Trento defeated Udine 74-66 in the Serie A on Friday evening, extending their unbeaten run at home while the hosts fell further behind in the standings. The away side needed a sharper shooting performance, and it was their accuracy from beyond the arc that turned the game. By then, the result felt inevitable rather than surprising.
Trento made 13 three-pointers against Udine's seven, and that gap opened up spaces the hosts could not close. The visitors also converted more free throws, finishing 15 of 23 while Udine managed 11 from 19. And here's the thing — when you miss from distance you are forced into harder shots, and the shots got harder.
We had called for a Trento win before the game, 54 per cent confidence, and the visitors delivered. They did not dominate possession of the ball, but they took the chances they had. To be fair, Udine stayed in the contest until the final quarter and made the score respectable.
The statistics tell the same story. Udine pulled down 36 rebounds to Trento's 37 and committed fewer turnovers, 11 against 15, but the three-point difference outweighed everything else. The home side shot 24 of 62 from the field and 7 of 31 from three — a combination that rarely produces a win.
In the table, Udine remain 13th after 28 games with 10 wins, while Trento sit 8th with 12. The gap between them is four points, and another loss moves the hosts further from any realistic mid-table position. The visitors, meanwhile, are building momentum after recent results against tougher opponents.
