La Liga Round 49 (Regular Season): Argentino tries to escape the last position defeating San Lorenzo

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Bottom-ranked Argentino managed to get a seventh victory, breaking the series of seven consecutive losses on Tuesday night. This time they won against sixteenth-ranked San Lorenzo in Junin 80-70. Strangely San Lorenzo outrebounded Argentino 38-25 including 27 on the defensive glass. American swingman David Shriver (198-2000, college: VCU) stepped up and scored 24 points (on 9-of-11 shooting from the field) for the winners and his fellow American import Dylan Smith (196-1997, college: Arizona) chipped in 13 points and 6 rebounds. At the losing side the former international Kevin Hernandez (205-1991) responded with 11 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. San Lorenzo's coach Sebastian Burtin rotated eleven players in this game, but that didn't help. Argentino maintains nineteenth place with 7-27 record. San Lorenzo lost fourth consecutive game. They dropped to the fifteenth position with 21 games lost. They share it with Platense. Argentino are looking forward to face higher ranked Regatas (#5) in Corrientes in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. San Lorenzo will play at home against Boca Juniors (#10) and is hoping to win this game.
An interesting game took place in Buenos Aires where 4th placed Obras (22-14) was upset on its own court by tenth ranked Independ.O. (20-15) 77-73. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of Obras. Rolando Vallejos (195-2000) nailed 14 points and 7 rebounds for the winning side and Enzo Filippetti accounted for 16 points. Independ.O.'s coach Martin Gonzalez allowed to play the deep bench players in such tough game. Chilean Felipe Inyaco (181-2002) came up with 18 points for Obras in the defeat. Independ.O. moved-up to eighth place. Obras at the other side keeps the fourth position with 14 games lost. Independ.O. will play against league's second-placed Quimsa in Santiado del Estero in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Obras' supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Buenos Aires to the arena Boca Juniors.
18th ranked Atenas (11-23) was outscored at home by fourth ranked Quimsa (22-12) with the biggest margin this round 92-73 on Tuesday night. Sam Freeman fired 13 points and 9 rebounds for the winners. Quimsa's coach Leandro Ramella used entire bench which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Santiago Ferreyra produced 16 points for lost side. Quimsa moved-up to second place, which they share with Obera. Loser Atenas keeps the eighteenth position with 23 games lost. Quimsa will meet Independ.O. (#8) in the next round which should be theoretically an easy game. Atenas will play against Obera (#3) and hope to secure a win.

There were no shocking results in the rest of the games of round 49: Instituto lost to Obras on the opponent's court 80-85. Boca Juniors managed to outperform Independ.O. in a home game 92-86. Penarol recorded a loss to La Union on the road 91-85. Platense was defeated by Regatas on its own court 87-95. Ferro beat Union in Buenos Aires 81-74.
The most impressive stats of the last round was 17 points and 10 assists by Martin Cabrera of Union SF.



Obras - Instituto 85-80

Everything could happen in Buenos Aires at the game between two tied teams. Both fourth ranked Obras and 5th ranked Instituto had identical 21-14 record. This time Obras used a home court advantage and beat the opponent from Cordoba 85-80 on Monday night. American guard Ty Sabin (190-1994, college: Ripon) fired 18 points for the winners. His fellow American import forward Andrew Corum (201-1997, college: Virginia St.) chipped in 14 points and 6 rebounds. Naturalized Italian Vicente Garello (203-1997, agency: BIG) produced 12 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists and guard Nicolas Copello (193-1992) added 14 points and 5 rebounds respectively for lost side. Four Instituto players scored in double figures. Obras maintains fourth place with 22-14 record. Loser Instituto dropped to the sixth position with 15 games lost. They share it with Ferro. Obras' supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Buenos Aires to the arena Boca Juniors.
Top scorers:
Instituto: L.Schattmann 15+2reb+3ast, N.Copello 14+5reb+1ast, V.Garello 12+6reb+5ast, T.Monacchi 11+7reb+2ast, G.Whelan 10+1reb+2ast, V.Leandro 8+3reb+4ast
Obras: S.Ty 18+3reb+2ast, C.Andrew 14+6reb, R.Juan 10+1reb+1ast, B.Juan 9+2reb+3ast, D.Marcos 8+3reb, I.Felipe 8+6reb+2ast

