Good Saturday day for the Uruguayans who are on the neighboring shore, since two of the three games of the day had positive results and very good performances, with some striking numbers.
Hispano defeated Unión de Santa Fe 88-86 with a superb match by Uruguayan Juan Ignacio Ducasse, reaching the first win so far in the contest.
As the score indicates, the game was very parity throughout the 40 minutes of play, with short advantages for both teams. Hispano was the one who managed the leadership for the most part and had an exceptional performance from Ducasse, who in addition to all the good things he did in terms of points and rebounds, made 8 caps, including the one that defined the game seconds from the end.
Juani played 38 minutes, converted 18 points, took 13 rebounds and made 8 blocks. Craziness.
In another of the matches that Uruguayans had involved, Obras won against Argentino de Junín 77-68. The tachero team clearly dominated the first half of the game, where they took an important advantage with favorable sets of 23-16 and 26-17, going to the long break 49-33. In the second half with a significant income in his favor, he managed it and Junín’s team shortened the difference somewhat but without jeopardizing the triumph of Obras.
Joaquin Rodríguez (with a very good first half) played 34 minutes, contributed 17 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, while Emiliano Serres converted only 3 units in 27 minutes, rounding his numbers with 6 rebounds and 2 assists.
In the last game of the day with Uruguayan blood, San Lorenzo beat Ferro 72-71 with the participation of Theo Metzger. Even game that had better than Ferro in the first twenty minutes of the match, since after a first quarter equalized in 14, the green team placed a 20-15 to end the second victorious period 34-29.
San Lorenzo in the complement managed to reverse the match, with a very good third quarter round where he placed his rival a partial of 24-17, thus entering the last ten minutes of the game winning by 2, 53-51. The last quarter as well as the end of the match was of great parity, leaving the luck of the raven side that ended the match winning by the smallest difference.
Theo spent 36 minutes in the playing field having a great performance, as he contributed 21 points and 8 rebounds for his team. Despite the defeat, the greens qualified for the next instance.