The “Milrayitas” did not have its best night and was beaten in the Fortín de las Morochas by 92 to 66. With this victory, the Juninense cast was saved from relegation.
(Photo: Argentine press from Junín)
Already with the direct passage to the quarterfinals of the playoffs of the National Basketball League, Penarol of Mar del Plata began his last mini-tour, which consists of two games, and this Saturday he had a hard defeat by 92 to 66 in hands of Argentinian from Junin at the Fortín de las Morochas stadium.
With this loss, the Milrayitas reaches a record 24 wins and 13 lossesnumbers that in the absence of a match to close the regular stage do fall to fourth place in the table, behind Quimsa (29-8), Gimnasia de Comodoro Rivadavia (25-12) and Instituto de Córdoba (24-13). It is worth mentioning that the Cordovan cast has an advantage over Mar del Plata since they beat him in both games of the season.
Beyond Peñarol’s defeat, the great novelty of the meeting was that with the victory, Argentino from Junín made sure play one more season in the National League basketball It is that with a record of 14-23, it is impossible for Unión de Santa Fe (13-23) and Hispano Americano (11-26) to reach it, so these two teams will play loa playoffs for permanence and one of these will descend to the Argentine League.
As for the match, the local cast started better against the team led by Leandro Ramella who could not find an answer in either of the two hoops. So much so that the greatest difference became 16 points (45-29)in a second room in which the Milrayitas received 27 points.
In a start to the third quarter with a low level on both sides, the one who did business was Argentine, who took 17 difference (53-36) in four minutes. But then it appeared in all its splendor Panamanian Carlos Rodriguez Conner, who with 15 points in a few minutes stretched the lead to 25 (66-41). The chicharra found those led by Eduardo Japez in front by the same distance, 77-52.
Already with the great advantage that they took in the first 30 minutes, the locals controlled the game beyond an initial run of 0-7 by the visiting side. Finally it was 92 to 66. The last game of Peñarol de Mar del Plata before the quarterfinals of the playoffs It will be against Unión de Santa Fe, on Monday from 9:00 p.m.
SYNTHESIS
Argentine from Junin (92): Juan Cangelosi 7, Carlos Rodríguez Conner 20, Jonatan Slider 7, Thomas Cooper 25 and Robert Daniels 4 (FI); Juan Ignacio Rodríguez Suppi 5, Pablo Alderete 5, Enzo Filipetti 12, Mauro Araujo 5, Santiago Capelli 2 and Agustín Cavallin 0. DT: Eduardo Japez.
Penarol (66): Bruno Sansimoni 4, Carlos Buemo 5, Tomás Monacchi 4, Tevin Glass 7 and Phillip Lockett 7 (FI); Joaquín Valinotti 2, Al Thornton 14, Federico Marín 8, Facundo Tolosa 5, Nicolás Franco 10 and Ignacio Bednarek 0. DT: Leandro Ramella.
Partials: 18-12; 27-19 (45-31); 32-21 (77-52) y 15-14 (92-66).
Referees: P. Estevez, D. Molina and G. Tarifa.
Estadio: The Fort of the Morochas.
