Liga MB Round 13 of Regular Season

Liga MB is at the halfway of the Regular Season and there are still another 13 rounds left. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

The game in supposed to be quite interesting. Fourth ranked Santa Tecla (7-3) played at the court of 8th ranked Santiagueno (3-7). Santa Tecla smashed Santiagueno 96-68 on Thursday. Santa Tecla forced 27 Santiagueno turnovers. They shot the lights out from three sinking 12 long-distance shots on high 54.5 percentage. Worth to mention a great performance of Colombian Michaell Jackson (190-1987) who helped to win the game recording 28 points and 5 rebounds. American center Raymond Miller (204-1988, college: CS Fullerton) contributed with 10 points and 13 rebounds for the winners. American-Colombian center Freddy Asprilla (206-1988, college: Canisius) answered with 6 points and 16 rebounds for Santiagueno. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Defending champion moved-up to third place, which they share with Brujos. Santiagueno at the other side keeps the eighth position with seven games lost. Santa Tecla is looking forward to face Nejapa (#9) on the road in the next round which should be theoretically another easy game. Santiagueno will play against Cojute and is hoping to prove to their supporters that the loss was just an accident.

Other games in round 13 were not that significant. Bottom-ranked Cojute was beaten by Metapan on the road 90-74. Brujos won against Fantasmas on its own court 100-92. Santa Ana managed to outperform Nejapa in a road game 102-89.
The most impressive performance of 13th round was 35 points (!!!) and 18 rebounds by Marcus Faison of Nejapa.

Metapan - Cojute 90-74

No shocking result in a game when second ranked Metapan (8-1) beat at home bottom-ranked Cojute (1-9) 90-74 on Wednesday. Metapan looked well-organized offensively handing out 29 assists comparing to just 13 passes made by Cojute's players. Worth to mention a great performance of Cuban forward Yoel Cubillas (204-1994) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 26 points and 16 rebounds. American swingman Eddie Ishman (197-1986, college: Miles) contributed with 15 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists for the winners. Four Metapan players scored in double figures. American swingman Andravious Smith (196-1995, college: Tougaloo) answered with a double-double by scoring 30 points, 20 rebounds and 5 assists and forward Jefferson Torres (200-2001) added 13 points in the effort for Cojute. Cojute's coach rotated twelve players seeing no chance for a win. Metapan maintains second place with 8-1 record behind leader San Salvador. Cojute lost seventh consecutive game. They stay at the bottom position with nine games lost. Metapan are looking forward to face Chalchuapa (#10) at home in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Cojute will play against Santiagueno and is hoping to prove to their supporters that they can break losing series.
Top scorers:
Cojute: A.Smith 30+20reb+5ast, T.Jefferson 13+1reb+2ast, N.Avalos 11+2reb, M.Bryan 4+1reb, R.Melendez 3+8reb+3ast, R.Gianfranco 2+2reb
Metapan: Y.Cubillas 26+16reb+1ast, A.Regalado 15+3reb+5ast, E.Ishman 15+7reb+7ast, D.Jaramillo 12+4reb+2ast, E.Contreras 8+1reb+3ast, M.Ramos 7+3reb+10ast

Brujos - Fantasmas 100-92

Rather expected game when 6th ranked Fantasmas (4-5) lost to fourth ranked Brujos (7-3) in Izalco 92-100 on Tuesday. Brujos looked well-organized offensively handing out 23 assists. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when Brujos made 9 blocks. Worth to mention a great performance of center Teodoro Romero (202-1985) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 23 points, 20 rebounds and 6 blocks. Dominican forward Xavier de la Rosa (196-1991) contributed with 36 points (!!!) and 4 assists for the winners. Cuban point guard Osmel Oliva (180-1987) answered with 34 points (!!!) and 8 rebounds and American JaCarre Crockett (192-1996, college: Philander Smith) added 21 points and 11 rebounds in the effort for Fantasmas. Five Brujos and four Fantasmas players scored in double figures. Brujos moved-up to third place, which they share with Santa Tecla. Fantasmas at the other side keep the sixth position with five games lost. Brujos is looking forward to face Santa Ana (#7) at home in the next round. Fantasmas will have a break next round.
Top scorers:
Fantasmas: O.Oliva 34+8reb+3ast, J.Crockett 21+11reb+3ast, B.Douglas 18+6reb+6ast, C.Sorto 10+4reb+6ast, S.Henry 9+9reb+1ast, L.Francisco 0
Brujos: X.de la Rosa 36+3reb+4ast, T.Romero 23+20reb, M.Maxwel 16+4reb+7ast, J.Angulo 11+6reb+6ast, P.Andres 10+6reb+1ast, S.Leon 2+2ast

