Review of La Liga Argentina Round 1 of Play-Offs

Group Norte

Santa Paula - Independiente 83-63

Santa Paula outrebounded Independiente 46-32 including 35 on the defensive glass. Santa Paula players were unselfish on offense dishing 22 assists. Worth to mention a great performance of Jeronimo Diaz (185-2002) who helped to win the game recording 19 points and 7 assists. Ecuadorian forward Joseph Caicedo (196-2004) contributed with 12 points and 6 rebounds for the winners. Four Santa Paula players scored in double figures. Santa Paula's coach used entire bench which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Power forward Cristian Amicucci (200-1985) answered with a double-double by scoring 15 points and 12 rebounds and point guard Andres Lugli (188-1995) added 10 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals in the effort for Independiente.
Top scorers:
Santa Paula: J.Diaz 19+3reb+7ast, C.Joseph 12+6reb+2ast, W.Puebla 11+6reb+1ast, C.Gomez 10+4reb+6ast, L.Delucchi 9+8reb+2ast, M.Caicedo 8+4reb
Independiente: C.Amicucci 15+12reb+2ast, A.Guillermo 11+3reb+2ast, A.Lugli 10+11reb+5ast, M.Morera 9+1ast, F.Peralta 8+2reb, M.Martinez 6+3ast

Comunicaciones - Caroya 104-95

Comunicaciones shot 60.7 percent from the field and made 17-of-19 charity shots (89.5 percent) during the game. Comunicaciones outrebounded Caroya 32-19 including 23 on the defensive glass. Comunicaciones shot the lights out from three nailing 13 long-distance shots on high 52.0 percentage. Worth to mention a great performance of Spanish-Venezuelan swingman Franger Pirela (187-2002) who helped to win the game recording 21 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Center Raymon Bastardo (202-2002) contributed with 14 points and 9 rebounds for the winners. Four Comunicaciones players scored in double figures. point guard Juan Frontera (178-2002) answered with 31 points and 5 rebounds and American forward Maurice Walton (206-1998, college: BENUM) added 13 points in the effort for Caroya. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games.
Top scorers:
Comunicaciones: P.Franger 21+7reb+4ast, B.Agustin 15+4reb+4ast, B.Raymon 14+9reb+1ast, P.Damian 12+3reb+2ast, A.Tomas 11, P.Lucas 10
Caroya: J.Frontera 31+5reb+1ast, M.Walton 13+2reb+2ast, G.Julian 11+2reb+1ast, S.Ignacio 10+1reb, J.Agustin 9+2reb+3ast, T.Ligorria 8+2reb+1ast

Salta Basket - Estudiantes T. 78-62

Worth to mention a great performance of swingman Martin Gomez (197-1996) who helped to win the game recording 17 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Guard Sahir Abdala (185-2005) contributed with 20 points and 6 rebounds for the winners. Four Salta Basket players scored in double figures. Center Juan Bollo (203-1992) answered with a double-double by scoring 19 points and 10 rebounds and American forward Joe Hampton (203-1998, college: LBSU) added 12 points and 5 rebounds in the effort for Estudiantes T.Estudiantes T.'s coach Fabrizio Esposito tested ten players seeing no chance for a win.
Top scorers:
Salta Basket: A.Sahir 20+6reb+2ast, G.Martin 17+7reb+4ast, B.Tomas 14+7reb+1ast, H.Chance 12+9reb+3ast, W.Alvarez 9+3reb+2ast, F.Arias 3+7reb+1ast
Estudiantes T.: B.Juan 19+10reb+3ast, J.Hampton 12+5reb+1ast, P.Aranda 7+2reb, F.Pedano 6+5reb+1ast, E.Cave 6+5reb+1ast, B.Lorenzo 5+5reb

Jujuy - Villa S.Martin 73-75

Villa S.Martin made 20-of-26 free shots (76.9 percent) during the game. Facundo Fernandez fired 19 points and 5 assists for the winners. Victor Perez (187-2005) chipped in 16 points and 6 rebounds. Guard Ramiro Stehli (190-2002) produced 19 points and Ukrainian Andriy Grytsak (201-2000) added 7 points and 13 rebounds respectively for lost side. Jujuy's coach Guillermo Tasso rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help.
Top scorers:
Villa S.Martin: F.Fernandez 19+3reb+5ast, V.Perez 16+6reb+2ast, C.Elian 12+8reb+1ast, V.Favio 8+2reb+2ast, R.Gusmao 8+7reb, S.Estefano 7+7reb+5ast
Jujuy: S.Ibarra 19+3reb, S.Ramiro 19+3reb+3ast, T.Francisco 9+6reb+2ast, C.Bruno 9+4reb+2ast, A.Grytsak 7+13reb+2ast, T.Roca 5

