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The Basketball Champions League was back behind the FIBA ​​windows.
The UCAM Murcia traveled to French lands to face a renovated Le Mans.
The Gallo team, penultimate of group with 2V 5D, looked for the victory in its fief before the leader.
The university students, with the discards of Rojas and Tumba, wanted to continue adding European competition victories in the field of the champion of France (6V 1D).
Javi Juárez was out on track with a scoring team -Kloof, Oleson, Doyle, Soko and Delia- who quickly took the lead (2-7).
The good start of the Murcian interior game caused the second foul of Jonathan Tabu, an old friend of the Endesa League and a recent addition of the French.
However, the appearance of Yeguete (7 points) brought the current French champions to two points.
A very even and competitive quarter, with advantage always for the UCAM Murcia, which closed Urtasun with a basket on the horn (18-22).
Both teams started the second part very weak and the first points came from the hand of Edu Durán after three minutes of play.
Le Mans took Javi Juarez's team to the limit with strong pressure.
However, the great defensive work of the French team did not prevent Murcia from leaving until the 8th advantage.
At the halfway point of the second period, the visiting coach was forced to call timeout.
The second personal foul by Soko and the 11 points from Yeguete equalized again.
Finally, a new basket on the speaker of Milton Doyle allowed UCAM Murcia to go 6 up to rest (35-41).
The return of the locker room started with a big triple of the Alaskan sniper.
The irregularity of Javi Juárez prevented the difference was over ten points, something that took advantage of Richard Hendrix (10 points) to reduce the advantage.
Le Mans, with his inner game, was doing a lot of damage (32/49 points), something that Javi Juárez did not like that quickly put Emanuel Cate on track.
The success of their pivots and the low defensive level of the university left the score at 49-52 with three minutes left.
A very irregular last minutes of both sets left the score at 56-61.
If the UCAM Murcia wanted to finish taking the victory in French territory had to show more regularity in defense.
Two easy points of Cate inaugurated the score of the Murcian team, with Le Mans on his heels.
Two consecutive losses from Askia Booker forced Javi Juarez to call timeout.
The return to the track, with Delia and Urtasun fresh, changed the defensive intensity of Murcia.
Richard Hendrix (18 points) remained plugged in and kept the French champions in the game.
The hot minutes were entered, and Charlon Kloof appeared there.
A great defense was used by Charlon Kloof, who with 4 consecutive points put the 64-70 five minutes from the end.
The personal fouls of the French interiors left Hendrix as the only inside against a very successful Soko in the shot (5/6) that put the 68-76 to one minute for the conclusion.
Finally, 7th victory for UCAM Murcia by 71-80 in the first match of the second round of the Basketball Champions League.
Soko (18 points and 7 rebounds for 21 valuation) and Delía (14 points and 21 valuation) the best in Murcia.
Source: UCAM Murcia CB
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