Last home game for Italian NT at Eurobasket 2013 Qualification Round. Tomorrow at PalaBianchini (Latina) the Azzurre will meet Greece in a decisive showdown. Italy has a five-games streak open, and coach
- because it is the decisive game of this round of qualifying and our crowd here in Latina can help girls to bypass the pressure built up in recent days. We meet for two months and we are a little bit tired, but we are beginning to emerge completely ready to face the difficult race we are attending to. Greece, like us, has grown a lot; its a similar team physicality and athletically, but definitely more experienced. We will try to compensate with enthusiasm and with the push that I am sure it will come from the Latina's fellows " Ricchini will choose the twelve players taking the field, as usual, only after training tomorrow morning. At PalaBianchini it's announced an exceptional parterre: with the President of Italian Federation Dino Meneghin to support the Azzurre there will be also the President of CONI, Gianni Petrucci.
Italy- Bulgaria 48:47
Italy pip Bulgaria in Frosinone to start their winning series in preparation for Eurobasket 2013. The Italian side posted a 48:47 win in a defensive battle between two sides.
After the three losses from France, Italy hoped to add the victory to their preparation campaign. They lost the first period 16-7, but won the second 12-4 and took 28:21 halftime advantage [read more]
Italy- Bulgaria 48:47
Italy pip Bulgaria in Frosinone to start their winning series in preparation for Eurobasket 2013. The Italian side posted a 48:47 win in a defensive battle between two sides. After the three losses from France, Italy hoped to add the victory to their preparation campaign. They lost the first period 16-7, but won the second 12-4 and took 28:21 halftime advantage. Bulgaria however tied the game at the end of the third period when Ekaterina Dimitrova (182-G-87) made two free throws at 39:39. Dimana Georgieva (190-C-88) gave Bulgari 47:43 lead with 4 minutes to go, but Bulgaria remained scoreless in the rest of the game. Sabrina Cinili (190-F-89) brought the victory for Bulgaria in the last seconds after an assists from Giorgia Sottana (178-G-88, agency: Players Group). Sabrina Cinili and Giorgia Sottana top-scored for the winners with 11 points each. Chiara Consolini (186-F-88) netted 9, while Benedetta Bagnara (178-G-87, agency: LBM Management) added 7. Daniela Peteva (179-F-89, agency: Josep and Nicolas) ended up with 12 points in the losing effort, while Ekaterina Dimitrova scored 11. Evelina Guneva (183-F-80, agency: Interperformances) produced 7 and Milena Tomova (189-F/C-82, college: FIU) notched 6.
Umana Reyer bolstered their frontcourt. They added Marie Ruzickova (189-C-86, agency: LBM Management) to the roster. The Slovakian centre spent the last two seasons with Lucca. Last season Marie Ruzickova posted 12.7 points, 7.2 boards and 2.4 steals per game. She earned All-Italian A1 Honourable Mention. Marie Ruzickova was named into A1 All-Bosmans Team in 2012. Previously she had spells in Slovak Republic, Italy, France and Hungary [read more]
Umana Reyer bolstered their frontcourt. They added Marie Ruzickova (189-C-86, agency: LBM Management) to the roster. The Slovakian centre spent the last two seasons with Lucca. Last season Marie Ruzickova posted 12.7 points, 7.2 boards and 2.4 steals per game. She earned All-Italian A1 Honourable Mention. Marie Ruzickova was named into A1 All-Bosmans Team in 2012. Previously she had spells in Slovak Republic, Italy, France and Hungary. Marie Ruzickova made it into All-French LF2 2nd Team in 2011. The centre was the member of the Slovakian National Team in 2003-08 seasons. She participated at the 2003 EuroBasket in Greece.
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