Boca Juniors - Independ.O. 92-86

There was a small surprise in Buenos Aires where tenth ranked Boca Juniors (19-15) defeated their close opponent Independ.O. (20-15) 92-86 on Monday. The former international Agustin Barreiro (205-1999) fired 23 points and 5 rebounds for the winners. The former international guard Santiago Scala (186-1991) chipped in 19 points and 4 assists. The former international center Agustin Caffaro (211-1995) produced 21 points and 7 rebounds and guard Fortunato Rolfi (186-2001) added 10 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists respectively for lost side. Five Independ.O. players scored in double figures. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Defending champion maintains tenth place with 19-15 record. Loser Independ.O. dropped to the eighth position with 15 games lost. Boca Juniors' supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will face at home their local rival from Buenos Aires Obras.
Top scorers:
Independ.O.: A.Caffaro 21+7reb+1ast, V.Rolando 12+1reb+2ast, T.Patricio 10+2reb+1ast, R.Fortunato 10+5reb+8ast, F.Enzo 10+7reb+2ast, V.Duvanced 9+2reb
Boca Juniors: B.Agustin 23+5reb, S.Santiago 19+3reb+4ast, V.Sebastian 10+5reb+1ast, C.Martin 9+7reb+3ast, F.Caffaro 8+7reb+1ast, S.Nicolas 6+1reb+2ast

Argentino - San Lorenzo 80-70

Bottom-ranked Argentino managed to get a seventh victory, breaking the series of seven consecutive losses on Tuesday night. This time they won against sixteenth-ranked San Lorenzo in Junin 80-70. Strangely San Lorenzo outrebounded Argentino 38-25 including 27 on the defensive glass. American swingman David Shriver (198-2000, college: VCU) stepped up and scored 24 points (on 9-of-11 shooting from the field) for the winners and his fellow American import Dylan Smith (196-1997, college: Arizona) chipped in 13 points and 6 rebounds. Smith is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market. Four Argentino players scored in double figures. At the losing side the former international Kevin Hernandez (205-1991) responded with 11 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists and forward Facundo Rutenberg (195-2001) scored 9 points and 9 rebounds. San Lorenzo's coach Sebastian Burtin rotated eleven players in this game, but that didn't help. Argentino maintains nineteenth place with 7-27 record. San Lorenzo lost fourth consecutive game. They dropped to the fifteenth position with 21 games lost. They share it with Platense. Argentino are looking forward to face higher ranked Regatas (#5) in Corrientes in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. San Lorenzo will play at home against Boca Juniors (#10) and is hoping to win this game.
Top scorers:
San Lorenzo: S.Safar 13+2reb+1ast, K.Hernandez 11+6reb+4ast, A.Alonso 10+2reb, F.Rutenberg 9+9reb, I.Bednarek 8+5reb+1ast, L.Lucas 6
Argentino: S.David 24+1reb+1ast, S.Dylan 13+6reb+2ast, B.Lathaniel 12+4reb+2ast, T.Martin 10+5reb+1ast, S.Jeremias 9+2reb+4ast, S.Bilbao 5+1reb

Atenas - Quimsa 73-92

18th ranked Atenas (11-23) was outscored at home by fourth ranked Quimsa (22-12) with the biggest margin this round 92-73 on Tuesday night. American power forward Sam Freeman (208-2001, college: CSUSB, agency: Haylett Sports) fired 13 points and 9 rebounds for the winners. point guard Diego Figueredo (185-1991, agency: BIG) chipped in 17 points. Five Quimsa players scored in double figures. Quimsa's coach Leandro Ramella used entire bench which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. point guard Santiago Ferreyra (188-1997) produced 16 points and point guard Carlos Buendia (177-1995) added 14 points respectively for lost side. Quimsa moved-up to second place, which they share with Obera. Loser Atenas keeps the eighteenth position with 23 games lost. Quimsa will meet Independ.O. (#8) in the next round which should be theoretically an easy game. Atenas will play against Obera (#3) and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Atenas: S.Ferreyra 16+3reb+1ast, C.Buendia 14+3reb+3ast, T.Cavallero 13+3reb, N.Sanders 8+5reb+5ast, Z.Nicolas 6+3reb+1ast, D.Purifoy 5+3reb+1ast
Quimsa: F.Diego 17+2reb+3ast, F.Ruesga 14+4reb, M.Solanas 13+3reb+1ast, F.Sam 13+9reb+2ast, L.Leonardo 11+5reb, R.Brandon 7+4reb+2ast

La Union - Penarol 91-85

The game between closely ranked teams ended with 11th ranked Penarol's (18-16) road loss to tenth ranked La Union (20-16) 85-91 on Tuesday. Point guard Mariano Marina (-1999) fired 17 points and 4 assists (made all of his eight free throws) for the winners. American guard Tomas Nuno (196-1998, college: CMU) chipped in 6 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists. The former international center Ivan Basualdo (203-1990) produced a double-double by scoring 15 points and 17 rebounds (on 6-of-7 shooting from the field) and American Sean Armand (193-1991, college: Iona) added 17 points and 4 assists respectively for lost side. Four Penarol players scored in double figures. Penarol's coach Leonardo Costa tested eleven players, but that didn't help to avoid defeat in this game. La Union moved-up to ninth place. Loser Penarol keeps the eleventh position with 16 games lost. La Union will meet at home Atenas (#18) in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Penarol will play against Ferro (#6) and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Penarol: S.Armand 17+1reb+4ast, B.Ivan 15+17reb+1ast, A.Perez 13+3reb+1ast, L.Guerra 12+5reb+2ast, F.Vazquez 9+1reb+2ast, A.Thornton 5+1reb
La Union: M.Marina 17+2reb+4ast, E.Alexis 14+4reb+1ast, F.Alorda 13+1reb, G.Trevor 10+2reb+1ast, G.Windi 10+7reb, B.Brandon 9+4reb+3ast

