Valencia Basket begins 2019 with a demanding start of the 7DAYS EuroCup Top 16 vs. Unicaja Málaga

The new year starts for Valencia Basket with a hard commitment on the 7DAYS EuroCup Top16 round 1 game hosting Unicaja Málaga (Wednesday 2, 20:45h, Fonteta, Teledeporte) in a direct confrontation between the two teams better classified in the Regular Season within this group G (both teams finished the first round with an 8-2). The taronja squad will try to extend its good performance dynamics (it already has eight wins in a row) against an opponent that has faced up to seven times in European competition in the two previous seasons and with a positive balance of 5-2.

 

For this, it seems decisive to maintain the good defensive level exhibited in the Regular Season against a rival that comes being the best attack of the competition. Neither team has left any home game in this 7DAYS EuroCup, so the support of the Fonteta must be important in the development of the game. To try to start this second phase, forward Fernando San Emeterio (who was injured in the femoral biceps of his left leg in last week's match against Tecnyconta Zaragoza) and Sergi García (right wrist fracture) are sidelined, although the taronja squad recovers the presence in the roster of the point guard Antoine Diot.

 

Rosters

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

 

UNICAJA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

2

Viny Okouo

Congo

Pívot

2.14

3

Jaime Fernández

España

Base

1.86

7

Morgan Stilma

Países Bajos

Ala-pívot

2.02

9

Alberto Díaz

España

Base

1.88

10

Sasu Salin

Finlandia

Escolta

1.91

11

Dani Díez

España

Alero

2.01

12

Dragan Milosavljevic

Serbia

Alero

1.96

17

Giorgi Shermadini

Georgia

Pívot

2.17

21

Adam Waczynski

Polonia

Alero

1.99

22

Brian Roberts

EE.UU

Base

1.88

26

Mathias Lessort

Francia

Pívot

2.05

33

Kyle Wiltjer

Canadá

Ala-pívot

2.08

 

Luis Casimiro

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: KOROMILAS, PETEK and ISGUDER