Napoli Basketball Ready for Trieste Clash: Petrucelli Speaks

Napoli Basketball has completed its preparations for the match against Pallacanestro Trieste. The game, part of Week 8 of Serie A, will tip off tomorrow at 17:00 at Alcott Arena. The arena has sold out all tickets for this match as well, so there will be no box office sales. The doors will open at 15:30.

Coach Repesa's team sits first in the league with 6 wins and 1 defeat, giving them 12 points. Trieste, in sixth place, has 4 wins and 3 defeats. Trieste has won its last three games. Two of those wins came at home against Verona and BC Roma, and one came away at Virtus Bologna. This match also brought Bologna's only league defeat of the season.

Saverio Lanzarini, Antonio Bartolomeo and Marco Vita will referee the game. Jahmi'us Ramsey, who played for Trieste last season, won the Antonello Riva Award with a 19.3 points per game average. Markel Brown wore the Trieste jersey between 2024 and 2026. In Serie A, Brown averaged 14.4 points, 2.8 assists and 4.1 rebounds across 58 games. Repesa will be unable to use Andrej Jakimovski and Markel Brown in the match due to injury.

Petrucelli said the opponent is a talented team with many accurate shooters. He stressed that Napoli must play with discipline on defense, play physically, and look for easy baskets through fast counterattacks. Adding that his team will play in front of its own supporters, Petrucelli said they are ready for a big game.