Unión beat Estudiantes de La Plata 91-84 on the last date of the Foursquare M of the Quarterfinals of the Federal Tournament but said goodbye to the competition. Great season of the “Celeste”.
Unión and Estudiantes de La Plata met on the last date of the Quadrangular M of the quarterfinals of the Federal Tournament knowing that it was their last game of the season, after seeing how Zárate Basket beat Pergamino Básquet 76-73, giving him the ticket Zarateños and Pergaminenses to the semifinals.
The local with Agustín Bualó and Francisco Piñero as scoring cards tried to impose their game. The visit, with a more distributed goal, played him on an equal footing. So were the initial 10 minutes stick by stick, blow by blow and with a score something and matched at 26.
The second round had a higher turnover in both teams. The visit with patience and some quick attacks was slipping away on the scoreboard. The good income of Yarza and Castro from the substitute bench came to give an advantage of 8 points (50-42) but a bombing of Valentín Burgos from his own field left the local 5 down when he went to the long break.
Upon returning from the locker room, Unión returned with everything and continued with the clean and jerk of Burgos’ triple. With a couple of bombs from the point guard and Coco Piñero, the locals again took command on the scoreboard (54-52) in 2 minutes of play. The visit with Sartorelli and Bruno did not allow the “celeste” to escape and thus reach the final ten minutes equaled in 68.
With a younger team, Union began to run the court more and was met with a great performance by Lucio Haag. The Necochense, Argentine U19 2018 champion, led the local with a partial 10-0 to escape on the scoreboard and give him air for the end. The coaches began to give the youth minutes and with 2 minutes to go, there was a very emotional moment: Sartorelli left the court for the last time in his career and received the ovation of all those present.
In this way, Mar del Plata and La Plata said goodbye to the Federal Tournament among the best 16 in the country.
SYNTHESIS
Union (91): Burgos 12, Bualó 15, Varas 0, Piñero 14, Cerone 11 (FI) Lofrano 2, Haag 14, Gomez Colloca 4, Bellozas 13, Carneglia 0, Quinteros 6, Silber 0 DT: Santiago Medina.
Student (84): Sartorelli 5, Mazza 5, Pagella 2, Bruno 18, Vallejos 8 (FI) Fabris 0, García 3, Castro 12, Ambrogetti 7, Fuentes 5, Yarza 19, Vallejos L. 0 DT: López
Partial: 26-26,45-50, 68-68.
Stadium: El Quincho.
Referees: Carlos Herrera, Franco Anselmo and Franco Buscaglia.
Fountain: Press Club Unión de Mar del Plata.
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