Liga Metropolitana Round 3 of Regular Season

Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

The game in supposed to be quite interesting. Forza (2-1) played at the court of Circulo (0-3). Forza smashed Circulo 70-48 on Wednesday. Forza dominated down low during the game scoring 50 of its points in the paint compared to Circulo's 28. Forza forced 28 Circulo turnovers. The best player for the winners was center Helmut Esquivel (196-2000) who scored 25 points and 9 rebounds. The former international forward Carlos Chavez (191-1989) chipped in 14 points and 6 rebounds. Forza's coach felt very confident that he used 11 players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. At the other side the best for losing team was Cristian Diaz (-2000) who recorded 20 points and 6 rebounds. Forza is looking forward to face Villa Nueva Jrs (#6) at home in the next round. Circulo will play against Monjitas BTC and hopes to get finally their first victory.

In the last game of round 3 winless Monjitas BTC was defeated by Coeindeguasa in a road game 67-60.
The best stats of 3rd round was 10 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists by Luis Castillo of Monjitas BTC.

Circulo - Forza 48-70

The game in supposed to be quite interesting. Forza (2-1) played at the court of Circulo (0-3). Forza smashed Circulo 70-48 on Wednesday. Forza dominated down low during the game scoring 50 of its points in the paint compared to Circulo's 28. Forza forced 28 Circulo turnovers. The best player for the winners was center Helmut Esquivel (196-2000) who scored 25 points and 9 rebounds. The former international forward Carlos Chavez (191-1989) chipped in 14 points and 6 rebounds. Forza's coach felt very confident that he used 11 players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. At the other side the best for losing team was Cristian Diaz (-2000) who recorded 20 points and 6 rebounds and Juan Martinez (-2001) added 10 points and 7 rebounds respectively. Forza is looking forward to face Villa Nueva Jrs (#6) at home in the next round. Circulo will play against Monjitas BTC and hopes to get finally their first victory.
Top scorers:
Forza: H.Esquivel 25+9reb+2ast, C.Chavez 14+6reb+1ast, D.Leon Alejandro 11+5reb, M.Dereck 6+1reb+1ast, L.Perez 5+11reb+3ast, A.Juan 4+4reb+1ast
Circulo: D.Cristian 20+6reb+3ast, M.Juan 10+7reb+1ast, C.Henry 8+10reb, D.Darren 4+8reb+3ast, G.Ludwin 4+3reb+2ast, G.Francisco 2+2reb

Coeindeguasa - Monjitas BTC 67-60

There was no surprise when Monjitas BTC (0-2) was defeated on the road by Coeindeguasa (2-1) 67-60 on Thursday. The best player for the winners was Martin Salazar (-2004) who scored 19 points and 5 rebounds. Norman Hernandez chipped in 13 points and 6 rebounds. At the other side the best for losing team was Luis Castillo (-1998) who recorded a double-double by scoring 10 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists and Carlos Gonzalez added 13 points and 8 rebounds respectively. Coeindeguasa is looking forward to face Amatitlan (#5) on the road in the next round. Monjitas BTC will play against Circulo also and looks forward to get finally their first victory.
Top scorers:
Coeindeguasa: S.Martin 19+5reb+3ast, H.Norman 13+6reb+1ast, P.Jojathan 10+4reb+5ast, P.Helmuth 8+8reb+3ast, S.Ottman 7+6reb, C.Juan Jose 4+6reb
Monjitas BTC: C.Enzo 13+3reb+2ast, G.Carlos 13+8reb, C.Luis 10+11reb+4ast, C.Pablo 8+1reb, G.Boris 7+4reb+2ast, E.Carlos 4+5reb+1ast



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