Group SUR

Pico FC - El Talar 70-66

Worth to mention a great performance of forward Rodrigo Sanchez (200-1989) who helped to win the game recording 20 points and 7 rebounds. point guard Juan Rodriguez (178-1991) contributed with 9 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists for the winners. Forward Facundo Sanz (197-1996, agency: BIG) answered with a double-double by scoring 14 points and 12 rebounds and guard Facundo Lopez (192-1993) added 13 points and 8 assists in the effort for El Talar. Four El Talar players scored in double figures.
Top scorers:
Pico FC: S.Rodrigo 20+7reb, P.Jose 11+1reb+2ast, M.Latraius 10+4reb+1ast, R.Juan 9+5reb+4ast, A.Manuel 6+3reb+3ast, M.Leonardo 6+9reb
El Talar: F.Sanz 14+12reb+2ast, L.Facundo 13+3reb+8ast, E.Ruiz 13+4reb+2ast, M.Cueva 13+2reb+1ast, A.Pablo 8+12reb, M.Cuello 5

Quilmes - Villa Mitre 90-57

Quilmes players were unselfish on offense dishing 21 assists. Worth to mention a great performance of point guard Federico De Miguel (176-1997, agency: BIG) who helped to win the game recording 22 points and 4 assists (on 7-of-9 shooting from the field). The former international center Juan De La Fuente (195-2000) contributed with 21 points for the winners. Four Quilmes players scored in double figures. Quilmes' coach felt very confident that he used entire bench which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Power forward Franco Pennacchiotti (205-1990) answered with 10 points and 4 assists and Manuel Iglesias added 14 points in the effort for Villa Mitre.
Top scorers:
Quilmes: D.Federico 22+4reb+4ast, D.Juan 21+2reb+2ast, N.Juan 12+4reb+1ast, R.Joaquin 10+7reb+3ast, G.Renzo 9+3reb, A.Pablo 8+7reb
Villa Mitre: M.Iglesias 14+2reb, P.Franco 10+4reb+4ast, J.Lorca 9+4reb+1ast, L.Tambucci 7+4reb, E.Gimenez 7+5reb, F.Sahdi 6+4reb+2ast

GELP - Racing A. 85-81

Racing A. was plagued by 25 personal fouls down the stretch. It was a very good performance for Cuban Joan Gutierrez (192-2003) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 23 points and 11 rebounds. point guard Ezequiel Paz (190-2001, agency: Interperformances) contributed with 18 points and 5 steals for the winners. Ecuadorian power forward Matias Nunez (202-1995) answered with a double-double by scoring 13 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists and Mariano Fernandez added 21 points and 5 assists in the effort for Racing A.Both coaches used bench players in such tough game.
Top scorers:
GELP: J.Gutierrez 23+11reb+1ast, P.Ezequiel 18+4reb+1ast, G.Sinconi 10+6reb+1ast, B.Juan 10+2reb, P.Raul 9+1reb+3ast, V.Agustin 8+3reb+1ast
Racing A.: F.Mariano 21+2reb+5ast, M.Nunez 13+9reb+11ast, R.Rosende 11+5reb, T.Galo 9+1reb+2ast, L.Nestor 8+2reb+1ast, L.Silva 5+4reb+1ast

Dep Viedma - Centenario VT 80-69

It was a very good performance for guard Luciano Caceres (180-2001) who helped to win the game recording 27 points. Jeffrey Merchant (197-1997) contributed with 14 points for the winners. Guard Gaspar Ruiz (180-2001, agency: BIG) answered with 16 points and forward Lucio Castellani (196-1994) added 10 points and 6 rebounds in the effort for Centenario VT. Four Centenario VT players scored in double figures. Centenario VT's coach Fernando Aguilar tested ten players, but that didn't help to avoid defeat in this game.
Top scorers:
Dep Viedma: C.Luciano 27+4reb+1ast, J.Merchant 14+4reb+1ast, A.Ventura 8+10reb, F.Lisandro 7+4reb, O.Bernardo 6+3reb+3ast, M.Keiver 6+3reb
Centenario VT: G.Ruiz 16+3reb+3ast, G.Manuel 10+4reb+3ast, F.Celador 10+2reb+1ast, L.Castellani 10+6reb+3ast, M.Aristu 7+6reb+1ast, T.Brown 6+5reb+1ast