Direct duel in the fight to enter the Copa del Rey vs. UCAM Murcia

Valencia Basket returns home after three consecutive away games in a direct duel to defend the position of access to the Copa del Rey de Madrid 2021 that it currently occupies against another of the teams involved in the fight to qualify for that tournament, UCAM Murcia (Sunday 20, 20:00, Fonteta, Movistar Deportes), in a game corresponding to round 15 of the Endesa League.

 

The Taronja squad will have to face the accumulated wear after their double European game to face their third game in five days with all the energy possible and try to keep open a streak that is three consecutive wins in the Endesa League (all three as a visitor on the Barça, Urbas Fuenlabrada and Movistar Estudiantes courts).

 

Although the general precedents are clearly favorable to the Taronja squad and the confrontation between these two teams was clearly carried out in the preseason, recent history says that UCAM Murcia is a dangerous visitor, who has won the Fonteta triumph in three of their last eight visits.

 

In his third game of the week, Jaume Ponsarnau will be able to repeat the roster since long-term injured Joan Sastre and Vanja Marinkovic are the only sidelined players. The Valencian team begins this round 15 of the Endesa League in the eighth position of the tournament with a 7-6 in the standings.

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

3

Klemen Prepelic

Eslovenia

Escolta

1.91

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

6

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

7

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

10

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

12

Nikola Kalinic

Serbia

Alero

2.02

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

21

Derrick Williams

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

 

Lesionados

 

 

 

2

Vanja Marinkovic

Serbia

Escolta

1.98

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.01

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

UCAM MURCIA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Jordan Davis

EE.UU

Escolta

1.88

2

Marques Townes

Rep.Dominicana

Escolta

1.93

5

Rafa Luz

Brasil/España

Base

1.88

7

Tomás Bellas

España

Base

1.85

8

Rinalds Malmanis

Letonia

Ala-pívot

2.05

11

Nemanja Radovic

Montenegro

Ala-pívot

2.08

14

Peter Jok

Sudán

Alero

1.97

15

Emanuel Cate

Rumanía

Pívot

2.04

23

Augusto Lima

Brasil

Pívot

2.08

24

DJ Strawberry

EE.UU/Camerún

Escolta

1.96

27

Sadiel Rojas

Rep. Dominicana

Alero

1.98

33

Conner Frankamp

EE.UU

Base

1.85

34

David DiLeo

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

 

Sito Alonso

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: Pérez Pérez – Bultó – Sánchez Cutillas