Trento seeks points at Reggio Emilia, Jones is already hot

The Dolomiti Energia Trentino will be on stage in Reggio Emilia for the last away game of 2025, valid for the 12th day of LBA Unipol. L’Aquila comes to the appointment on the strength of three consecutive wins and five victories in the last six games between league and cup; the only defeat in the post-season period came at the Forum di Assago, at the end of a very balanced game, decided only in the last minute of play. Reggio Emilia, for its part, comes from two victories in the European arena in the FIBA Europe Cup, having decisively beaten Oradea inside its home walls and won an external success on the difficult court of Cedevita.

In the standings the bianconeri occupy the tenth position, with five wins and six losses, while Reggio Emilia is at two wins and nine losses. At stake are very heavy points in view of Final Eight qualification: eighth place is currently occupied by Cremona, which shares the same record as Trento and Napoli but is ahead thanks to the direct clash won. Looking at the schedule until the fifteenth day, the last one useful to re-enter the top eight and gain the pass for the LBA Final Eight, after the away game in Reggio Emilia the bianconeri will face two consecutive home games against Udine and Trieste, before closing the first half with the trip to Trapani.

This will be the 27th challenge between the bianconeri and biancorossi, who have faced each other over the years in the LBA, at the Final Eight and also in the EuroCup, with a perfectly balanced balance: 13 wins on each side. As for the games played at PalaBigi, the advantage is instead of the bianconeri, ahead with 7 wins and 5 losses.

“They come from a clear success against Oradea in FIBA EuroCup, a victory that certainly gave confidence. For us it will be a very complicated challenge, on a court that they told us is very hot with fans that will push them to the maximum. We also come from some good victories and so we are in confidence, but we are aware that we will need a very high level performance if we want to succeed in winning in such a difficult arena. It will be the last game before Christmas and our goal is to give our fans a gift,” said DeVante’ Jones, HCL guard.