Liga WPlay Round 22 (Regular Season): Titanes defeat Bucaros in the game between Top 4 teams

The Regular Season in Liga Wplay just ended. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

An interesting game for Titanes (18-8) which hosted in Barranquilla one of their biggest challengers Bucaros (16-10). Third ranked Titanes managed to get a 6-point victory 81-75. Worth to mention a great performance of Panamanian Ernesto Oglivie (203-1989) who helped to win the game recording 23 points. The former international Soren De Luque (200-1998) contributed with 13 points and 9 rebounds (made all of his seven free throws) for the winners. Nigerian-American power forward Gani Lawal (206-1988, college: Georgia Tech) replied with 26 points and 6 rebounds for Bucaros. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Titanes have a solid three-game winning streak. Defending champion maintains third position with 18-8 record having six points less than leader Carrib.Storm. Bucaros at the other side keep the fourth place with ten games lost.
An interesting game for Titanes (18-8) which hosted in Barranquilla one of their biggest challengers Bucaros (16-10). Third ranked Titanes had an easy win 80-58. The former international Soren De Luque (200-1998) scored 12 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists to lead the charge for the winners and Juan Cardenas chipped in 11 points and 12 rebounds during the contest. At the losing side international power forward Sebastian Valencia (200-1997) responded with a double-double by scoring 13 points and 11 rebounds. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Titanes have a solid three-game winning streak. Defending champion maintains third position with 18-8 record having six points less than leader Carrib.Storm. Bucaros at the other side keep the fourth place with ten games lost.
Liga Wplay top team - Storm (22-6) had no problems winning another game on Monday. This time they crushed seventh ranked Cimarrones (7-21) in Quibdo-Choco 93-72. Romario Roque notched 21 points and 7 assists to lead the effort. Even 17 points and 4 assists by Delano Spencer did not help to save the game for Cimarrones. Since the result was very predictable, it gave the chance for the coaches to test many bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. Storm have a solid four-game winning streak. Carrib.Storm maintains first position with 22-6 record. Cimarrones lost third consecutive game. They dropped to the bottom place with 21 games lost.

In the last two games of round 22 Motilones smashed Corsarios on the road 100-76. Cimarrones lost to Carrib.Storm on its own court 78-85.



Corsarios - Motilones 76-100

No shocking result in a game when second ranked Motilones (19-8) crushed 8th ranked Corsarios (7-20) in Cartagena 100-76 on Monday. Motilones outrebounded Corsarios 48-27 including a 35-21 advantage in defensive rebounds. Dominican power forward Juan Rosario (203-1999, agency: BMS Sport Agency) notched a double-double by scoring 20 points and 16 rebounds to lead the effort and Dominican Diego Colon (188-2001, agency: BMS Sport Agency) supported him with 22 points. Five Motilones players scored in double figures. Even 23 points and 5 rebounds by the former international swingman Andres Carmona (195-1997) did not help to save the game for Corsarios. American swingman RJ Gunn (201-1999, college: Duquesne, agency: Players Group) added 16 points and 5 rebounds for lost side. Since the result was very predictable, it gave the chance for the coaches to test many bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. Motilones have a solid three-game winning streak. They maintain second position with 19-8 record having four points less than leader Carrib.Storm. Corsarios lost fourth consecutive game. They dropped to the seventh place with 20 games lost.
Top scorers:
Corsarios: A.Carmona 23+5reb, R.Gunn 16+5reb+1ast, N.Paletta 14+2reb+6ast, H.Mosquera-Perea 7+2reb, Y.Mosqueera 6+4reb+3ast, R.Torres 4+5reb
Motilones: D.Colon 22+2reb+2ast, J.Rosario 20+16reb, J.Martinez 14+3reb+1ast, D.Brooks 14+3reb+5ast, Y.Altamar 13+10reb+2ast, K.Masquita 12+6reb+1ast

Cimarrones - Carrib.Storm 72-93

Liga Wplay top team - Storm (22-6) had no problems winning another game on Monday. This time they crushed seventh ranked Cimarrones (7-21) in Quibdo-Choco 93-72. Carrib.Storm dominated down low during the game scoring 56 of its points in the paint compared to Cimarrones' 34. They outrebounded Cimarrones 35-23 including a 26-15 advantage in defensive rebounds. It was a great shooting night for Carrib.Storm especially from behind the arc, where they had solid 52.6 percentage. The former international guard Romario Roque (175-1998) notched 21 points and 7 assists to lead the effort and Miguel Gomez supported him with 12 points and 5 assists. Four Storm players scored in double figures. Even 17 points and 4 assists by American guard Delano Spencer (193-1994, college: Tennessee St., agency: 011 Sports) did not help to save the game for Cimarrones. His fellow American import guard Alante Fenner (196-1993, college: SSU) added 12 points for lost side. Since the result was very predictable, it gave the chance for the coaches to test many bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. Storm have a solid four-game winning streak. Carrib.Storm maintains first position with 22-6 record. Cimarrones lost third consecutive game. They dropped to the bottom place with 21 games lost.
Top scorers:
Cimarrones: D.Spencer 17+1reb+4ast, A.Fenner 12+1reb+2ast, C.Sanders 11+2reb+1ast, J.Colina 7+1reb, M.Fernandez 6+2reb+1ast, M.Canaval 4+4reb
Carrib.Storm: R.Roque 21+4reb+7ast, A.Ibarguen 15+4reb, M.Gomez 12+4reb+5ast, D.Morrison 12+3reb, K.Miller 11+7reb+1ast, M.Jackson 9+5reb+2ast

