Valencia Basket repeats at La Fonteta to host Surne Bilbao Basket

Valencia Basket men's team returns to Fonteta just 42 hours after the tough defeat suffered in the Euroleague against Baskonia to face a new clash hosting Surne Bilbao Basket (Sunday 3, 5:00 p.m., Fonteta, Movistar Deportes 3) in a Endesa League round 12 game.

 

The taronja team returns to its fans in acb after two away-games in a row and will need that support as an extra lung after the little margin to recover to try to extend its positive line as a local in national competition looking for a win that will allow the taronja squad to get a little closer to the first goal of the season.

 

Although the precedents are favorable to the Taronja team, the Bilbao team has been an uncomfortable rival in its most recent visits to La Fonteta (5 wins in its last 14 visits). Valencia Basket has won the last three games, but in the first two it had to overcome a big disadvantage and last season it could not break the game until the end.

 

Coach Álex Mumbrú maintains the doubt of the two point guards who are in the final stretch of their recovery process, Stefan Jovic and Martin Hermannsson.

 

Valencia Basket begins this day in fifth position with a balance of 8-3.

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Jared Harper

EE.UU

Escolta

1.78

1

Víctor Claver

España

Alero

2.08

2

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

3

Nate Reuvers

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.11

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

6

Xabi López-Arostegui

España

Alero

2.00

7

Chris Jones

EE.UU/ARM

Base

1.88

8

Guillem Ferrando

España

Base

1.84

10

Damien Inglis

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.06

16

Stefan Jovic

Serbia

Base

1.98

21

Boubacar Touré

Senegal

Pívot

2.13

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

30

Kassius Robertson

Canadá/JAM

Escolta

1.90

32

Brandon Davies

EE.UU/UGA

Pívot

2.08

37

Semi Ojeleye

EE.UU/NIG

Alero

2.01

Álex Mumbrú

Entrenador

 

SURNE BILBAO BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

2

Adam Smith

EE.UU

Escolta

1.85

4

Unai Barandalla

España

Alero

1.95

5

Denzel Andersson

Suecia

Ala-pívot

2.04

6

Sacha Killeya-Jones

Canadá/UK

Pívot

2.12

7

Tomeu Rigo

España

Escolta

1.93

8

Álex Reyes

España

Alero

2.02

11

Thijs De Ridder

Bélgica

Ala-pívot

2.03

12

Alex Renfroe

EE.UU/Bosnia

Base

1.91

19

Melwin Pantzar

Suecia

Base

1.90

22

Xavi Rabaseda

España

Alero

1.96

34

Georgios Tsalmpouris

Grecia

Pívot

2.16

77

Kristian Kullamae

Estonia

Escolta

1.93

 

Jaume Ponsarnau

 

Entrenador

 

 

REFEREES: Jordi Aliaga - Sergio Manuel - Carlos Merino