Basketball: FC Porti win in Minho, 68-82 | OneFootball

FC Porto’s basketball team traveled to Minho and beat SC Braga 68-82 in the 21st and penultimate round of the regular season. With this win, the Dragons move onto 36 points and remain third in the standings, two behind Sporting and Benfica, although the Eagles have played one game fewer.

Fernando Sá started the game with Jhonathan Dunn, Corey Allen, Miguel Queiroz, Tanner Omlid and Cornelius Hudson, and FC Porto made the better start, going 0-6 up. Even so, the home side responded with a 9-0 run, took the lead and ended the first quarter in front, in a period marked by poor shooting from both teams, especially from long range (21-17).

In the second quarter, the pattern remained the same for several minutes and SC Braga even opened up a seven-point lead (31-24). However, Porto raised the intensity, improved from beyond the arc and turned the score around with a 3-14 run in three minutes, in a spell where Corey Allen stood out offensively with 11 points, four rebounds and two assists, sending FC Porto into the break ahead (40-46).

With the game still wide open heading into the second half, Fernando Sá’s team came back out looking to build on their lead and managed to extend it, largely thanks to the accuracy of Jhonathan Dunn and Cornelius Hudson, who scored 15 of Porto’s 21 points in the third quarter.

In a more balanced final period, Miguel Maria recorded a double-double with 12 points and 10 assists and guided the Dragons to victory in Minho (68-82). Besides the Portuguese point guard, Corey Allen (14), Jhonathan Dunn (12) and Javian Davis (12) also reached double figures in a game in which Fernando Sá used every available player.

Next up is a home game against CP Esgueira in the 22nd and final round of the regular season, scheduled for 3:00 pm next Saturday, live on Porto Canal.

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