Santiagueno - Santa Tecla 68-96

The game in supposed to be quite interesting. Fourth ranked Santa Tecla (7-3) played at the court of 8th ranked Santiagueno (3-7). Santa Tecla smashed Santiagueno 96-68 on Thursday. Santa Tecla forced 27 Santiagueno turnovers. They shot the lights out from three sinking 12 long-distance shots on high 54.5 percentage. Worth to mention a great performance of Colombian Michaell Jackson (190-1987) who helped to win the game recording 28 points and 5 rebounds. American center Raymond Miller (204-1988, college: CS Fullerton) contributed with a double-double by scoring 10 points and 13 rebounds for the winners. Four Santa Tecla players scored in double figures. American-Colombian center Freddy Asprilla (206-1988, college: Canisius) answered with 6 points and 16 rebounds and American Xavier Eaglin (201-1997, college: PVAMU) added 16 points in the effort for Santiagueno. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Defending champion moved-up to third place, which they share with Brujos. Santiagueno at the other side keeps the eighth position with seven games lost. Santa Tecla is looking forward to face Nejapa (#9) on the road in the next round which should be theoretically another easy game. Santiagueno will play against Cojute and is hoping to prove to their supporters that the loss was just an accident.
Top scorers:
Santiagueno: X.Eaglin 16+4reb+3ast, B.Castellon 14+3reb+2ast, S.Esperanza 14+1reb+1ast, P.Roque 9+10reb+4ast, F.Asprilla 6+16reb+2ast, S.Moises 6+3reb
Santa Tecla: M.Jackson 28+5reb+2ast, J.Liriano 19+5reb, A.Arias 16+3reb+2ast, R.Miller 10+13reb+3ast, R.Gerardo 6+3reb+2ast, R.Santos 5+3reb+3ast

Nejapa - Santa Ana 89-102

Rather predictable result when seventh ranked Santa Ana (4-6) won against on the road 9th ranked Nejapa (2-7) 102-89 on Wednesday. Santa Ana looked well-organized offensively handing out 22 assists. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when Santa Ana made 8 blocks. It was a very good performance for Panamanian Jonathan King (193-1990, college: ACU) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 37 points (!!!), 10 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 steals. Irving Sandoval (180-1988) contributed with 29 points for the winners. American Marcus Faison (196-1994, college: Salem St.) answered with a double-double by scoring 35 points (!!!) and 18 rebounds and the other American import forward Telvin Gabriel (198-1994, college: Lander) added 20 points and 17 rebounds in the effort for Nejapa. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Nejapa's coach rotated eleven players in this game, but that didn't help. Santa Ana maintains seventh place with 4-6 record. Nejapa lost fourth consecutive game. They keep the ninth position with seven games lost. They share it with Chalchuapa. Santa Ana are looking forward to face higher ranked Brujos (#4) in Izalco in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Nejapa will play at home against Santa Tecla (#3) and is hoping to prove to their supporters that they can break losing series.
Top scorers:
Nejapa: M.Faison 35+18reb+1ast, T.Gabriel 20+17reb+2ast, E.Paiz 10+6reb+9ast, M.Justin 10+3ast, J.Castillo 7+1reb, F.Martinez 3+1reb+2ast
Santa Ana: J.King 37+10reb+6ast, I.Sandoval 29+4reb+3ast, D.Young 22+8reb+2ast, E.Ortiz 10+2reb+4ast, D.King 2+17reb+7ast, A.Gross Ruano 2+1reb



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