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UCAM Murcia visited the renowned Wizink Center in search of its fourth consecutive victory and wanting to climb more positions in the league table Endesa.
After a first part marked by equality and the triples (18 between the two teams), the Murcia suffered much after the resumption and succumbed to the greater success of Movistar Estudiantes on both sides of the field.
The best of Fotis Katsikaris was Jose Angel Antelo with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 24 points.
Former UCAM Murcia Jordi Grimau opened the scoring with 5 consecutive points although the university responded quickly returning the partial with 6 points.
The high pace and good defense on Edwin Jackson gave the first advantages to the Murcia in which all players contributed in attack (8-10).
Omar Cook with 7 points took responsibility in the Movistar Estudiantes although Sadiel Rojas appeared with 2 triples and a free kick, stretching the difference (12-19).
Antelo 's success and Baron' s assists extended the margin to 10 points but the second unit of the school reacted and Jackson with a triple from his track left the score 28 - 30.
After a very scoring first quarter the pace and accuracy was minimized in the opening minutes of the second period.
When the points arrived they did it on the side of Movistar Estudiantes who took command of the party and forced Fotis Katsikaris to for the match with a dead time (37-33).
The entrance of Campazzo and Antelo reactivated the attack of UCAM Murcia that from the long distance returned to command in the luminous (40-41).
The 17 points of Antelo were not enough to keep the Murcia at the head of the break against a Estudiantes who took their 61% in triples (50-49).
The second half started with equality again on the scoreboard and with Jose Angel Antelo scoring in all colors.
However, the UCAM Murcia entered a bonus after less than 4 minutes, taking advantage of the Movistar Estudiantes from the free kick to get ahead (60-55).
Rotations of the university returned to diminish both in attack as in defense and those of Salva Maldonado reached their maximum advantage (65-57).
Billy Baron came to the rescue of the Murcia with 5 consecutive points but the locals responded to each hit of the American.
In the final stretch of the fourth the Jackson - Arteaga connection hurt the defense of UCAM Murcia and closed the third quarter with a collegiate advantage of 11 points (77-66).
Vitor Benite assumed responsibility in the first moments of the fourth quarter in the UCAM Murcia attack but Jaime Fernandez's success and defensive failures of the college students complicated the options of Fotis Katsikaris (88-71).
The mistakes of the Murcia ended in techniques to Nemanja Radovic and Vitor Benite that was eliminated by fouls, allowing Movistar Estudiantes to finish breaking the game with a 9-0 (97-71).
With the average of the lost leg and the result resolved the final minutes only served to fatten the score as the difference did not fall from 20 points to the conclusion (109-84).
The most outstanding of the university students was Antelo with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 24 of valuation.
Source: CB Murcia
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