LSB Round 19: Rivas beat higher ranked Costa Caribe

Host teams show no mercy winning all games. Here is the last round review presented by ESL.

The game with biggest difference of round 19 was host Rivas' (#7) victory at home over 4th placed Costa Caribe (9-7) 76-67 on Sunday evening. Rivas forced 23 Costa Caribe turnovers. American guard B.J. Glasford (193-95, college: Stetson, agency: Green Sports Management) fired a double-double by scoring 26 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals for the winners. His fellow American import Quentin Davis (199, college: Mendocino CC) chipped in 13 points and 20 rebounds. Cuban point guard Osmel Oliva (180-87) produced 27 points, 6 assists and 6 steals for lost side. Rivas maintains seventh place with 8-11 record. Costa Caribe at the other side keeps the fourth position with seven games lost. They share it with Leones.
Bottom-ranked Chinandega managed to get the second consecutive victory. This time they edged fifth-ranked Leones 90-89. It ended at the same time the three-game winning streak of Leones. Worth to mention a great performance of American Marcus Faison (196-94, college: Salem St.) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 30 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists. Marc Montavious contributed with 21 points and 14 rebounds for the winners. Puerto Rican Xavier Zambrana (193-91) answered with a double-double by scoring 29 points and 21 rebounds for Leones. Chinandega maintains ninth place with 4-14 record. Leones at the other side dropped to the fourth position with seven games lost. They share it with Costa Caribe.

Chinandega - Leones 90-89

Bottom-ranked Chinandega managed to get the second consecutive victory. This time they edged fifth-ranked Leones 90-89. It ended at the same time the three-game winning streak of Leones. Chinandega players were unselfish on offense dishing 21 assists. Worth to mention a great performance of American Marcus Faison (196-94, college: Salem St.) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 30 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists. His fellow American import center Marc Montavious (206-90, college: Georgetown, KY) contributed with a double-double by scoring 21 points and 14 rebounds for the winners. Puerto Rican Xavier Zambrana (193-91) answered with a double-double by scoring 29 points and 21 rebounds and Puerto Rican guard Jorge Matos (185-92) added 15 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in the effort for Leones. Four Leones players scored in double figures. Chinandega maintains ninth place with 4-14 record. Leones at the other side dropped to the fourth position with seven games lost. They share it with Costa Caribe.
Top scorers:
Chinandega: M.Faison 30+11reb+4ast, M.Montavious 21+14reb+3ast, L.Mauricio 11+5reb+1ast, P.Bryan 9+5reb+5ast, R.Dwight 8+3reb+6ast, Z.Ricardo 5
Leones: X.Zambrana 29+21reb+2ast, J.Matos 15+6reb+5ast, D.Tenorio 14+3reb+2ast, C.Gaston 10+7reb+7ast, E.Morgan 9+4reb, P.Martinez 8+1reb+1ast

Rivas - Costa Caribe 76-67

The game with biggest difference of round 19 was host Rivas' (#7) victory at home over 4th placed Costa Caribe (9-7) 76-67 on Sunday evening. Rivas forced 23 Costa Caribe turnovers. American guard B.J. Glasford (193-95, college: Stetson, agency: Green Sports Management) fired a double-double by scoring 26 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals for the winners. His fellow American import Quentin Davis (199, college: Mendocino CC) chipped in a double-double by scoring 13 points and 20 rebounds. Four Rivas players scored in double figures. Cuban point guard Osmel Oliva (180-87) produced 27 points, 6 assists and 6 steals and Cuban forward Yoel Cubillas (204-94) added 10 points, 18 rebounds and 5 blocks respectively for lost side. Rivas maintains seventh place with 8-11 record. Costa Caribe at the other side keeps the fourth position with seven games lost. They share it with Leones.
Top scorers:
Rivas: B.Glasford 26+10reb+4ast, P.Prinsloo 15+3reb+1ast, Q.Davis 13+20reb+3ast, F.Cox 10+3reb+3ast, T.Humphreys 6+6reb+1ast, C.Jason 6
Costa Caribe: O.Oliva 27+4reb+6ast, Y.Cubillas 10+18reb+2ast, T.Watson 8+6reb+1ast, F.Erick 7+8reb+1ast, M.Malone 6+3reb, D.Campbell 4+2reb



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