Varese is safe, Scafati not yet. Sacripanti: “We couldn’t contain them.”

Sacripanti’s words after the loss to Varese

The appointment with staying in Serie A is postponed and everything will be decided on the last day. In fact, Givova Scafati comes out defeated 95-81 from the Enerxenia Arena, thus failing the opportunity to close with one day in advance the salvation speech. Pallacanestro Varese, on the other hand, thanks also to the results coming from the other courts and to the two points won, won the mathematical certainty of also playing the next championship in the top division.

Campania coach Stefano Sacripanti spoke this way after the match: “I congratulate Varese for the energy with which they started the contest and for interpreting it correctly. We knew they would start vehemently and nevertheless we were not able to contain them at all. We were always late and the opponents penalized us with a heavy 32-16 in the first quarter. However, we were good at regrouping, defending full-court, putting more energy into defensive one-on-ones and being more careful on the pick and roll on the move. So we were able two or three times to get close, getting within five or six points, but then we were always pushed back. We were good in the second, third and first part of the last quarter, because we were able to manage the pace, but in the first ten minutes and the last five in the last quarter we let Varese play in the open court.”