La Liga Argentina Round 38 of Regular Season

Here is the last round review presented by ESL.

The game in General Roca was quite interesting. One of their biggest challengers Lanus (10-9) played at the court of fifth ranked Progreso (11-9). Progreso did not have too big problems and got a relatively easy victory 83-65 on Friday. The best player for the winners was Paraguayan center Carlos Baez (202-92) who had a double-double by scoring 17 points and 12 rebounds. Swingman Gustavo Maranguello (190-83) chipped in 16 points and 4 assists. American forward Justin Everett (206-96, college: Humboldt St.) produced a double-double by scoring 21 points and 10 rebounds for the guests. Lanus' coach Leonardo Costa rotated ten players seeing no chance for a win. Progreso moved-up to fourth place. Newly promoted Lanus dropped to the fifth position with nine games lost.
We should mention about the upset which took place in Armstrong, where higher ranked Estudiantes T. (12-10) lost to twelfth ranked Dep Norte (7-12) in a road game 92-100. Point guard Federico De Miguel (176-97) orchestrated the victory by scoring 29 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Celestino Cupulutti contributed with 30 points and 6 rebounds for the winners. point guard Gonzalo Alonso (178-2) replied with 16 points and 5 assists for Estudiantes T.Estudiantes T.'s coach Gabriel Albornoz tested eleven players in this game, but that didn't help. Dep Norte moved-up to eleventh place. Newly promoted Estudiantes T. keeps the seventh position with ten games lost.

In the last game of round 38 CAO Ceres defeated Tiro Federal in a road game 96-90.
The best stats of 38th round was 29 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists by Milton Vittar of CAO Ceres.

Del Progreso - Lanus 83-65

The game in General Roca was quite interesting. One of their biggest challengers Lanus (10-9) played at the court of fifth ranked Progreso (11-9). Progreso did not have too big problems and got a relatively easy victory 83-65 on Friday. The best player for the winners was Paraguayan center Carlos Baez (202-92) who had a double-double by scoring 17 points and 12 rebounds. Swingman Gustavo Maranguello (190-83) chipped in 16 points and 4 assists. Four Progreso players scored in double figures. American forward Justin Everett (206-96, college: Humboldt St.) produced a double-double by scoring 21 points and 10 rebounds and forward Martin Franchino (201-93) added 11 points and 10 rebounds respectively for the guests. Lanus' coach Leonardo Costa rotated ten players seeing no chance for a win. Progreso moved-up to fourth place. Newly promoted Lanus dropped to the fifth position with nine games lost.
Top scorers:
LANUS: J.Everett 21+10reb, M.Franchino 11+10reb+1ast, L.Ibanez Paz 9+4reb+1ast, L.Perez 9+6ast, A.Mariani 7+2reb+2ast, L.Gilmore III 6+4reb+2ast
Del Progreso: C.Baez 17+12reb+1ast, G.Maranguello 16+2reb+4ast, P.Mauricio 14+4reb, A.Moreno 10, L.Castellani 10+7reb+2ast, M.Lambrisca 9+1reb+1ast

Dep Norte - Estudiantes T. 100-92

We should mention about the upset which took place in Armstrong, where higher ranked Estudiantes T. (12-10) lost to twelfth ranked Dep Norte (7-12) in a road game 92-100. Dep Norte shot the lights out from three nailing 16 long-distance shots on high 57.1 percentage. Point guard Federico De Miguel (176-97) orchestrated the victory by scoring 29 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Celestino Cupulutti (186-93, agency: BIG) contributed with 30 points and 6 rebounds for the winners. Point guard Gonzalo Alonso (178-2) replied with 16 points and 5 assists and Ignacio Echevarria (195-98) added 14 points in the effort for Estudiantes T.Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Estudiantes T.'s coach Gabriel Albornoz tested eleven players in this game, but that didn't help. Dep Norte moved-up to eleventh place. Newly promoted Estudiantes T. keeps the seventh position with ten games lost.
Top scorers:
Estudiantes T.: A.Gonzalo 16+4reb+5ast, I.Echevarria 14+3reb, C.Soria 12+1reb, R.Banegas 12+2reb+2ast, L.Arganaraz 11+1reb, L.Emiliano 10+4reb+2ast
Dep Norte: C.Cupulutti 30+6reb+3ast, D.Miguel Federico 29+6reb+5ast, L.Mare 14+11reb+1ast, N.Paciotti 13+7reb+3ast, V.Garello 6+2reb+1ast, C.Jeremias 5+2reb+1ast

Tiro Federal - CAO Ceres 90-96

There was a minor upset in Morteros where 9th ranked Tiro Federal (8-13) was defeated by eleventh ranked Olimpico (8-14) 96-90. Point guard Milton Vittar (185-91) orchestrated the victory by scoring 29 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Guard Alejo Crotti (188-92) contributed with 20 points for the winners. Jorge Banegas (190-93, agency: BIG) replied with 29 points and 9 rebounds and naturalized Italian Juan Kelly (189-88) added 19 points and 8 assists in the effort for Tiro Federal. Four Olimpico and five Tiro Federal players scored in double figures. Olimpico have a solid three-game winning streak. They moved-up to tenth place. Tiro Federal lost third consecutive game. They keep the ninth position with 13 games lost.
Top scorers:
Tiro Federal: J.Banegas 29+9reb+1ast, J.Kelly 19+4reb+8ast, I.Antoniuk 15+7reb+2ast, J.Basualdo 13+8reb+3ast, E.Correa 12+6reb+4ast, J.Giaveno 2+1ast
CAO Ceres: M.Vittar 29+6reb+4ast, A.Crotti 20+4reb, D.Tabbia 19+4reb+1ast, S.Barrales 13+8reb+2ast, G.Gonzalo 9+10reb, N.Correnti 6+3reb+3ast