), Radovic (2), McFadden (14) and Cate (2). 72. Breogán River Lugo (20+15+22+15): Bell-Haynes (7), Sergi Quintela (5), Musa (21), Lukovic (8) and Mahalbasic (17) -starting five-, Kacinas (-), Kalinoski (9), Ubal (-), Jankovic (-), Sakho (-), Erik Quintete La (1) and Cruz (4). Referees: Carlos Peruga Embid, Jorge Martinez Fernández and Fabio Fernández Esteban. Locals Cate (m.33) and Lima (m.40) were eliminated by five personal fouls. Incidents: Match corresponding to the twentieth round of the Endesa Basketball League that was postponed due to the coronavirus and which was played at the Palacio de los Deportes in Murcia in front of 5,212 spectators. CHIEF 101051 IJ/ASC (PHOTO)