Recap of Liga Wplay Round 1 of Quarter-Finals

Condores - Titanes 55-95

Titanes outrebounded Condores 53-35 including a 39-20 advantage in defensive rebounds. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 25 assists comparing to just 7 passes made by Condores' players. Dominican-Puerto Rican Jonathan Rodriguez (196-1987, college: Campbell) stepped up with a double-double by scoring 20 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists for the winners and the former international Tonny Trocha-Morelos (208-1994, college: Texas A&M) chipped in 20 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists. At the losing side guard Kevin Masquita responded with 10 points and 7 rebounds and David Pardo scored 17 points. Condores' coach gave up on the game allowing to play ten players seeing no chance for a win.
Top scorers:
Condores: P.David 17+1reb, M.Suarez 10+3reb, K.Masquita 10+7reb+1ast, Q.Kevin 7+8reb+2ast, M.Jhon 5+2reb, M.Michael 4+8reb+2ast
Titanes: T.Trocha-Morelos 20+13reb+4ast, J.Rodriguez 20+14reb+6ast, E.Oglivie 16+6reb+2ast, S.Samuel 11+4reb+1ast, J.Lozano 9+4reb+3ast, B.Davis 7+6reb+3ast

Bucaros - Cimarrones 57-95

Cimarrones dominated down low during the game scoring 62 of its points in the paint compared to Bucaros' 24. Cimarrones forced 22 Bucaros turnovers and outrebounded them 44-23 including a 17-6 advantage in offensive rebounds. American Akeem Ellis (196-1990, college: Coppin St., agency: BIG) nailed 26 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists for the winning side and international Hanner Mosquera-Perea (205-1993, college: ETSU) accounted for 11 points and 8 rebounds. Cimarrones' coach felt very confident that he used entire bench which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Swingman Miguel Bermudez (195-1992) came up with 12 points and 6 rebounds and Italian-Argentinian point guard Diego Gerbaudo (178-1989) added 6 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists respectively for Bucaros in the defeat.
Top scorers:
Bucaros: M.Colina 13+3reb+2ast, M.Bermudez 12+6reb+1ast, K.Nino 12+3reb+2ast, J.Zapata 9+3reb+2ast, D.Gerbaudo 6+5reb+7ast, L.Joel 3+2reb
Cimarrones: A.Ellis 26+5reb+6ast, L.Bracey 12+5reb+1ast, A.Minota 11+2reb+2ast, H.Mosquera-Perea 11+8reb, C.Arboleda 8+9reb, M.Oscar 8+2reb

Corsarios - Piratas 84-79

American guard Logan Santiago (185, college: AIC) fired 17 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists for the winners. American swingman Travis Atson (196-1997, college: SFC) chipped in 20 points and 6 rebounds. Forward Sebastian Valencia (200-1997) produced a double-double by scoring 12 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks and American point guard Jeremy Smith (180-1997, college: CSUSB) added 15 points and 7 assists (made all of his seven free throws) respectively for lost side. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Piratas' coach rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help.
Top scorers:
Piratas: T.Jarrett 19+1reb+1ast, H.Joseph 16+4reb, J.Smith 15+2reb+7ast, V.Sebastian 12+12reb+1ast, P.Rodrigo 7+9reb+1ast, J.Hedgeman 5+5reb
Corsarios: T.Atson 20+6reb, L.Santiago 17+5reb+5ast, T.Jones 15+7reb+1ast, S.Marquez 11+3reb+3ast, J.Hernandez 9+10reb+1ast, T.Yeison 6+1reb+1ast

Team Cali - Carrib.Storm 78-86

Storm shot the lights out from three sinking 12 long-distance shots on high 57.1 percentage. Panamanian Josimar Ayarza (205-1987, college: Southern Miss) fired a double-double by scoring 22 points and 10 rebounds for the winners. American point guard Greg Foster (190-1989, college: SVSU) chipped in 21 points and 7 assists. Storm's coach used an eleven-player rotation and allowed the starting five to rest. Dominican forward Jeromy Rodriguez (201-1996, college: ETSU) produced a double-double by scoring 19 points and 13 rebounds and American guard John Merchant (187-1989, college: Dowling) added 28 points respectively for lost side. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures.
Top scorers:
Team Cali: J.Merchant 28+3reb+3ast, J.Rodriguez 19+13reb+3ast, F.Morales 15+7reb+5ast, A.Pena 11+9reb+1ast, Y.Mosquera-Perea 3+1ast, Y.Mendoza 2+2reb+1ast
Carrib.Storm: J.Ayarza 22+10reb+1ast, G.Foster 21+1reb+7ast, A.Ibarguen 18+5reb+1ast, R.Cintron Cortes 12+3reb+3ast, M.Jackson 9+5reb+3ast, L.Almanza 4+7reb+2ast



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