It was necessary to wait 18 attempts so that the UCAM Murcia CB could end the curse that persecuted him in the Nou Congost.
In the premier league of Fotis Katsikaris, the Murcia broke the game in the third quarter with a brilliant Vitor Benite and Billy Baron and, although they ended up suffering in the last period, the ICL Manresa did not surpass the barrier of the 5 points.
Benite would be the most outstanding with 18 points and 7 rebounds, also highlighting the 16 points of Nemanja Radovic
Equality and inaccuracies marked the first plays of the game, highlighting the intensity of both defenses that kept the score down (4-5).
The ICL Manresa entered a bonus after only 3 and a half minutes and it would be Sadiel Rojas with two triples that would keep UCAM Murcia ahead (6-10).
The manresanos would load their game in the inner reference of Xavi Rey and in the free shots of Pere Tomàs but the university ones were kept ahead.
In the final straight two three-pointers of the locals brought them in the bright but the points of Benite and Baron maintained the advantage (16-19).
After the end of the first period the errors continued to mark the development of the game although UCAM Murcia, thanks to its activity in the offensive rebound, maintained its +4 on the scoreboard.
Kevin Tumba remained on track with 3 personal fouls and 6 consecutive points of Nemanja Radovic gave the maximum to the Murcia (19-29).
The university defense drowned an ICL Manresa that did not obtain easy baskets and the offensive glimpses of Benite and Delia maintained the ten of advantage.
The points of Pere Tomàs monopolized the offensive manresana while Benite gave the replica and the party closed to the rest with +8 for the UCAM Murcia (31-39).
In the third period personal fouls began slowing down the game and, although ICL Manresa added from the free kick, Benite's 12 points stretched the Murcia difference (33-44).
With Xavi Rey on the bench Marcos Delía became great under the boards forcing the Manresans to play on a triple and maintaining the university advantage in the rebound.
In the final stretch of the third period the appearance of Billy Baron, who joined Benite and Radovic in the scorer section relaunched the UCAM Murcia placing the maximum difference in the luminous at the conclusion of the third quarter (45-62).
The university defense dominated the first minutes of the last period causing losses in the premises and maintaining the stable difference.
The 4-2 part in the first 4 minutes favored Murcian interests and, except for the bonus entry, the match was favorable for UCAM Murcia.
An unsportsmanship of Sadiel Rojas gave way to 4 consecutive points of Michael Machado that, followed by a palm of Xavi Rey, put the Manresa to 9 points.
The local area short-circuited the Murcia attack that only achieved 2 points in the first 6 minutes while those of Ibón Navarro added from 4.60 (58-64).
Campazzo and Radovic returned to add by those of Fotis Katsikaris that saw like Marcos Delía was eliminated by 5 personal.
It would be Facu again who of three would return the difference above the 10 and would direct the last attacks so that the victory would close with the university seal.
The most outstanding of the Murcia would be Vitor Benite with 18 points and 7 rebounds.
Source: CB Murcia