Ignacio Carrion
Group A
Ecuador - Venezuela 34-97
Luis Bethelmy (200-F/C-86) lead his National Team to first victory on South American Championship over Ecuador. He scored 17 points and have 4 assists with 4 steals, he was followed by Jose Vargas (195-G/F-82, agency: Pro Sports) who flushed 16 points. In Ecuador there are not many players who have their night, best was Carlos Delgado (202-C-90) with 7 points added on his name.
Venezuela dominating from the very begin of the game with 7:17 win in 1st quarter and then increasing lead until the end. They won it all remaining quarters with more then 20 points (2nd and 3rd) and last quarter they won it with 15:25. That was enough for total result of 34:97 and amazing +63 points for them in first round.
Paraguay - Bolivia 74-55
Paraguay opened this tournament on best possible way for their team. They dominating Bolivia entire game as they won it with +19 after the 40 minutes of the game. All players in Paraguay scored at least a point on this game but most efficient was Gabriel Peralta (201-F-95) with 12 points and 4 rebounds, while Daniel Perez (190-G/F-84) scored 9.
In losing team, Cristhian Camargo (194-F-92) was in the mood for good game, he flushed 22 points (4/6 from 3PT line) and he added also 6 rebounds to his name. That was not enough for his team to win but surely great game for him.
Paraguay is now on 1-0 and Bolivia is without victory after first round of South America Championship.
Group B
Uruguay - Colombia 60-54
This was derby of Round 1 on tournament and they showed us how basketball can be interesting even if there is not much points involved in the game. We have a pretty much tied game, until very end of it. Uruguay played amazing 4th quarter wining it by 9 and that's how they record first victory in Caracas by 60:54 in total result at this game. In Uruguay best was Bruno Fitipaldo (183-PG-91, agency: Pro Sports), who plays in Obras (Argentina), he scored 15 points and had 8 rebounds. He was followed by Mauricio Aguiar (197-F-83, agency: Pro Sports) with 13 points. In losing team best was Stalin Ortiz (190-G-81, college: Valparaiso) with 15 points and 6 rebounds. He also added 4 assists to his name.
Peru - Chile 59-78
Ignacio Carrion (202-F-93), player of Los Leones lead his Chile until victory in Round 1 of this tournament with scoring 20 points. Nicolas Carvacho (208-F/C-97) had 17 points and 7 rebounds and Erik Carrasco (181-PG-83) had interesting game, scored only 2 points but having 7 rebounds and amazing 16 assists. In Peru Kyle Fuller (185-PG-92, college: Vanderbilt) scored 16 points and Manuel Chavez (201-C-87) had 12.
Most crucial was second quarter when Chile did all they want it to win this game. They won the quarter by 12 (24:12) and Peru just didn't have enough energy to come back in the game after this.
