Anonymous
Years ago

on a roll

SASI group for 2004 have won 2 games in a row and a 2 and 6 for the tour.

We have just finished our last game of the tour. We played Joventut Badalona yesterday in their professional team gym which holds 12,500 people. Unfortunately the crowd was more like 12 but we still had fun. They were pretty good (a top 8 team in Spain) and we beat them by 5. We were behind by 10 early, up 1 at the half and played better down the stretch. They didn´t expect to lose and they were not happy!

Today against FC Barcelona we lost by 7. We were disappointed to finish the tour on a loss, especially when we were 16 up in the 3rd quarter and had control of the game. They went on a big run and got a 5 point lead that they held to the end. Once again the refereeing was interesting to say the least. We had one referee for the first half and he did a good job. Then at half time another ref turned up. We knew we were in trouble when we saw "The Equalizer" and he didn´t disappoint with some of the worst officiating possible. However it was our inability to cope with the change that was the real problem. To Barcelona´s credit they changed their game style and adapted better to fight back, but we felt that we deserved to win. It just goes to show how tough it is to beat a name team like Real Madrid or FC Barcelona. However we were more than competitive and have guaranteed that they will play us in future.

See you all when we return in a couple of days.

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charcoal
Years ago

who played well on the tour??...joey ingles would be my guess....info please.

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vodka shot
Years ago

How did Dan Lalic go?
I know the kid worked flat for his exams and didnt touch a basketball for at least 6 weeks before the tour.
I hope he found some touch over there, his u/20 team needs him.

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