LNBP Awards 2010 dominated by U.S. players - Apr 17, 2010
Similarly like in all previous seasons, also this year LNBP awards were dominated by U.S. players. Latinbasket.com All-Mexican LNBP Awards 2009-10: Player of the Year: Leandro Garcia Morales (186-G-80) of Halcones UV Xalapa Guard of the Year: Leandro Garcia Morales of Halcones UV Xalapa Forward of the Year: Lawrence Hill (203-F-87) of Halcones Rojos de Veracru Center of the Year: Luis Bethelmy (200-C-86) of Angeles de Puebla Domestic Player of the Year: Angel Figueroa (196-G/F-81) of Lobos Grises de la UAD Durango Import Player of the Year: Leandro Garcia Morales of Halcones UV Xalapa Coach of the Year: Angel Gonzalez of Halcones UV Xalapa 1st Team Leandro Garcia Morales of Halcones UV Xalapa LeRoy Hickerson (196-G-82) of Pioneros de Quintana Roo-Cancun Lawrence Hill of Halcones Rojos de Veracru Ike Ofoegbu (205-F-85) of Toros Nuevo Laredo Luis Bethelmy of Angeles de Puebla * not too much competition among centers. Here we had for example almost 10 forwards, who could make it to 1st team, while not too many centers 2nd Team William Funn (188-G-82) of Bucaneros de Campeche Angel Figueroa of Lobos Grises de la UAD Durango John Millsap (198-F-82) of Bucaneros de Campeche Gregory Lewis (198-F-78) of Soles de Mexicali Dan Langhi (208-F-77) of Halcones Rojos de Veracruz 3rd Team Devon Ford (193-G-77) of Panteras de Aguascalientes Marcus Moore (198-G-80) of Abejas de Guanajuato Harold Arceneaux (198-F-77) of Lechugueros de Leon Sammy Monroe (198-F-85) of Potros ITSON Rammel Allen (210-C-79) of Pioneros de Quintana Roo-Cancun Honorable Mention Kenya Capers (194-F-73) of Barreteros de Zacatecazs Carlos Rivera (187-G-83) of Halcones Rojos de Veracruz Orlando Mendez-Valdez (185-G-86) of Halcones UV Xalapa Ricardo Melendez (180-G-83) of Pioneros de Quintana Roo-Cancun Anthony Pedroza (191-G-79) of Soles de Mexicali Elys Guzman (206-F/C-82) of Halcones UV Cordoba Robert Day (197-F-82) of Lobos Grises de la UAD Durango Christopher Jackson (208-C-81) of Angeles de Puebla Robert Hornsby (196-F/C) of Huracanes de Tampico Louis McCullough (198-G/F-82) of Libertadores de Queretaro Jerome Habel (208-F-85) of Cosmos de Tijuana Silas Mills (200-F-72) of Indios de la UAC-Juarez All-Domestic Team Orlando Mendez-Valdez of Halcones UV Xalapa Anthony Pedroza of Soles de Mexicali Angel Figueroa of Lobos Grises de la UAD Durango Adam Parada (213-C-81) of Halcones UV Xalapa Luis Bethelmy of Angeles de Puebla All-Imports Team Leandro Garcia Morales of Halcones UV Xalapa LeRoy Hickerson of Pioneros de Quintana Roo-Cancun Lawrence Hill of Halcones Rojos de Veracru Ike Ofoegbu of Toros Nuevo Laredo Dan Langhi of Halcones Rojos de Veracruz Halcones Xalapa defends LNBP title! - Mar 11, 2010 Halc.Xalapa - Halc.Rojos 89-79 Halcones Xalapa defended LNBP title! In Game 5, which was played last night, Halcones Xalapa managed to beat Halcones Rojos 89-79 wining the Final series 4-1. Leandro Garcia Morales (186-G-80, agency: Interperformances, college: Texas A&M) once again was the leading player in victory. He scored 26 points last night and pulled down 7 rebounds beside that. Gerald Brown (193-G-75, college: Pepperdine) and Victor Mariscal (198-F-72) (6 rebs) followed him with 16 and 15 points respectively. On the other side, Ricky Sanchezz (212-C/F-87) collected 20 points and 6 assists. Lawrence Hill contributed with 17 points and 8 boards. Last quarter was the crucial one yesterday. Halcones Rojos had better beginning as they took 25-27 lead after ten minutes of play. The hosts replied in the next ten minutes for 46-40 HT score. After the breather, Halcones Rojos came to minus 2 and everything was open again. However, Leandro Garcia Morales and his teammates exploded in the last period draining 27 points. They stopped Halcones Rojos on 19, what was enough for comfortable victory and third LNBP title in the row. As a reminder, Halcones Xalapa and Halcones Rojos finished regular season with the same 32-8 record. In the Quarterfinals, Halcones Xalapa was better than Abejas 3-0. After that, they escaped with 3-2 against Lobos Grises. |
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Halcones Xalapa defend LNBP title (Photo:lnbp.com.mx)
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