Valencia Basket opens the #CopaTaronja17 facing Herbalife Gran Canaria

Valencia Basket will begin its participation in the 81st Copa del Rey by repeating its quarter-final clash of last season when they meet Herbalife Gran Canaria (Friday 17, 19: 00h, Fernando Buesa Arena, # 0) in which it will be the fourth Occasion in which these teams are in the KO tournament. These two sets are re-crossed to re-issue the quarterfinal eliminator of the Cup of the King last season, which ended with victory of Herbalife Gran Canaria with a result of 78-83. However, the last precedent played two weeks ago in the Fonteta ended with triumph taronja by 86-81.

Valencia Basket coach Pedro Martinez will have his 12 players available for the match in the absence of the training session that will take place tomorrow morning on the stage of the match. The taronja entity faces its 18th participation in the final phase of the Copa del Rey, in which it will try to revert its bad dynamics of the last seasons and return to collapse in the semifinals, something that has not done since 2014. Valencia Basket arrives at this tournament located in the third position of the League Endesa with a balance of 14 wins and 5 losses.

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Will Thomas

EE.UU/Georgia

Ala-pívot

2.03

8

Antoine Diot

Francia

Base/Escolta

1.93

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

10

Romain Sato

R.Centroafricana

Alero

1.94

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

17

Rafa Martínez

España

Escolta

1.90

18

Pierre Oriola

España

Ala-pívot

2.06

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.00

43

Luke Sikma

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

55

Viacheslav Kravtsov

Ucrania

Pívot

2.13

 

Pedro Martínez

 

Entrenador

 

 

HERBALIFE GRAN CANARIA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Ryan Hollins

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

2

Richard Hendrix

EE.UU/MKD

Pívot

2.02

4

Albert Oliver

España

Base

1.87

6

Darko Planinic

Croacia

Pívot

2.11

7

Bo McCalebb

EE.UU/MKD

Base

1.81

9

Sasu Salin

Finlandia

Escolta

1.90

13

Eulis Báez

Rep.Dominicana

Ala-pívot

2.01

14

Anzejs Paseckniks

Letonia

Pívot

2.16

15

Royce O’Neale

EE.UU

Alero

1.98

21

Oriol Paulí

España

Alero

2.01

22

Xavi Rabaseda

España

Alero

1.96

24

Kyle Kuric

EE.UU/SVQ

Escolta

1.93

34

Pablo Aguilar

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

 

Luis Casimiro

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: MARTÍN BERTRÁN- CONDE- CORTÉS