The Baxi
Manresa visit this Sunday (12.30h) the Municipal Palace of Sports of Seville to measure the Coosur Betis, with the idea of reacting after falling by 28 points on the track of the Joventut from Badalona (96-68), in a game in which he will not be able to count on Frankie Ferrari nor with Eulis Baez.
As reported by the club Bages, the point guard has a foot injury that will make him miss the remainder of the season, while the Dominican Baez is indefinite discharge due to a sprained ankle.
The team trained by Peter
Martinez will be measured to a Coosur Betis who also lost in a resounding way in the last match against him Saint
Paul Burgos by 95-77. Despite this, the Betics accumulated two consecutive days with victory and catching air with respect to the last two places in the table that represent the decline in category.
In the game of the first round, the Manresa won by 93-81 a duel that they dominated especially from the rebound with 43 sacks for the locals by 27 of the Sevillians. In addition, the Catalan forward Guillem
Jou he was especially inspired by this facet with 9 rebounds and 21 PIR credits.
The Catalan team has visited the Betic club court a total of 26 times and has won half of the times (13), the last four in a row.
In the first round match, the forward Makai
Mason he set his highest scoring record with 21 points and 5 triples. Besides, also against him, at that time Cajasol, the eaves Rafa
Martinez set his record for assists (9) in the 2008-2009 season.
In addition to the casualties of Ferrari and of Baez, Peter Martinez is aware of the physical state of Guillem
Jou, who has ankle problems.
“We have enough medical incidents but we have to be as positive as we can,” said the technician Peter
Martinez. “Betis is a team that has won five of the last eight games, they are at their best,” he added.
In the statistical aspect, both teams are among the five teams in the competition that capture the most offensive rebounds. The Manresa are third with 12.03 per game and the Sevillians fifth with 11.84 per game.
Another key aspect may be losses. The Manresa is the team that loses the most balls with 15.18 per game and the Betis, the fourth that recovered the most with 8.53.