The Valencian National team played its third match of the Spanish Children's Basketball Championship before the host, the Andalusian, before which fell by 77-49. Although the Valencians added their second defeat of the championship, the performance of the Dianense, Marta Chico was very remarkable. She was the top scorer of the match with 20 points, in addition to giving 2 assists and capturing 5 rebounds, she obtained 11 valuation, in the most 35 minutes she was on court.
From his hands came the first triple of the game that gave him the only advantage of the combined taronja (2-3) on the scoreboard. Chico, along with his teammates, tried that the locals did not go away on the scoreboard, but the first quarter ended with an Andalusian advantage for 28-16. It was not an insurmountable distance but it was complicated to overcome.
In the second quarter, the consistency of the Andalusian team prevented that the differences could be cut, moreover, the locals enjoyed a maximum income of 18 points, with an 40 to 22. In the last minutes before reaching the break, the scoring hit of the Valencians increased and cut to 10 points after a partial 0 to 8 (40-30). A situation that forced the Andalusian coach to have to ask for time out to clarify the ideas of his players. Despite having several opportunities to lower the difference the lack of success prevented this from happening and came to rest with the score from 40 to 30.
The match ended up breaking in the third quarter, when the locals came out with a lot of defensive intensity and this prevented the Valencians from scoring in a simple way. So strong was the Andalusian work in defense that he left his opponents in only 9 points during the third set that ended up being 17 to 9.
It was entered in the last ten minutes of the game with a score of 57 to 39 and with a Valencian team that could not find a way to break the rival defense. In this partial control of the game was increased by the Andalusians who sentenced the clash with total clarity, winning by 77 to 49.
The team of Marta Chico will have its next game this Saturday, at 13: 30 hours, having as a rival the Selection of the Balearic Islands.
