LNF Round 1 (Regular Season): A Encestar lose to Iccan

The Regular Season in Liga Femenina just started. Here is the last round review presented by LBM Management.

A Encestar recorded a loss at the home court on Tuesday night. Hosts were defeated by Iccan 57-50. Iccan forced 22 A Encestar turnovers. Strangely A Encestar outrebounded Iccan 53-36 including 20 on the offensive glass. American center Brittany Autry (185-1998, college: Belm.Abbey) fired 14 points for the winners. Canadian guard Arianna Macias (175-1997, college: St.Mary's) chipped in 10 points and 6 rebounds. Mexican forward Diana Armas (185-1993) produced a double-double by scoring 10 points and 13 rebounds for lost side. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Iccan is looking forward to face Ambato S. in the next round. A Encestar will play against Andes and is hoping to prove to their supporters that the loss was just an accident.
The game with biggest result difference took place in . Local Ambato S. beat Andes 77-65. Worth to mention a great performance of the former international point guard Fatima Corozo (162-2006) who helped to win the game recording 25 points. Lily Buggs contributed with 12 points and 6 rebounds for the winners. Colombian center Angely Mendez (175-2000) answered with 8 points and 16 rebounds for Andes. Both coaches tested many bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. Ambato S. will play against Iccan in Guayaquil in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Andes will play against A Encestar and it may be a tough game between close rivals.

In the last game of round 1 winless Henko was defeated by Leopat in a road game 69-57.
The best stats of 1st round was 21 points and 5 rebounds by Yendri Acosta of Henko.

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Ambato S. - Andes 77-65:
The game with biggest result difference took place in . Local Ambato S. beat Andes 77-65. Ambato S. forced 21 Andes turnovers. Worth to mention a great performance of the former international point guard Fatima Corozo (162-2006) who helped to win the game recording 25 points. American guard Lily Buggs (175, college: CS Los Angeles) contributed with 12 points and 6 rebounds for the winners. Colombian center Angely Mendez (175-2000) answered with 8 points and 16 rebounds and Cheryl Jaramillo (-2008) added 18 points in the effort for Andes. Both coaches tested many bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. Ambato S. will play against Iccan in Guayaquil in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Andes will play against A Encestar and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Ambato S.: F.Corozo 25+3reb+1ast, M.Garcia 18+1ast, L.Buggs 12+6reb+1ast, Y.Valdez 6+10reb+1ast, Y.Preciado 5+4reb+3ast, K.Feijoo 4+7reb
Andes: J.Cheryl 18+4reb+2ast, V.Yuridi 13+6reb+2ast, V.Hipatia 12+4reb+1ast, M.Angely 8+16reb+2ast, B.Camila 8+1reb+1ast, S.Brittany 2

A Encestar - Iccan 50-57:
A Encestar recorded a loss at the home court on Tuesday night. Hosts were defeated by Iccan 57-50. Iccan forced 22 A Encestar turnovers. Strangely A Encestar outrebounded Iccan 53-36 including 20 on the offensive glass. American center Brittany Autry (185-1998, college: Belm.Abbey) fired 14 points for the winners. Canadian guard Arianna Macias (175-1997, college: St.Mary's) chipped in 10 points and 6 rebounds. Mexican forward Diana Armas (185-1993) produced a double-double by scoring 10 points and 13 rebounds and Mexican Sandra Vargas added 11 points and 11 rebounds respectively for lost side. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Iccan is looking forward to face Ambato S. in the next round. A Encestar will play against Andes and is hoping to prove to their supporters that the loss was just an accident.
Top scorers:
Iccan: A.Brittany 14+4reb+1ast, D.Lasso 10+3reb+4ast, A.Macias 10+6reb+1ast, O.Florencia 7+3reb+3ast, A.Reiban 7+3reb+1ast, Y.Ramon 5+2reb+2ast
A Encestar: M.Maria 13+6reb+1ast, V.Sandra 11+11reb+1ast, A.Diana 10+13reb+1ast, C.Karen 9+8reb+2ast, M.Maria 6+5reb, A.Joselyn 1+2reb+1ast

Leopat - Henko 69-57:
Leopat used a home court advantage and beat the opponent from 69-57. Leopat forced 22 Henko turnovers. It was a very good performance for Andrea Bermudez (-2009) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 12 points and 11 rebounds. Colombian forward Jenifer Munoz (170-1991) contributed with 15 points for the winners. Leopat's coach used entire bench saving starting five for next games. Dominican guard Yendri Acosta (168-2001, college: WKU) answered with 21 points and 5 rebounds and Marjiorie Caicedo (-1990) added 8 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists in the effort for Henko. Leopat will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. Henko will play at home against Santa Maria to get more than just one victory in their record.
Top scorers:
Leopat: J.Munoz 15+2reb+2ast, A.Bermudez 12+11reb+2ast, S.Dayanna 10+3reb+1ast, P.Bernal 9+3reb, V.Cedeno 7+1reb, N.Moran 6+1reb+2ast
Henko: A.Yendri 21+5reb+2ast, S.Lorena 13+5reb, C.Marjiorie 8+12reb+4ast, C.Maria 8+3reb, V.Karima 4+9reb+2ast, M.Zahila 2