2019 Metropolitan League Round 3 (Semifinals): San Jose completes a sweep to advance to the Finals and Olimpia gets closer

Scott Rodgers

Deportivo San Jose became the first team to advance to the 2019 Finals of Paraguay's Metropolitan League, by completing a three-game sweep over Libertad in the Semifinals with a home win, 104-94, while Olimpia Kings took a 2-1 lead over Sol de America with a second straight win, this time by a 20-point margin as hosts, 93-73.

Scott Rodgers (191-PG-87, college: Drexel) scored 41 points by scoring 8 three-point shots out of 11 attempts to lead San Jose past Libertad, with the help of Bruno Zanotti (198-SF-82, college: Merrimack) with 17 points, Carlos Luis Vallejos (183-G-92) with 12 and Panamanian Jaime Lloreda (204-C-80, college: LSU) with 11 points and 10 rebounds.

For Libertad, the top performers were Gabriel Peralta (201-F-95) with 23 points and 8 rebounds and Diego Bareiro (195-F-91) and Jorge Sequera (194-F-88) with 18 each.

Meanwhile, Olimpia was able to secure another victory thanks to dominant performances by Guillermo Araujo (204-C-82, agency: Pro Sports) with 26 points and 8 rebounds and Michael Hicks (196-F-76, college: Texas A&M-CC) with 21 points and 7 boards. Eric Dawson (206-F/C-84, college: Midwestern St., agency: Interperformances) followed them with 11 points and 9 rebounds.

For Sol de America, 25 points by Jermont Horton (198-F/G-84, college: Rutgers-Newark) were not enough.