This Saturday, the CB Sant Antoni CB Sant Antoni has fallen against Sol Gironès Bisbal Bisbal Bàsquet by 86 to 79 in the framework of the fifth date of the Second FEB. After falling in the previous date against Palma, the Ibizan wanted to recover this time, but in front of a very tough opponent. The game started in the worst possible way for the Ibizan team, as the home team came out with everything in the first minutes and quickly managed to win by a partial 8-0. From this point on, the team from Sant Antoni woke up and began to score, but the host did not lag behind and continued to stretch the gap in their favor. Despite all the attempts of the visitors, Gironès took the quarter by a resounding 32-19. CB Sant Antoni knew well that they could not continue to lose key minutes and came out to the second period with every intention to put the result in their favor and dominate the game. For this reason, the first minutes of the quarter saw a completely different aggressiveness from the Ibizans, who quickly managed to lower the gap to five units (37-32). When there were only 90 seconds left for the end of the first half, Llamas Prado was able to equalize for the Ibizans, who accelerated and went to the break leading by 48-43. After returning from the break, the Ibizans entered with totally renewed energy and were quickly able to stretch the gap to 10 units, after a dunk by Taiwo. At times, the locals tried to regain the rhythm that allowed them to take the first quarter, but they found a much better Sant Antoni. With the passing of the clock, the game became more even, but the team led by Barrio remained on top and took the quarter by 67-61. The locals knew that, despite having had two consecutive quarters of a medium to low level, they had some thread on the spool to be able to face the Ibizans and turn the story around. They quickly entered the last quarter with a lot of intensity and managed to equalize. Although there was a brief rise of the Ibizans, the home team was able to put the balance in their favor. The final minutes of the game were very intense, Sant Antoni tried until the end, but the last seconds were a monologue of the locals, who scored everything they could and took the game 86-79.
Classification and next game
Sant Antoni’s team has lost for the second time and falls several positions in the standings. Next day, they will be hosting CB Prat.
