The Mar del Plata cast outplayed the Mercedes team from start to finish and won 84 to 68. On Wednesday from 9 pm the year closed at home against Quimsa.
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Seamless and from start to finish, Peñarol was much more than his rival and this Monday he won por 84 a 68 in view of Mercedes Communications at the Malvinas Islands Sports Center in Mar del Plata within the framework of a new date of the National Basketball League.
After a perfect tour where it was brought three wins in the same number of presentations (one in Formosa and two in Corrientes), on this day the Milrayitas added his fourth consecutive win so that it accumulates in the season a record of 7 wins and 5 falls.
The great scorer of the game was the foreigner Tevin Glass with 21 points, in addition to capturing 9 rebounds. The other determining players were Tomás Monacchi with 18 points and 6 rebounds (he played most of the game) and Joaquín Valinotti with 17 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.
For this game, coach Leandro Ramella did not count due to injury with two of his top scorers and experienced players as they are Federico Marín and Al Thornton. Faced with these sensitive casualties, the team set a goal to be unbearable and supportive in defense and this worked out well for him throughout most of the game.
At the beginning of the first quarter the defensive task was so good that the Milrayitas took out a maximum of 12 points (16-4), with determining contributions from Tevin Glass, which this Monday returned to ownership due to the loss of Thornton and Valinotti that from the bench gave Sansimoni rest and added 10 points and 3 assists in the first half to go to the long rest up 41-29.
Around the game rectangle, the third quarter was divided into three. Comunicaciones regained the lead and got closer to 6 points in just a handful of minutes, although Peñarol got answers there with Monacchi and Glass as flagships and again stretched the lead to 12 points. Likewise, and after a time-out requested by Hernán Laginestra, Comunicaciones, with Jordan Adams and Luciano Guerra who scored 10 and 8 points respectively, closed it better to win the chapter 25-19 and go to the decisive quarter down only for 6 units (60-54)
But in the last chapter of the night, the aggressive defense both in the front row and in the painted area and added to the warm hands of Valinotti and Monacchi, they made the Mercedes team fail to get excited about the passing of the actions. Peñarol flowed and took out a new maximum of 19 points (77-58) that was irreversible. Finally it was 84-68 for the Mar del Plata cast to accumulate its fourth consecutive victory.
The Wednesday from 21 will dispute your last game of the year, before the mighty Quimsa from Santiago del Estero at the Malvinas Islands Sports Center for a new date of the regular stage of the National Basketball League.
SYNTHESIS
Peñarol (84): Bruno Sansimoni 5, Carlos Buemo 9, Tomás Monacchi 18, Phillip Lockett 10 and Tevin Glass 21 (FI); Joaquín Valinotti 17, Lucas Gorosterrazú0, Joaquín Cabrera 0 Tomás Framiñan 0, Nicolás Franco 4 and Lucas Anegon 0. DT: Leandro Ramella.
Communications (68): Alejandro Konsztadt 2, Luciano Guerra 10, Jordan Adams 23, Alejandro Diez 14 and Brandon Peterson 10 (FI); Mose Greenwood 3, Matías Núñez 0, Lucas Gargallo 6, Francisco Llanos 0 and Lucas Mercandino 0. DT: Hernán Laginestra.
Partial: 20-9; 21-20 (41-29); 19-25 (60-54) and 24-14 (84-68)
Referees: Alejandro Chiti, Daniel Rodrigo and Emanuel Sánchez.
Stadium: Malvinas Islands Sports Center.
