Valencia Basket wraps up its week on the challenging court of Río Breogán

Valencia Basket men's team faces its second away game of the week as they visit the Río Breogán’s court (Sunday, 13th, 17:00h, Pazo dos Deportes, Deportes 2 on M+) in a game corresponding to the third round of the Liga Endesa.

 

 

 

The team will aim to regain as much energy as possible after their effort to come back in the BKT EuroCup and seek their first away win in the Liga Endesa on a court where they have won the last two times but that has historically been challenging for our team (we have only won three of our last nine visits).

 

 

 

Repeating their shooting effectiveness after setting a record for three-pointers in European competitions and maintaining their excellent defensive numbers (we are the team that concedes the fewest points in the ACB, with 68.5) and offensive rebounding (grabbing 45% of the rebounds on the opponent's rim) will be crucial for achieving a good result in this always difficult venue.

 

 

In addition to the confirmed absence of long-term injured player Chris Jones, the participation of the two players is questionable until the last moment. Forward Semi Ojeleye is dealing with heel discomfort after getting a bruise in the midweek game in Cluj and has only been able to participate in one practice, but not at 100%.

 

 

On the other hand, the presence of Serbian point guard Stefan Jovic cannot be confirmed until shortly before the game, as the club has excused him from team activities due to personal matters. Valencia Basket begins this third round in fifth place, with a record of 1-1.

 

Rosters

RÍO BREOGÁN

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Jordan Davis

EE.UU/AZE

Escolta

1.88

2

Charlie Moore

EE.UU

Base

1.85

4

Eric Vila

España

Ala-pívot

2.09

7

Edin Atic

Bosnia

Alero

2.01

8

Dragan Apic

Serbia

Pívot

2.06

11

Darrun Hilliard

EE.UU

Escolta

1.98

17

Aleksandar Aranatovic

Croacia

Escolta

1.95

18

Jordan Sakho

R.D.Congo

Pívot

2.07

23

Erik Quintela

España

Base

1.84

30

Adam Somogyi

Hungría

Base

1.93

35

EJ Onu

Nigeria

Pívot

2.11

99

Toni Nakic

Croacia

Ala-pívot

2.01

 

Veljko Mrsic

 

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

8

Jean Montero

Rep.Dominicana

Base-Esc

1.88

18

Goran Filipovic

Croacia

Base

1.80

22

Ethan Happ

EE.UU/MKD

Pívot

2.08

24

Matt Costello

EE.UU/CIV

Pívot

2.08

77

Nate Sestina

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.05

 

Questionable

 

 

 

37

Semi Ojeleye

EE.UU/NIG

Alero

2.01

16

Stefan Jovic

Serbia

Base

1.98

 

Injured list

 

 

 

7

Chris Jones

EE.UU/ARM

Base

1.88

Pedro Martínez

Entrenador

 

REFEREES: Óscar Perea - Iyán González - Roberto Lucasucas