Hozono Global Jairis starts his title defense in the Copa de la Reina strong

Hozono Global Jairis won this Friday by a large 72-56 against Innova-tsn Leganés and has qualified for the semifinals in the 2026 Basketball Queen’s Cup, which is being held in Tarragona and where the defending champion is already waiting for the winner of the duel between Spar Girona and Perfumería Avenida.

At the Palau d’Esports in Tarragona, the second round of these quarterfinals began with the match of the current champion, a Jairis who soon imposed the pace and demonstrated it by closing the first period with 30-14 in his favor. Alba Prieto already stood out in scoring for the Alcantarilla team and the debutant team in this competition had few resources.

After a fleetingly good start to the second period, Leganés remained at 18 points while its opponent generated more and more baskets, both in the ‘paint’ and in shots from distance. Not in vain, Jairis went up 45-21, in part thanks to the good actions of Morgan Bertsch.

After the break, the dynamic continued and the accumulated partial of 16-16 maintained the +20 for the Murcian team, which later during the fourth act did not relax despite the good work of Nikola Dudasova and Maya Dodson in the Madrid attack. In this way, debut and quick farewell of a ‘Lega’ without gunpowder, but historic for being in the tournament.