Valencia Basket closes 2018 with a direct duel in the Cup’s race vs. Tecnyconta Zaragoza

Valencia Basket returns to the Fonteta after chaining three wins in a row as a visitor to close 2018 receiving the Tecnyconta Zaragoza (Saturday 29, 20:30h, Fonteta, Movistar Deportes) in a direct confrontation between two teams struggling to get one of the seven spots for the 2019 Copa del Rey. The taronja squad reaches this commitment in its best run of the season and will try to extend a dynamic that is already of seven wins in a row (four of them in the Endesa League). A win against the Aragonese would significantly bring the ticket for the tournament but three games still to play in the first leg.

 

To try to get the eighth consecutive win, Valencia Basket regains the participation of Bojan Dubljevic, already recovered from the sprain of grade 2 in the left ankle that has made him miss the last three games. Matt Thomas will be also available despite the scare of his injury of last week in Madrid, so if there is no news in the last working session, the taronja squad must make a technical discard before 20:00 hours of today. A Fonteta that will be adorned for a New Year Big Party could see its captain Rafa Martinez become the highest scorer in the history of the Club in the Endesa League (he is a triple away to tie Branson) at night in which Sam Van Rossom will play his 250 game with our team. Valencia Basket currently occupies the sixth position of the Endesa League, with a record of 8 wins and 5 losses.

 

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

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

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

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

TECNYCONTA ZARAGOZA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

00

Javier Justiz

Cuba

Pívot

2.10

3

Nacho Martín

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

4

Bo McCalebb

EE.UU/MKD

Base

1.81

5

Stan Okoye

Nigeria

Alero

1.98

7

Jonathan Barreiro

España

Alero

2.05

8

J. Berhanemeskel

Canadá/Eritrea

Escolta

1.88

9

Fabio Santana

España

Base

1.88

10

Renaldas Seibutis

Lituania

Escolta

1.96

11

Nemanja Radovic

Montenegro

Ala-pívot

2.08

12

Carlos Alocén

España

Base

1.94

17

Fran Vázquez

España

Pívot

2.09

71

Marc Martí

España

Pívot

2.03

 

Porfirio Fisac

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: JIMÉNEZ- CALATRAVA- MENDOZA