Biguá defeated Trouville 98-83 at Palacio Peñarol in the second game of the semifinals of the Uruguayan Basketball League, leaving the series 2-0, just one win away from qualifying for the final.
On Monday, at the Antel Arena, Biguá had comfortably won 103-93, after having taken an advantage of up to 22 points.
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Luis Santos attacks Bowman Jr.
The series are the best of five games.
The first quarter was much more even than that of the first point, where Biguá immediately marked the court to red.
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Federico Soto, captain of Trouville
This time, with Dwayne Davis on fire from the start, the first quarter only determined an advantage of one point for Pato, the defending champion of the contest.
With a better closing in the second, that advantage stretched to five points.
Donald Sims had 17 points and Martín Rojas, while Tyler Harris had 15 in the red.
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Donald Sims, a relentless scorer
The end of the first half ended hot.
Donald Sims celebrated a great goal passing near the Trouville bench, which was understood by coach Marcelo Signorelli as a provocation.
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Marcelo Signorelli, got angry with Sims and Loriente
Later, the coach exchanged words with Iván Loriente who went to recriminate him and that cost him a grumbling from his captain, Santiago Vidal.
The tension then moved to the factions that in the rematch of the regular phase had already had problems in a game that ended in incidents and with Victor Rudd suspended.
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Trouville fans in their centenary year
The third quarter was even again (23-23), but there the level of Luis Santos increased superlatively, a player that Trouville has no way to defend, due to the characteristics of his foreigners.
Santos finished as the night’s top scorer with 27 points and also had 10 rebounds.
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Diego Cal and Nicolás Mazzarino making adjustments
Sims, as usual, played remarkably well with 26 points, 11 assists and 7 rebounds.
Pepo Vidal continues at a brilliant level with 9 assists and a lot of goals: 20 units.
Biguá did not need a great game from Rudd who left with 7 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.
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Pepo Vidal attacking the hoop
Harris, who did not score a single point in the entire second half, finished as Trouville’s scorer with 15 points along with Federico Soto.
The red suffered the exit due to two technical fouls by Dwayne Davis in two minutes of the last quarter and that factor was also decisive for the result and the final difference of 15 points.
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Biguá fans in the Palace
The match
First quarter: Biguá 24-23
Second quarter: Biguá 51-46
Third quarter: Biguá 74-69
Final: Bigua 98-83
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