Spanish women’s team Basketball showed no mercy to Austria (75-34) and after the comfortable game played by the center, they bid farewell to 2023 with a solid victory on the second day of the Eurobasket 2025 qualifiers. Paula Ginzo (16) and captain Laura Gil (14) Led the Spanish attack on La Laguna (Tenerife).

After a hard-fought win against Croatia (65-70) in Split on Thursday, Miguel Méndez’s team closed the first ‘window’ by presenting an exhibition at the Santiago Martín Pavilion against the weakest opponent in the knockout stage, which is always at the mercy of the team. Spanish team in the first match between both teams.

When the European runners-up took the field with a partial start, the duel already hinted at a party on the Tenerife field. 12-0, Sina blocked a three-pointer by Elke Hollerl. Austria managed to get close in the last minutes of the first quarter, but two baskets by Laura Gil and Nerea Hermosa eliminated all doubts (20-9).

The Spanish team, with Paula Ginzo leading the attack with 10 points and Gil and Lola Pendande with 7 points in the first 20 minutes, finished the second quarter superior with almost 70% two-point shooting. He took advantage of his opponent’s losses, which were exposed to his own designs (43-17).

The trend continued after the locker room, where Spain increased their lead to 33 points; Austria tried to close the gap at the three-point line, but the local team managed to escape at the last moment (58-25). As both teams got carried away in the last quarter, the score was 75-34.

While Paula Ginzo became the top scorer of the Spanish team with 16 points, long forward Laura Gil made a ‘double-double’ with 14 points and 11 rebounds and became a reference in the match she finished with 30 points. . Shooting guard Queralt Casas also contributed with 14 points.

In this way, combined Miguel Méndez bid farewell to 2023 with first place in Group AThe company that offers direct tickets to the continental event that the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece and Italy will organize next summer between 19-29 June.

Data sheet

Result: Spain, 75 – Austria, 34 (43-17 in the first half).

Equipment

Spain: Maite Cazorla (4), Queralt Casas (14), María Conde (4), Laura Gil (14) and Paula Ginzo (16) –starting lineup–; Silvia Domínguez (-), Leticia Romero (-), Helena Oma (2), Leonor Rodríguez (5), Alba Torrens (3), Lola Pendande (9) and Nerea Hermosa (4).

Austria: Fuchs-Robetin (-), Wildbacher (-), Sill (4), Schicher (10) and Koizar (-) –starting lineup–; Hollerl (3), Kunz (6), Rdhammer (), Zderadicka (4), Allesch (7), Krisper (-), Alborova (-) and Solyom (-).

Partials: 20-9, 23-8, 15-8 and 17-9.

Referees: Pedroso, Dominique and Coanus.

Pavilion: Santiago Martín.