Those of Ramos Mejía with several scoring hands climbed to second place in the area by winning as visitors by 86-73. Quercetti was the top scorer with 19.
With a lot of scoring power near the baskets, Estudiantes Porteño built a fundamental victory in their aspirations, with the trio Quercetti, Pagano and Pérez Ondarts as the main figures. On the Globo side, he did not reach Ortega’s goals with 23 and 7 triples.
From the initial jump, Porteño imposed conditions with a lot of play in the paint, while Huracán bet on the speed of its perimeter with Mansilla (5) as the flag bearer. Quercetti (9) responded on the other side to put the first advantages for the visit (24-15) at the end of the segment.
In the second chapter, the defenses became strong and it was difficult to score. Pérez Ondarts (9) was lethal in the paint to stretch distances for Piputto’s men. Good income from Eijo (6) to give a breath of fresh air to those led by Mansilla and leave the score closed (35-28) at halftime in favor of Porteño.
After the long break, the Globe came out revitalized with Ortega (8) on fire from 6.75 to approach a possession (46-49) from there the figure of Pagano (9) would emerge to once again put the balance in favor of the de Ramos Mejía and remained in control 61-53 at the close of the third.
In the last ten, the tone of the meeting did not change. Huracán tried to impose a dizzying pace, trying to run and shoot in the first few seconds. Porteño, meanwhile, with patience and putting the ball near the basket. Ortega (9) continued punishing from 6.75, but the damage was already irreversible. Between Quercetti, Pagano and Pérez Ondarts they had a feast in the paint to withstand the attacks of the local and calmly close 86-73 in the electronic.
SYNTHESIS
HURRICANE (73): Mansilla 6, Abalo 10, Ligotti 6, Prieto 0, Vieites 4 (fi) Ortega 23, Eijo 13, J. Sánchez 9, Trovato 3, B. Sánchez; DT: Ariel Mansilla
PORTEÑO (86): Elesgaray 5, Siniuk 13, Quercetti 19, Pérez Ondarts 17, Pagano 17 (fi) Weiter 8, Burrone 4, Arena 3; DT: Daniel Piputto
Referees: Di Lernia and Diorsi
Partial (15-24, 13-11, 25-26 and 20-25).
Source: San Justo Hurricane Press
Photo: Luciano Uriarte
