LDC Round 5: Capitanes lose to Santiago Max

LDC is at the halfway of the Regular Season and there are still another 5 rounds left. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

Round in LDC means a new league leader. The biggest surprise took place in Santiago where host Santiago Max (4-1) beat league's leader Capitanes (3-2) 107-91 on Sunday evening. It was a key game for the top position in the league. Santiago Max looked well-organized offensively handing out 25 assists. The best player for the winners was Franklyn Sabater who had a double-double by scoring 19 points and 10 assists. Moises Peralta chipped in 23 points. Guard Oliver Ferreira (189-1993) produced 25 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals for the guests. Santiago Max have a solid series of four victories in a row. They keep a position of league leader, which they share with Immortals. Capitanes at the other side dropped to the third place with two games lost. They were replaced at the leadership position by Fenix. Capitanes will play next round against league's leader Immortals trying to make it back to the top of the standings. It will be a derby game for which supporters look forward to, where their team will face at home their local rival from Santiago - Immortals. Santiago Max will try to continue on its current victory against second ranked Santiago Basket. It will be extra interesting game as Santiago Basket is their local rival from Santiago.
Important game to mention about took place in . Third ranked Evolve OL (1-4) saved a 3-point derby victory at home edging 4th placed Del Patio (1-4) 109-106 in the game for the third place. American guard DeJon Waters Jr (190-1997, college: Pitt St.) orchestrated the victory with a double-double by scoring 29 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. Aneury Parra contributed with 27 points for the winners. Brahian Mendez answered with 29 points and 6 rebounds for Del Patio. Evolve OL maintains third place with 1-4 record having just three points less than leader Fenix, which they share with defeated Del Patio. It was Del Patio's third loss in a row. Evolve OL will play against Sameji (#4) in Santiago in the next round. Del Patio will play on the road against the league's leader Fenix in Santiago and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Another exciting game was a derby match between two local teams from Santiago: Immortals (#2) and Santiago Basket (#2). Santiago Basket was defeated at home 75-90 and even the advantage of their own court did not help. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of Santiago Basket. James Milton stepped up with a double-double by scoring 21 points and 12 rebounds for the winners. Domont Wright responded with a double-double by scoring 26 points and 10 rebounds. Immortals (4-1) keep a position of league leader, which they share with Santiago Max. Loser Santiago Basket keeps the second place with three games lost. Immortals' supporters look forward to another derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Santiago to the arena Capitanes.

In the last game of round 5 Fenix defeated Sameji in Santiago 115-102.
The best stats of 5th round was 45 points (!!!) and 5 rebounds by Yensi Jimenez of Fenix.

Santiago Basket - Immortals 75-90

Another exciting game was a derby match between two local teams from Santiago: Immortals (#2) and Santiago Basket (#2). Santiago Basket was defeated at home 75-90 and even the advantage of their own court did not help. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of Santiago Basket. They outrebounded Santiago Basket 50-31 including 23 on the offensive glass. Immortals looked well-organized offensively handing out 25 assists comparing to just 5 passes made by Santiago Basket's players. American forward James Milton (203-1992, college: Stevenson) stepped up with a double-double by scoring 21 points and 12 rebounds for the winners and his fellow American import point guard Mark Hall (196-1994, college: St.Cloud St.) chipped in 19 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists. Hall is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market. Five Immortals players scored in double figures. American power forward Domont Wright (203-1997, college: Cleveland St.) responded with a double-double by scoring 26 points and 10 rebounds and power forward Teodoro Romero (203-1990) produced a double-double by scoring 15 points and 10 rebounds. Immortals (4-1) keep a position of league leader, which they share with Santiago Max. Loser Santiago Basket keeps the second place with three games lost. Immortals' supporters look forward to another derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Santiago to the arena Capitanes.
Top scorers:
Santiago Basket: D.Wright 26+10reb+1ast, T.Romero 15+10reb+1ast, J.Knight 14+3reb+1ast, D.Wiggins 8+3reb, M.Tillman 7+3reb+1ast, P.Jordy 5+2reb+1ast
Immortals: J.Milton 21+12reb+3ast, E.Edwin 20+8reb+2ast, M.Hall 19+6reb+8ast, R.Angel 14+10reb+3ast, A.Gil 10+4reb+4ast, R.Milosevic 3+3reb+2ast

