Hard test for the taronja streak at the court of Divina Seguros Joventut

Valencia Basket starts 2019 in the Endesa League, visiting the court of Divina Seguros Joventut (Sunday 6, 12:30 am, Olímpic Badalona, Movistar Deportes) in a direct confrontation between two teams that are fighting to get one of the six remaining spots to qualify for the Copa del Rey Madrid 2019. A triumph of the taronja squad in Badalona (Valencia Basket is the fifth ranked with 9-5, with +24 in the basket-average) would keep alive a positive dynamic in the current season that already is of nine wins in a row (he has not lost since November 17th). And although that a win would not qualify the taronja team mathematically for the Copa del Rey 2019, it would be an almost definitive step forward to get the ticket to Madrid.

 

Valencia Basket will try to change his bad streak on the court of Divina Seguros Joventut, where the taronja squad has lost in its last two visits, in a game in which captain Rafa Martínez will be able to play despite the ankle sprain suffered vs. Unicaja and where captain could become the highest scorer in the history of the Club in the Endesa League. Forward Fernando San Emeterio (fibrillar break in the biceps femoral of his left leg) and playmaker Sergi García (fracture right wrist) still in the injured list.

 

Rosters

DIVINA SEGUROS JOVENTUT

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Nenad Dimitrijevic

Macedonia

Base

1.86

1

Shawn Dawson

Israel

Alero

1.98

4

Conor Morgan

Canadá/Irlanda

Ala-pívot

2.06

6

Xabier López- Arostegui

España

Alero

2.00

10

Nico Laprovittola

Argentina/Italia

Base

1.90

11

Marko Todorovic

Montenegro

Ala-pívot

2.08

13

José Ignacio Nogués

España

Alero

2.04

14

Albert Ventura

España

Escolta

1.91

31

Dakota Mathias

EE.UU

Escolta

1.93

35

Simon Birgander

Suecia

Pívot

2.09

81

Luke Harangody

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

 

Carles Duran

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

6

Alberto Abalde

España

Alero

2.02

7

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

8

Antoine Diot

Francia

Base

1.93

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

10

Will Thomas

EE.UU/Georgia

Ala-pívot

2.03

13

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

17

Rafa Martínez

España

Escolta

1.90

21

Matt Thomas

EE.UU

Escolta

1.96

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.00

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canadá/Holanda

Ala-pívot

2.01

 

Injured list

 

 

 

1

Sergi García

España

Base

1.93

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: PEREZ PIZARRO - ARAÑA - GONZÁLEZ