Valencia Basket seeks to close a perfect week in the visit of UCAM Murcia to the Fonteta

Valencia Basket returns to the Fonteta after spending five days traveling in Russia, for the first time he has managed to prevail on the courts of the Khimki Moscow Region and the Zenit St.Petersburg. And he does it to face UCAM Murcia (Sunday 19, 20:00h, Fonteta, Movistar Deportes 3) in the game that opens the second leg of the Endesa League.

 

The Taronja squad faces this commitment in a good line of results (three wins in a row), solid at home in the Endesa League (where it has not lost in national competition since November 3) and with the moral push of within a period of one week to get the ticket for the Copa del Rey and sneak into the Playoff positions of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague.

 

To alleviate the accumulated physical fatigue in what will be his fifth game in ten days, the support of the Fonteta will once again be a key element to give extra energy to Jaume Ponsarnau's men.

 

Captain Bojan Dubljevic could return (absent in the two games of Russia for a sprained right ankle and that will be doubtful until the last moment), while center Mike Tobey (right leg only) will stay sidelined. Tobey and Brock Motum are deactivated for the Endesa League, although the Australian power forward could be activated in exchange for another teammate until 2:00 p.m. on Sunday 19. Valencia Basket starts on this round 18 the race for staying in the noble zone of the Endesa League, in which he currently occupies the sixth position with a balance of 9 wins and 8 losses.

 

Rosters

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

1

Quino Colom

España

Base

1.88

2

Vanja Marinkovic

Serbia

Escolta

1.98

3

Jordan Loyd

EE.UU

Escolta

1.93

5

Maurice Ndour

Senegal

Ala-pívot

2.06

6

Alberto Abalde

España

Alero

2.02

7

Louis Labeyrie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.08

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

12

Brock Motum

Australia/Lituania

Ala-pívot

2.08

16

Guillem Vives

España

Base

1.92

19

Fernando San Emeterio

España

Alero

1.99

30

Joan Sastre

España

Escolta

2.01

42

Aaron Doornekamp

Canadá/Holanda

Ala-pívot

2.01

Questionable

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

Sidelined

10

Mike Tobey

EE.UU

Pívot

2.13

Jaume Ponsarnau

Entrenador

 

UCAM MURCIA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

3

Jarell Eddie

EE.UU.

Ala-Pívot

2.01

5

Rafa Luz

Brasil/España

Base

1.88

6

Dino Radoncic

Montenegro

Alero

2.02

7

G. Larentzakis

Grecia

Escolta

1.96

8

Manu Lecomte

Bélgica

Base

1.80

15

Emanuel Cate

Rumanía

Pívot

2.04

16

Edu Durán

España

Escolta

1.91

22

Kyle Hunt

Jamaica

Pívot

2.08

27

Sadiel Rojas

Rep. Dominicana

Alero

1.98

31

Askia Booker

EE.UU.

Base/Escolta

1.86

51

Kevin Tumba

Bélgica

Pívot

2.06

55

Dusan Sakota

Grecia

Ala-Pívot

2.10

 

Sito Alonso

 

Entrenador

 

 

 

REFEREES: GARCÍA GONZÁLEZ, TORRES, RIAL