Santiago Max - Capitanes 107-91

Round in LDC means a new league leader. The biggest surprise took place in Santiago where host Santiago Max (4-1) beat league's leader Capitanes (3-2) 107-91 on Sunday evening. It was a key game for the top position in the league. Santiago Max looked well-organized offensively handing out 25 assists. The best player for the winners was Franklyn Sabater who had a double-double by scoring 19 points and 10 assists. Moises Peralta chipped in 23 points. Guard Oliver Ferreira (189-1993) produced 25 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals and forward Ernesto Rodriguez (194-1994) added 22 points and 10 rebounds respectively for the guests. Five Santiago Max and four Capitanes players scored in double figures. Santiago Max have a solid series of four victories in a row. They keep a position of league leader, which they share with Immortals. Capitanes at the other side dropped to the third place with two games lost. They were replaced at the leadership position by Fenix. Capitanes will play next round against league's leader Immortals trying to make it back to the top of the standings. It will be a derby game for which supporters look forward to, where their team will face at home their local rival from Santiago - Immortals. Santiago Max will try to continue on its current victory against second ranked Santiago Basket. It will be extra interesting game as Santiago Basket is their local rival from Santiago.
Top scorers:
Capitanes: F.Oliver 25+8reb+5ast, R.Ernesto 22+10reb+1ast, P.Richard 15+8reb+5ast, G.Francisco 12+3reb+4ast, F.Chris 9+4reb+2ast, M.Gustavo 8+2reb+1ast
Santiago Max: P.Moises 23+4reb+2ast, S.Franklyn 19+3reb+10ast, T.Victor 13+4reb+2ast, N.Darbert 13+2reb+1ast, J.Franklyn 12+10reb+1ast, C.Martinez 11+5reb+5ast

Evolve OL - Del Patio 109-106

Important game to mention about took place in . Third ranked Evolve OL (1-4) saved a 3-point derby victory at home edging 4th placed Del Patio (1-4) 109-106 in the game for the third place. American guard DeJon Waters Jr (190-1997, college: Pitt St.) orchestrated the victory with a double-double by scoring 29 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. Aneury Parra contributed with 27 points for the winners. Brahian Mendez answered with 29 points and 6 rebounds and American forward Ralph Bellamy (193, college: Harris-Stowe St.) added 23 points and 10 rebounds in the effort for Del Patio. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Evolve OL maintains third place with 1-4 record having just three points less than leader Fenix, which they share with defeated Del Patio. It was Del Patio's third loss in a row. Evolve OL will play against Sameji (#4) in Santiago in the next round. Del Patio will play on the road against the league's leader Fenix in Santiago and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Del Patio: M.Brahian 29+6reb+1ast, R.Bellamy 23+10reb+1ast, G.Joel 21+3reb+2ast, R.Joan 15+3reb+1ast, C.Yeremi 8+8reb+1ast, C.Hipolito 5+3reb+2ast
Evolve OL: D.Waters Jr. 29+10reb+8ast, P.Aneury 27+4reb+2ast, V.Cruz 26+5reb, G.Silvano 19+3reb+2ast, C.Adrian 4+2reb+1ast, T.Maximo 2+3reb+1ast

Sameji - Fenix 102-115

There was no surprise in Santiago where 4th placed Sameji (0-5) was defeated by leader Fenix (5-0) 115-102 on Tuesday. Guard Yensi Jimenez (189-1998) stepped up and scored 45 points (!!!) and 5 rebounds for the winners and guard Jefry Arias (182-1997) chipped in 21 points and 7 assists. Forward Jonathan Aybar (206-2001, college: UNF) responded with 30 points and Randy Toribio scored 23 points and 8 rebounds. Four Fenix and five Sameji players scored in double figures. Fenix have a solid series of four victories in a row. They maintain first place with 5-0 record. Loser Sameji still closes the standings with five games lost. Fenix will meet at home Del Patio (#4) in the next round. Sameji will play against Evolve OL and hopes to get finally their first victory.
Top scorers:
Sameji: J.Aybar 30+4reb+2ast, T.Randy 23+8reb+2ast, M.Jhovanny 10+3reb+1ast, J.Agyeman 10+3reb+2ast, A.Ricardo 10+4reb+1ast, M.Wilson 6+5reb+1ast
Fenix: J.Yensi 45+5reb+1ast, A.Jefry 21+4reb+7ast, C.Isamil 19+3reb+1ast, P.Leonacis 11+9reb+1ast, M.Saint Hilaire 7+3reb+1ast, M.Dhariam 6+3reb+1ast



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