Bruesa GBC wins the LEB Oro (LEB Gold) mens Spanish League and will return to the ACB. It was a close match against Tenerife Rural and most of the game it was tight. At half time the score was tied 44-44 and only until the very end, Bruesa GBC was able to finish with the win by coming back late in the fourth quarter.
There were 2,000 spectactors at the game during the finals in Casares, Spain.
Gruesa GBC 81 Tenerife Rural 76
Box Score
BRUESA GBC, 81: Uriz (10), Panko (11), López (16), Doblas (17) y Hopkins (9) –starters- Arco (-), Arteaga (-), Schraeder (6), Brown (2) y Andrade (10).
TENERIFE RURAL, 76: González (8), Sánchez (3), Barbour (13), Lewis (7), Lampropoulos (4) –starters- Sánchez Jiménez (13), Llompart (7), Guaita (17) y Rodríguez (-).
With the marks of top Spanish National teams and figures such as Rafael Nadal who just won the Wimbledon after a 44 year drought for Spanish Players and the Spanish Soccer team who also won the Euro2008 after not winning in the 40s. The national teams for Spain both women and men are hoping to follow in those footsteps in Pekin during the Olympic Summer Basketball Games!