New victory in the Miguel Buigues Pavilion for the group trained by Oscar Butler and Gary Stich. Before CD Onil, the Xabieros won by 70 to 61, after a beautiful first part of the match in which they were about to suffer a tremendous comeback from their rival. Finally, the children of Joventud won the Onil and place their balance in 5 victories and 2 defeats.
The match started with the team led by Gary Stich and Óscar Mayordomo very motivated against his rival, an old acquaintance of this season and with whom they had several outstanding accounts. The locals were the dominators of the game in a sensational first quarter, where the pressing defense throughout the track paid off. With a partial of 15-3 finished the first quarter.
The second quarter began with a partial 4-0 that raised the difference to the 16 points, 19-3. The visiting team reacted but it only served to tie the partial to 7 and continue with 12 points of disadvantage after the 10 first minutes, 22-10.
The Xàbia team continued with a point more aggressive than their rival, and their good game was worthy of the best teams in the category. The quick circulation of the ball gave them good shot options and Onil's team could not stop the green bleeding. The differences reached up to the 18 points. Finally he finished the room with 15 points of advantage, 32-17.
In the fourth period, the game was matched, and after a nice exchange of baskets, the partial ended with a draw to 9. It was at halftime with the locals dominating clearly after 20 minutes of great game, 41-26.
El Joventut Xàbia He jumped to the track in the second part with the idea of not being surprised by a visitor reaction. And well they did, completing other great 5 game minutes to increase the difference 6 points.
The local players thought that everything was done, underestimated their rival and began to play in a different way than the one that had given them those 21 points of difference. With a partial of 5-20 in the next two quarters, 5 reached the last minutes of the meeting with everything very tight, although nobody could believe it, 58-52.
The last quarter starts and the visitors got to 3 points (60-57), nobody understood anything, and when it seemed that the dynamics of the game was going to produce an epic comeback for the visitors, those of Xàbia returned to get their best version in the final minutes 3. With a part of 10-4 in the final section they certified a new
victory for 70-61.