Platense - Regatas 87-95

Everything went according to plan in Florida where sixth ranked Regatas (21-13) beat 15th ranked Platense (13-21) 95-87 on Wednesday. Regatas made 16-of-21 free shots (76.2 percent) during the game. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 22 assists. Spanish-Colombian power forward Juan Tello-Palacios (206-1985) fired a double-double by scoring 12 points and 11 rebounds for the winners. The former international power forward Tayavek Gallizzi (206-1993) chipped in 18 points. Regatas' coach Juan Manuel Varas used a ten-player rotation and allowed the starting five to rest. American forward Derrick Woods (203-1996, college: St.Peter's, agency: SLN) produced a double-double by scoring 26 points and 11 rebounds and swingman Julian Morales (195-1995) added 15 points and 5 rebounds respectively for lost side. Both teams had five players each who scored in double figures. Regatas have an impressive series of five victories in a row. They moved-up to fifth place. Loser Platense keeps the fifteenth position with 21 games lost. They share it with San Lorenzo. Regatas will meet bottom-ranked Argentino (#19) in the next round which should be an easy win for them. Platense will play against San Martin (#12) and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Platense: D.Woods 26+11reb+3ast, J.Morales 15+5reb+2ast, G.Juan 14+2reb+3ast, J.Cesar 11+6reb+5ast, E.Flor 11+4reb+1ast, F.Smaniotti 5+1reb+3ast
Regatas: G.Tayavek 18+2reb+2ast, C.Juan 13+3reb+1ast, G.Aguirre 12+5reb+5ast, R.Claudio 12+5reb+1ast, T.Juan 12+11reb+1ast, C.Mateo 8+4reb+1ast

Obras - Independ.O. 73-77

An interesting game took place in Buenos Aires where 4th placed Obras (22-14) was upset on its own court by tenth ranked Independ.O. (20-15) 77-73. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of Obras. Rolando Vallejos (195-2000) nailed 14 points and 7 rebounds for the winning side and forward Enzo Filippetti (201-2001) accounted for 16 points. Independ.O.'s coach Martin Gonzalez allowed to play the deep bench players in such tough game. Chilean Felipe Inyaco (181-2002) came up with 18 points and the former international center Marcos Delia (209-1992) added 14 points and 5 rebounds respectively for Obras in the defeat. Independ.O. moved-up to eighth place. Obras at the other side keeps the fourth position with 14 games lost. Independ.O. will play against league's second-placed Quimsa in Santiado del Estero in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Obras' supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Buenos Aires to the arena Boca Juniors.
Top scorers:
Obras: F.Inyaco 18+3reb+1ast, M.Delia 14+5reb, T.Sabin 12+3reb, A.Corum 6+6reb+1ast, M.Mata 6+2reb, J.Respaud 5+3reb+1ast
Independ.O.: E.Filippetti 16+3reb, M.Nicolas 14+2reb, R.Vallejos 14+7reb, A.Pautasso 7+2reb+1ast, D.Valentin 6+5reb+1ast, F.Rolfi 5+4reb+5ast

Union SF - Ferro 74-81

There was no surprise in Santa Fe where 17th ranked Union (12-23) was defeated by seventh ranked Ferro (21-15) 81-74 on Wednesday. Ferro looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists. Point guard Jano Martinez (180-2003) fired 12 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists for the winners. point guard Emiliano Lezcano (187-2001) chipped in 12 points and 5 rebounds. Five Ferro players scored in double figures. Ferro's coach Federico Fernandez used a ten-player rotation and allowed the starting five to rest. point guard Martin Cabrera (179-1996) produced a double-double by scoring 17 points and 10 assists and American center Chris Vogt (213-1999, college: Wisconsin, agency: Haylett Sports) added 9 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks respectively for lost side. Ferro moved-up to sixth place, which they share with Instituto. Union lost seventh consecutive game. They keep the seventeenth position with 23 games lost. Ferro will meet Penarol (#11) in the next round which should be theoretically an easy game. Union will play against San Martin (#12) and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Union SF: M.Cabrera 17+3reb+10ast, E.Basabe 13+2reb+1ast, Y.Guerra 12+3reb+3ast, T.Akwuba 9+9reb, C.Vogt 9+11reb, A.Felipe 9+3reb
Ferro: T.Jonatan 14+3reb+1ast, P.Facundo 13+2reb+1ast, M.Jano 12+5reb+6ast, L.Emiliano 12+5reb+3ast, L.Bettiga 11+4reb+3ast, P.Anthony 8+1reb