The DBC Senior Women's team starred in two sweet matches last weekend against CB Colegio Alemán, winning both matches, although by a rather short difference.
First leg match against CB Colegio Alemán
The first match was played in Valencia, in what was the round of 31 knockout phase at the rival stadium with a final score of 36-XNUMX. The game began on the outdoor court where CB Colegio Alemán usually plays their home games. Theirs were the first advantages thanks to a very closed area that gave them control in the game rhythm of the game.
At the end of the first period (10-07) it began to rain, which forced, in application of the regulations, the local Club to offer an alternative indoor court in which to guarantee the dispute of the match.
The game resumed in the Benicalap pavilion at 19:00 p.m. The second quarter had nothing to do with what had been seen on the college field. From the leisurely basketball of that time, he went to a hectic one with constant changes of possession and counterattack opportunities.
However, the lack of success on the part of both teams meant that the score at half-time was very low (20-19). Not too many things changed after the match resumed. The defenses outnumbered the attacks on both sides of the field. Getting to score became more and more complicated, so each point achieved was more than ever of the utmost importance.
Those from Dénia were more focused than their rivals in the last ten minutes of the game, entering Dianense with a point advantage. A 6-10 run ended up giving them a very hard-fought victory by a margin of five points that they should assert in the second leg the following day, scheduled in the Joan Fuster pavilion.
Return match against CB Colegio Alemán
Thus, DBC Senior Femenino and CB Colegio Alemán played on Sunday the second leg of the round of 57 of the Preferred Championship (55-XNUMX) offering an equal match and full of emotions to a pavilion that was filled to support the team.
The first quarter followed the same script as the first leg: two very solid defenses tried to minimize the rival attacks, which made the score even (16-15).
The best basketball of the whole weekend for those from Dénia would arrive in the next ten minutes. Without lowering the defensive intensity one millimeter, the success came from the triple that they had lacked up to that moment.
Four consecutive hits raised doubts in the defense of the Valencians and there they saw the opportunity to open a gap on the scoreboard, reaching the break with a fifteen-point advantage (37-22).
Things would get better at the start of the third period, since the four points they scored at the start gave them the greatest advantage they enjoyed in the tie.
However, the Colegio Alemán players were not willing to give up and starting from 0-6 in just one minute, they began a comeback that led them to enter the game again, closing the fourth just five points behind (45 -40).
The attack of DBC Senior Femenino did not produce points despite generating good opportunities both static and running, and the rivals took advantage of it by turning the result around with four minutes left to play.
When everything seemed to turn against them, they reacted by playing very intelligently, adding points at key moments when the balance was going to tip one way or the other.
Thus they entered the last minute of the game with an eight-point advantage that seemed definitive. But again the schoolboys showed off their character and with a triple and ball steals they compressed the result until leaving it in the final difference of two points with which they ended up being defeated.
The next rival of the DBC Senior Femenino in the quarterfinals will be CB Eliseo Vidal, another team from the city of Valencia, which has beaten L'Alcora in this round. The competition format will go back and forth on the same weekend, with the girls enjoying Juan Luis Pérez again from the favorable field factor by having a better initial classification than them.
Therefore, on Saturday they will visit their field, playing the second leg on Sunday at Joan Fuster at 12:30 p.m., where they hope to once again have the support of our great fans.
