Liga de Ascenso Round 1 of Play-In

Tabare - L.Borges 63-78:
Point guard Juan Galletto (182-1996) nailed 25 points and 8 rebounds (made all of his nine free throws !!!) for the winning side and naturalized Argentinian power forward Agustin Zuvich (201-1995) accounted for 11 points and 8 rebounds. Forward Agustin Da Costa (191-1998) came up with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists and American-Bahamas forward Jonathan Augustin-Fairell (201-1993, college: Murray St.) added 11 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists respectively for Tabare in the defeat.
Top scorers:
Tabare: A.Da Costa 17+5reb+4ast, V.Geronimo 12+3reb+2ast, J.Augustin-Fairell 11+9reb+4ast, M.Tessadri 9+11reb+2ast, S.Sebastian 8+3reb+4ast, G.Brian 6+1reb+1ast
L.Borges: G.Juan 25+8reb+3ast, B.Will 16+2reb+1ast, Z.Agustin 11+8reb+2ast, A.Agustin 9+3reb, P.Nicolas 7+1reb+3ast, P.Christian 5+5reb+2ast

Urupan - Montevideo 79-82:
25 personal fouls committed by Urupan helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. Naturalized Italian forward Xavier Couste (186-1999) stepped up and scored 24 points and 8 rebounds for the winners and forward Mateo Pose (190-1994) chipped in 15 points and 6 assists. Four Montevideo players scored in double figures. At the losing side American swingman Anthony Hilliard (194-1986, college: ECSU) responded with 19 points and 6 rebounds and the other American import forward Rick Jackson (206-1989, college: Syracuse) produced a double-double by scoring 12 points and 13 rebounds. Urupan's coach rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help.
Top scorers:
Urupan: A.Hilliard 19+6reb+2ast, L.Silva 18+6reb+2ast, R.Jackson 12+13reb+1ast, J.Jones 8+5reb+2ast, S.Rocha 7+2reb+2ast, F.Izarrualde 7+1reb+1ast
Montevideo: C.Xavier 24+8reb+3ast, d.Tomas 16+5reb+3ast, P.Mateo 15+4reb+6ast, D.D'Nicolas 11+12reb+2ast, H.Jalen 9+2reb, J.Galeano 6+3reb+1ast