The senior girls CB Joventut Xàbia they had very close the victory in their visit to the municipal pavilion of Tavernes de la Valldigna. They lost, after contesting an extension by 59 to 54 against CB Platjes de Tavernes.
The key to this defeat was in the shallow depth of bench that had the black and green, since they only traveled with seven players. The premises could count on 12 players and that in such a long game was decisive.
At the start of the crash, the girls who heads Oscar ButlerThey were very focused, but squandered five free throws, nevertheless they managed to finish the quarter tied at 11 points. In the second quarter, the xabieras changed their defense and this caused many doubts in local who did not read well the defense. Cross the visitors was the low success rate in both exterior shots and from the free throw line. After a partial 9 13 to, it came to rest with xabiera advantage to 20 24.
After the break, the visitors continued their good defense and set the pace of the game against a rival that was gradually more. With the passage of minutes, fatigue was present in the green-black rows. At the last minute they had serious confusions fitting a partial 4 to 0. His mistakes were punished by locals who left a very tight score at the end of the quarter, 36 38 to.
Valencian letter on his sleeve intensity stored and decided to remove it in the last ten minutes. A smothering defense managed to stop intensity charged to visitors, which they endorsed a partial 8 to 0. Fortunately, two consecutive triples of xabieras stopped short reaction CB Platjes Tavernes. Nevertheless, local they entered the last minute with 2 point lead, which were neutralized after scoring two free throws Butler girls. The match ended tied at 47 so they had to play extra time of five minutes.
The visitors played overtime without Andrea Valero, his best player, who fell injured on the last play of the game. Other cast mates and the rest did their best to achieve a victory that deserved but failed. The end result was 59 to 54.
It should be noted that young xabieras players had to endure a very hostile environment, with an audience that showed his lack of education and civics insulting to all players and especially to poor Andrea when he fell injured. Incidentally, this player will miss the remainder of the season because it will be operated knee ligaments. We wish her a speedy recovery.
Results Comxicotetion teams CB Joventut Xàbia
Senior Male Preferred
Oliva CB 77 - CB Joventut Xàbia 57
Senior Female Preferred
CB Platjes Tavernes 59 - CB Joventut Xàbia 54
Junior Male Zonal 1ª
CB Teixereta B 50 - CB Joventut Xàbia 66