Cimarrones - Carrib.Storm 78-85

Very expected game when 7th ranked Cimarrones (7-21) lost to first ranked Storm (22-6) in Quibdo-Choco 78-85 on Tuesday. International forward Andres Ibarguen (200-1996, college: Angelo St., agency: Helping Ballers) notched a double-double by scoring 22 points and 12 rebounds to lead the effort and the former international guard Romario Roque (175-1998) supported him with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Storm's coach Jaime Ortiz used a ten-player rotation and allowed the starting five to get some rest. Even 30 points and 8 assists by American forward Corey Sanders (188-1997, college: Rutgers) did not help to save the game for Cimarrones. His fellow American import guard Delano Spencer (193-1994, college: Tennessee St., agency: 011 Sports) added 19 points for lost side. Storm have a solid four-game winning streak. Carrib.Storm maintains first position with 22-6 record. Cimarrones lost third consecutive game. They dropped to the bottom place with 21 games lost.
Top scorers:
Cimarrones: C.Sanders 30+4reb+8ast, D.Spencer 19+3reb+3ast, A.Bejarano 8+7reb+1ast, J.Padilla 7+4reb, J.Colina 6+1reb+1ast, A.Fenner 6+3reb+1ast
Carrib.Storm: R.Roque 25+5reb+4ast, D.Morrison 22+3reb+2ast, A.Ibarguen 22+12reb+1ast, D.Holloway 6+2reb+2ast, K.Walters 3, M.Jackson 3+1reb+1ast

Titanes - Bucaros 81-75

An interesting game for Titanes (18-8) which hosted in Barranquilla one of their biggest challengers Bucaros (16-10). Third ranked Titanes managed to get a 6-point victory 81-75. Worth to mention a great performance of Panamanian Ernesto Oglivie (203-1989) who helped to win the game recording 23 points. The former international Soren De Luque (200-1998) contributed with 13 points and 9 rebounds (made all of his seven free throws) for the winners. Four Titanes players scored in double figures. Nigerian-American power forward Gani Lawal (206-1988, college: Georgia Tech) replied with 26 points and 6 rebounds and American guard Addison Spruill (195-1993, college: UNCW) added 9 points in the effort for Bucaros. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Titanes have a solid three-game winning streak. Defending champion maintains third position with 18-8 record having six points less than leader Carrib.Storm. Bucaros at the other side keep the fourth place with ten games lost.
Top scorers:
Bucaros: G.Lawal 26+6reb, L.Perez 10+1reb+2ast, A.Spruill 9+4reb+2ast, N.Priddy 8+4reb+1ast, S.Valencia 7+8reb, J.Marquez 7+1reb
Titanes: E.Oglivie 23+4reb+1ast, H.Atencia 16+5reb+3ast, S.De Luque 13+9reb+3ast, D.Figueredo 12+6reb+5ast, T.Trocha-Morelos 8+6reb+3ast, J.Cardenas 6+4reb+1ast

Titanes - Bucaros 80-58

An interesting game for Titanes (18-8) which hosted in Barranquilla one of their biggest challengers Bucaros (16-10). Third ranked Titanes had an easy win 80-58. Titanes outrebounded Bucaros 45-34 including 34 on the defensive glass. The former international Soren De Luque (200-1998) scored 12 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists to lead the charge for the winners and the former international point guard Juan Cardenas (201-1997, college: Bryant) chipped in 11 points and 12 rebounds during the contest. Four Titanes players scored in double figures. At the losing side international power forward Sebastian Valencia (200-1997) responded with a double-double by scoring 13 points and 11 rebounds and Nigerian-American power forward Gani Lawal (206-1988, college: Georgia Tech) scored 14 points and 8 rebounds. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Titanes have a solid three-game winning streak. Defending champion maintains third position with 18-8 record having six points less than leader Carrib.Storm. Bucaros at the other side keep the fourth place with ten games lost.
Top scorers:
Bucaros: G.Lawal 14+8reb+1ast, S.Valencia 13+11reb+1ast, A.Spruill 11+1reb, J.Jaimes 9+4reb+1ast, N.Priddy 6, D.Soler 3+1reb+3ast
Titanes: E.Oglivie 15+6reb+1ast, S.De Luque 12+9reb+5ast, J.Cardenas 11+12reb+2ast, H.Atencia 11+2reb+3ast, T.Trocha-Morelos 8+3reb+1ast, D.Figueredo 6+1reb+4ast