SACHAM 2006 - Gameday 1: Catolica destroys Guerreros, Boca and Universo win

Fredrik Hahne

Barquisimeto, Venezuela - In the first gameday of the 2006 South American Clubs Championship, it was a storm and rainy day in the city, as it was also for the host team, Guerreros de Lara (Venezuela), who surprisingly lost to Universidad Catolica (Chile), 77-72, in a historical day for the visitors at Domo Boliviariano of Barquisimeto, Venezuela.



Meanwhile, Boca Juniors (Argentina) came back from a bad start to comfortably defeat Deportivo San Jose (Paraguay), 78-62, and Universo BRB (Brasil) prooved their intentions of being champions by sweeping the current champions of Argentina, Gimnasia y Esgrima Comodoro Rivadavia, in a thrilling 90-81.



Boca Juniors (ARG) 78 - Deportivo San Jose (PAR) 62



Quarter by quarter

BOCA: 16+19+30+13= 78

DSA: 20+13+13+16= 62



Scorers

Boca (78): Julian Aprea 0, Raymundo Legaria 7, Lucas Ortiz 9, Martin Miner 0, Matias Fioretti 4, Luis Cequeira 6, Leonardo Gutierrez 13, Martin Leiva 14, Gustavo Orona 5, Lazaro Borrell 8, Maurice Spillers 12.

Head coach: Eduardo Cadillac



San Jose (62): Roberto Amaro 10, Gustavo Torres 0, Carlos Jorge Riveros 15,