The League tournament will continue next January 7th, after the Uruguayan Federation suspended Coirdon for 18 monts and Welcome for 8 months. Fans from both clubs were involved in a quarrel after a game among those teams. One woman was killed and two men injujred with shots, during the incident near the Cordon stadium. The thre las rounds for the LUB qualification will be played as follows: Monday 7 Union Atletica-Bigua / Aguada-Montevideo / Bohemios-Trouville / Sayago- Defensor Sporting Tuesday 8 Larre Borges- Tabare / Nacional - Malvin Wednesday 9 Trouville-Hebraica Thursday 10 Bigua-Bohemios / Tabar Nacional / Defensor-Larre Borges / Malvin-Union Atletica / Montevideo-Sayago Saturday 12 Hebraica-Bigua / Aguada-Olimpia / Union Atletica-Tabare / Bohemios- Malvin / Nacional-Defensor / Larre Borges-Montevideo
Uruguay beat Brazil at the start of Super 4 tournament - 18 hours ago
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Brazil - Uruguay 63:69 Uruguay clinched the opening win at the Super 4 tournament in Salta. They upset Brazil behind 17 points and 9 boards from Esteban Batista (208-C/F-83, agency: Duran International). Uruguay snatched a 17:15 lead ten minutes into the game. Uruguay maintained the lead throughout the second frame. They established a 37:33 halftime lead. Uruguay did not loosen the grip in the third quarter. They arrived at the final intermission up by 6 points 56:50. The teams traded b... [read more]
Brazil - Uruguay 63:69
Uruguay clinched the opening win at the Super 4 tournament in Salta. They upset Brazil behind 17 points and 9 boards from Esteban Batista (208-C/F-83, agency: Duran International). Uruguay snatched a 17:15 lead ten minutes into the game. Uruguay maintained the lead throughout the second frame. They established a 37:33 halftime lead. Uruguay did not loosen the grip in the third quarter. They arrived at the final intermission up by 6 points 56:50. The teams traded baskets throughout the final period as Uruguay marched to the win. Jayson Granger (189-G-89) had 16 points, while Bruno Fitipaldo (183-PG-91, agency: Pro Sports) had 12 points in the victory. Lucas Mariano (208-C/F-93) answered with 23 points for Brazil. Joao Batista netted 10 points in the loss.
Gerel Simmons gets MVP of the Week award for Uruguayan Metro - 9 hours ago
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American Gerel Simmons (188-G-93) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Verdirrojo and that's him to receive a Latinbasket.com Metro Player of the Week award for round 23. The 24-year old guard had the game-high 36 points adding four rebounds and three assists for Verdirrojo in his team's victory, helping them to beat Miramar (#7, 10-10) 100-91. Verdirrojo maintains the 4th position in Uruguayan Ascenso. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games... [read more]
American Gerel Simmons (188-G-93) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Verdirrojo and that's him to receive a Latinbasket.com Metro Player of the Week award for round 23. The 24-year old guard had the game-high 36 points adding four rebounds and three assists for Verdirrojo in his team's victory, helping them to beat Miramar (#7, 10-10) 100-91. Verdirrojo maintains the 4th position in Uruguayan Ascenso. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Verdirrojo will need more victories to improve their 12-8 record. In the team's last game Simmons had a remarkable five three-pointers out of 6 attempts. He turned to be Verdirrojo's top player in his first season with the team. Lincoln Memorial University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Simmons is league's best scorer averaging so far 28.5ppg. Simmons is in league's top in and averages solid 52.7% FGP.
The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was 24-year old American forward Trevante Drye (199-F-93) of Stockolmo. Drye impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 22 points and 17 rebounds. Bad luck as Stockolmo lost that game 70-77 to the higher-ranked Tabare (#8, 10-10). This loss caused Stockolmo to drop to 12th position in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 6-13 record. Drye is a newcomer at Stockolmo and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders.
The third best performed player last round was American Paul Harrison (203-C-89) of second-ranked Sayago. Harrison scored 20 points and grabbed twelve rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of Sayago, leading his team to a 80-71 win against #3 ranked Cordon in a game of the week. Sayago needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 14 victories and 4 lost games. Harrison has a great season in Uruguay. After 17 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 24.0ppg (4th best) and rebounds with 12.5rpg (3rd best). He also has 1.2bpg and FGP: 62.7%.
Other top performing players last week: 4. Nicolas Catala (195-F-91) of Atenas - 29 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists 5. Nicholas Waddell (200-C-89) of Miramar - 23 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists 6. Octavio Medina (195-F-96) of Stockolmo - 26 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists 7. Javier Alvarez (193-G-83) of 25 de Agosto - 28 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists 8. Anthony Danridge (196-F-86) of Atenas - 21 points and 8 assists 9. Martin Lopez Garula (195-F) of Miramar - 23 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
The Player of the week is chosen based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc. The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy. The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3* (REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4* (2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3* (2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3* (3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)
Atenas defeated Marne 107-85 and they now need one more win, with four games to play, to clinch the Metro League tournament to be promoted to the Uruguayan League 2018. For the winner Nicolas Catala (195-F-91) scored 29 points added 10 rebounds, while Anthony Danridge (196-F-86, college: N.Mexico) added 21 points and 8 assists. For Marne, Andres Pineiro (187-F-89) scored 24 points. Other results: Sayago 80 - Paul Harrison (203-C-89, college: N.Greenville) 20 points 12 rebounds Cordon 71 -... [read more]
Atenas defeated Marne 107-85 and they now need one more win, with four games to play, to clinch the Metro League tournament to be promoted to the Uruguayan League 2018. For the winner Nicolas Catala (195-F-91) scored 29 points added 10 rebounds, while Anthony Danridge (196-F-86, college: N.Mexico) added 21 points and 8 assists. For Marne, Andres Pineiro (187-F-89) scored 24 points. Other results: Sayago 80 - Paul Harrison (203-C-89, college: N.Greenville) 20 points 12 rebounds Cordon 71 - Dida Pereira (203-C-92, college: Sequoias CC) 18 points 7 rebounds and Facundo Medina (190-G-94) 24 points. - - - Verdirrojo 100 - Gerel Simmons (188-G-93, college: Lincoln Memorial) 36 points 4 rebounds Miramar 91 - Nicholas Waddell (200-C-89, college: Grand Valley St.) 23 points 10 rebounds - - - Tabare 77 - Charles McCann (193-F, college: LIU Post) 18 points 7 rebounds Stockolmo 70 - Trevante Drye (199-F-93, college: Tulane) 22 points 17 rebounds - - - 25 de Agosto 90 - Terrel Thomas Glen (201-F-79, college: Georgia St.) 20 points 7 rebounds Auriblanco 82 - Rodrigo Goncalves (203-F-87) 22 points 13 rebounds - - - Colon 85 - Scott Cutley (196-F-85, college: CS Fullerton) 17 points 11 rebounds Union Atletica 71 - Howard Wilkerson (198-F-84, college: Wofford) 17 points 15 rebounds.
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