Fredrik Hahne
The 44th edition of the South American Clubs Championship started in Brasilia, Brazil, and the current champions, Boca Juniors of Argentina, were defeated in the tournament opener against Pitagoras Minas. Later, Penarol de Mar del Plata (Argentina) won a close one over Duros de Lara (Venezuela) and Universo BRB did not have any problems to overcome Deportivo San Jose (Paraguay).
Pitagoras Minas (BRA) 100 - Boca Juniors (ARG) 72
Quarter by quarter
PIT: 24+29+23+24= 100
BOC: 22+29+11+10= 72
Scorers
Pitagoras (BRA): Soro 28 points, Wanderson Trigueiro (203-F/C-81) 17 points, Facundo Sucatzky (176-G-72) 13 points, Maozao 13 points, Sean Knitter (204-F/C-82) 11 points, Andre 8 points, Luiz Felipe 6 points, Marcio 4 points, Guilherme 0 points, Romario Souza (204-C-88) 0 points. DT Flavio Davis
Boca (ARG): Gustavo Orona (196-G-75) 18 points, Leonardo Gutierrez (200-F-78) 14 points, Luis Cequeira (180-G-85) 11 points, Ryan Carroll (195-G/F-79) 8 points, Quentin Smith (205-C-77) 8 points, Alejandro Alloatti (203-F/C-84) 6 points, Fernando Funes (193-G-83) 4 points, Leonel Schattmann (194-G-87) 2 points, Federico Aguerre (203-F/C-88) 1 point, Juan Sartorelli (190-G-83) 0 points, Julian Aprea (208-C-87) 0 points. DT Gabriel Picatto
Penarol de Mar del Plata (ARG) 79 - Duros de Lara (VEN) 75
Quarter by quarter
PEN: 20+17+22+20= 79
DUR: 18+15+23+19= 75
Scorers
Penarol (ARG): Pablo Sebastian Rodriguez (188-G-78) 19 points, Roman Gonzalez (206-C-78) 18 points, Jasper Johnson (201-C-83) 13 points, Byron Wilson (192-F/G-71) 9 points, Lucas Picarelli (185-G-81) 6 points,
