Caja Rural Defeats Sant Andria and Plays Decider Against Estudiantes

CAJA RURAL VERONA NORTE ZAMORA  85 – FEMENÍ SANT ADRIÀ 74

Zamora’s team took control of the game since minute one while they were less anxious than the day before against Sóller, based on a powerful inside game with Laura Gimeno and Aitana Cuevas, who made 14 from the 21 points of the team in the first ten minutes, Zamora lead throughout the first ten minutes. However Sant Adrià clawed their way back to finish the quarter 21-19, leaning on a huge effort from its backcourt players, Laura Plans and Nuria Vives (10 and 7 pts respectively)  

Zamora tried to close out the game in the second. They made a 15-3 run that gave them double digit lead (36-22) in the first 4:30, leaving scoreless Sant Adrià for more than three minutes. Lidia Gesteira and Erika Valek took over the game and moved the scoring effort to the perimeter, scoring 7 and 10 pts respectively. Nevertheless Sant Adrià finally was able to score again and traded baskets with Caja Rural during the last tour minutes of the quarter, reaching halftime four points behind 45-35.

After the break Iván Torinos and his girls came out with a vengeance, showing the good defense that characterized the team throughout the season, leaving Zamora in just two points in the first five minutes of the third and scoring 12 points by themselves to level the game to 47 points, beginning then the basket and lead trading to the end of the period which saw them finish in front for the very first time in the game, 59-56, lead by Cris García, who scored 8 points

Cris García begin the last quarter hitting a trey to pull the lead to 62-56. Georgina Bahi also had a good effort in the lane for the Catalán team. But Zamora wasn’t about letting go the game and fought back. First they switched to a zone defense which made Sant Adrià uncomfortable and  then Lidia Gesteira took command of the operations, well supported by Laura Gimeno to little by little trim the deficit, leveling again the game at 66 after 5 minutes.  

Bahi put Sant Adrià back in front with a 2+1 play for the 70-66, but Gesteira and Gimeno pushed their teammates to victory. Carla Agulló put Zamora in front for good by scoring from beyond the arc  taking advantage of a room created by a driving from Gesteira, 74-71 with 2:30 remaining. Sant Adrià kept on trying while time was running out but their fortune towards the basket fade away and they had to stop the clock by fouling, a thing that only proved to favour Zamora, which increased its advantage mostly from the line, closing the game 84-74  

Lidia Gesteira had 21 pts, 6 boards, store 4 balls, hended 4 assists and only turn the ball over once. Laura Gimeno joined her with 21 pts and 11 rebounds as well as Aitana Cuevas with 11 and 8 boards, Ildiko Szoke (10 pts) and Erika Valek’s 12

In Femení Sant Adrià Cris García had 23 pts, Laura Plans 16, Georgina Bahi 15 and 8 boards and Nuria Vives 11 pts