LBA, Brescia dominates against Treviso

After the victory on the’s debut within the friendly walls of the A2A PalaLeonessa, Coach Magro’s Germani Brescia travels to the PalaVerde in Treviso for the second day of the 2023/24 LBA championship. Germani plays an’excellent game and brings home the second win of the season.

The two-game ball rewards Germani Brescia, who with Christon registers the first two points of the game. Allen scores 5 points in one minute and immediately puts the hosts ahead on 5-3, but here comes the reaction of Brescia that with Christon and Petrucelli’s triples flies ahead on 5-8 after 3 minutes of play. Treviso is not to be outdone and takes the lead again at 9-8, but here comes Germani’s first partial: 0-8 signed by Della Valle, Bilan and Petrucelli! Coach Magro’s team forces Vitucci to a timeout when there are 4 minutes left to play in the first quarter (score of 9-16 in favor of the biancoblu). Germani touches the maximum lead on +11 thanks to Bilan’s penetration basket while for the hosts è Harrison finally unlocks the score for his team. Treviso tries to shorten the distance but two triples by CJ Massinburg deliver 9 points of lead to Germani at the end of the first quarter (15 to 24 the score after 10’).

Mike Cobbins opens the second quarter for Germani, but Treviso doesn’t take it lying down and posts a 10-0 partial that brings the hosts back to -1 (25 to 26 the score). Cournooh finally after a 3’ blackout finds the bottom of the net for Brescia but here comes Bowman’s triple that brings the score even (28-28). New blackout for Germani and Treviso immediately takes advantage of it also accomplice to the unsportsmanlike foul whistled on Burnell. Partial 5-0 and the hosts go back ahead 33-28 with Zanelli’s free throws and Paulicap’s 2+1. Newcomer Della Valle tries to shake up his teammates by finding two easy points from the lunette, which is followed by Burnell’s triple and Massinburg’s basket on an offensive rebound (33-35 the score in Germani’s favor at 16’). Massinburg’s subsequent triple and Burnell’s basket plus a foul suffered force Vitucci to timeout again. Burnell’s extra free and Christon’s penetrating basket give Germani back the double-digit lead (+10 on 33 to 43 at 18’). Two triples in quick succession by Mezzanotte bring the hosts back to -7 (39 to 46 the score) when there are 30’’ left to play in the second quarter. Neither team finds points in the last two plays and the first half ends with the score 39 to 46 in favor of Brescia.

Christon scores the first points for Germani at the beginning of the third quarter. Partial of 0-4 and Brescia thus revises the double-digit lead +11 (39 to 50 the score). Allen from the line scores the first points for Treviso but here comes a new Germani partial that reaches +14 thanks to Petrucelli’s triple and Christon and Bilan’s points (43 to 57 the score at 23’). Captain Della Valle’s triple and Petrucelli’s one of two from the lunette delivers a 17-point lead to Coach Magro’s team. Treviso tried to come back shortening the distance to -13 thanks to baskets by Paulicap and Bowman, but another Della Valle triple kept the hosts at a distance when there were 3 minutes left to play in the quarter (50 to 66 the score). Della Valle’s third triple digs even more of a furrow between the two teams with Treviso unable to hold off Germani’s attacks. At the end of the quarter the hosts try to get back into the game with Allen and Mezzanotte but Cournooh’s triple delivers a 16-point lead to Brescia at the end of the third quarter.

Mezzanotte from the lunette opens the last quarter of the game but a new 0-6 partial by Germani delivers 21 points of lead to the biancoblu. Treviso tries to contain the guests but Brescia runs rampant in the score. Of note was the Serie A debut for Matteo Porto. Germani brings home the two points overcoming the hosts and closing the match with a score of 71-99.

TABLE

NutriBullet Treviso – Germani Brescia 71-99 (15-24, 39-46, 58-74)

NUTRIBULLET TREVISO: Bowman 17, Booker 0, Zanelli 5, Harrison 8, Torresani 2, Faggian 2, Young 1, Scandiuzzi, Mezzanotte 9, Allen 11, Camara 3, Paulicap 13. All. Vitucci

GERMANI BRESCIA: Christon 15, Gabriel 2, Bilan 15, Burnell 10, Massinburg 15, Tanfoglio, Della Valle 15, Petrucelli 18, Cobbins 4, Cournooh 5, Akele, Porto. All. Magro