Valencia Basket visits the always challenging court of MoraBanc Andorra

Valencia Basket men’s team faces their second away game of the week, visiting the MoraBanc Andorra court (Saturday 1st, 20:45h, Pavelló Toni Martí, Movistar+ Deportes) in a match of Round 19 of the Liga Endesa.

 

After extending their positive run with a hard-fought win in Slovenia, the team will play their first away game of the second half of the season on a court that has not been kind to them in recent encounters in Andorra.

 

Last season, they suffered a heavy defeat here to close the Regular Season. Additionally, they will face a tough opponent, as Andorra narrowly beat Valencia Basket 89-88 in the first half of the season with a game-winning shot by Jean Montero, who may return to the court for the first time since his standout performance last season, which earned him a spot in the Liga Endesa's Second Best Five.

 

While the historical head-to-head is perfectly balanced, Valencia Basket's recent trend in this venue is unfavorable: in their last six visits, they have recorded four losses and two wins by just one point.

 

With Jean Montero rejoining the team's training after missing Tuesday's game in Ljubljana due to an ankle sprain, the coach must make a technical decision about which of the thirteen available players to leave out. The long-term injured Ethan Happ is the only confirmed physical absence.

 

Valencia Basket begins this Round 19 in second place, part of a three-way tie at the top, with a 14-4 record.

 

Rosters

MORABANC ANDORRA

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Shannon Evans

Guinea

Base

1.85

5

Rafa Luz

Brasil

Base

1.88

8

Aaron Ganal

Andorra

Base

1.85

9

Nacho Llovet

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

10

Jerrick Harding

EE.UU

Base

1.85

11

Stan Okoye

Nigeria

Alero

1.98

13

Chumi Ortega

España

Escolta

1.90

20

Ferran Bassas

España

Base

1.81

23

Felipe Dos Anjos

Brasil

Pívot

2.18

24

Kyle Kuric

EE.UU/SVQ

Escolta

1.93

44

Ben Lammers

EE.UU

Pívot

2.08

45

Sekou Doumbouya

Francia

Alero

2.06

 

Joan Plaza

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Brancou Badio

Senegal

Escolta

1.91

2

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

3

Nate Reuvers

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.11

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

5

Sergio De Larrea

España

Base

1.98

6

Xabi López-Arostegui

España

Alero

2.00

7

Chris Jones

EE.UU/ARM

Base

1.88

8

Jean Montero

Rep.Dominicana

Base-Esc

1.88

16

Stefan Jovic

Serbia

Base

1.98

24

Matt Costello

EE.UU/CIV

Pívot

2.08

35

Amida Brimah

Ghana

Pívot

2.13

37

Semi Ojeleye

EE.UU/NIG

Alero

2.01

77

Nate Sestina

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.05

 

Lesionado

 

 

 

22

Ethan Happ

EE.UU/MKD

Pívot

2.08

Pedro Martínez

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: Carlos Peruga - Alberto Sánchez Sixto - David Sánchez Benito