Day 3 Summary

Paolo Quinteros

Group A

Delfines de Miranda (VEN) 79 - Deportivo San Jose (PAR) 73

San Jose: Javier Martinez 28, Michael Robinson 22, Bruno Martinessi 2, Guilio Laratro 2 and Curtis Williams 10. Also played: Aldo Acosta 3, Gustavo Paniagua 2, Humberto Riveros 1 and Guillermo Araujo 6.

Delfines: Lazaro Borrell 2, Richard Lugo 4, Rafael Guevara 29, Luis Julio 5 and Victor David Diaz 15. Also played: Diego Guevara, Carl Herrera 4, Ronnie Fields 13, Ludwig Irazabal 2 and Herbert Bayona 6.
Delfines de Miranda (VENEZUELA), defending champions of the 2004 South American Clubs Championship of Asuncion, Paraguay, advanced to the semifinals alongside Deportivo San Jose (Paraguay), Boca Juniors (Argentina) and Uberlandia (Brazil) after the results of Day 3's action.

Delfines (VEN) defeated San Jose (PAR) 79-73 to finish Group A undefeated and alone at first place, while the locals advanced in second place. Rafael Guevara scored 29 points and Victor David Diaz added 15 more for Miranda, while Javier Martinez with 28 points and Michael Robinson with 22 points were the best scorers of the paraguayan side.

Llanquihue (CHI) - Regatas Lima (PER) 91-88
Provincial Llanquihue: Lawrence Wallace 6, José Luis Campos 15, Patricio Arroyo 16, Jermaine Tate 27, Patricio Briones 17; Claudio Campos 2, Francisco Véliz 5, Emilio Paris 3 y Marquis Johnson 0. Coach: Jorge Luis Alvarez
Regatas de Lima: Juan Carlos Monges 17, Dequan Petty 18, Julio César Monges 18, Kenneth Whitehead 20, Rodrigo Macías 2; Daniel del Carpio 13, Enrique Hurtado 0, Roberto Puente 0 y Javier Budge 0. Coach: Javier Díaz

In the other Group A match, Provincial Llanquihue (Chile) ended at third place with a 1-2 record after defeating Regatas de Lima (Perú) 91-88. Regatas were unable to win any of their three matches and go home as well.

Group B

Guacharos de Maturin (VEN) 94 - Piratas de Bogotá (COL) 89

Guacharos: Richard Alvis 2, Elvis Montero 22, Leonardo Cappare 17, Jorge Rivera 4 and Kervin Bracho. Also played: David Cedeno 4, Jose Elias Martinez 4, Miguel Angel Marriaga 9, Peter Alexander and Victor Luces 8 points.

Piratas: David Reyes 5, Ricardo Sanz 9, Stalin Ortiz 13, John Giraldo 28 and Herb Becker 8. Also played: Johnny Tyson 11, Jairo Mendoza 3, Daniel Restrepo 8 and Rodney Hawkins 2.

Meanwhile, Group B had a different finish, with thrilling matches. Although Guacharos de Maturin (Venezuela) were able to beat Piratas de Bogotá (Colombia) 94-89 and finished with a 2-1 record, they were both eliminated of the competition.

Kervin Bracho scored 24 points and Elvis Montero added 22 more for Maturin, while the columbians were headed by John Giraldo with 28 points.

Boca Juniors (Argentina) - Uberlandia (Brazil) 94-83

Boca Juniors: Fernando Malara 14, Juan Pablo Sartorelli, Martin Leiva 16, Paolo Quinteros (185-G-79) 30 and Brown Raheim 13. Also played: Juan Pablo Rotta 4, Leandro Peralta 5, Matias Sandes 4, Lucas Ortiz, Sebastian Cesta 15 and Alejandro Burgos 4.

Uberlandia: Tony Lee Harris 8, Valter da Silva 6, Claudio Gomez 10, Joelcio Joerke 10 and Rogerio Klafke 15. Also played: Marcelo Pereira 7, Douglas Nunes, Jose Ferreira 14, Helio Garcia 10 and Luis Enrique Miranda 5.

Finally, Boca Juniors (Argentina) confirmed their recovery after a surprising defeat at the beginning of the championship. They beat Uberlandia (Brazil) 94-83 to take first place of the group and eliminate Guac