Aguada defeated Defensor Sporting with authority 81-69 on the Welcome field at the beginning of the 14th date of the Uruguayan Basketball League, the first stage corresponding to the second round of the contest.
Without Theo Metzger, who suffered a stress fracture of the tibia and who will be absent until February, or Leandro Cerminato, also injured, Aguada had a Facundo Medina in a state of grace: he scored 20 points and made 4 of 5 triples.
The Dominican Eloy Vargas continues at a high level with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Juan Santiso led the assists category with 5 also scoring 13 goals.
Orlando Johnson contributed 14 points and Anthony Young 13. From the bench, only Agustín Zuvich scored, 8 points.
At Defensor Sporting, Shane Gibson was the top scorer with 19 goals.
For Aguada, the game had the added value of achieving it without its fans, since for security reasons it was only played with the local public.
See the complete statistics of the match.
| regular phase | PTS | PJ | PG | PP | GF | GC | DIF |
| biguá | 21 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1028 | 974 | 54 |
| watery | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1081 | 1031 | 50 |
| Goes | 20 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 990 | 985 | 5 |
| Hebrew Maccabi | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1020 | 955 | 65 |
| Trouville | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1049 | 1056 | -7 |
| Larre Borges | 18 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 975 | 982 | -7 |
| Malvín | 18 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 965 | 968 | -3 |
| National | 18 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 963 | 955 | 8 |
| Defensor Sporting | 17 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 978 | 1048 | -70 |
| Urupan | 16 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 962 | 974 | -12 |
| Olympiad | 16 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 869 | 933 | -64 |
| Urunday University | 15 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 918 | 955 | -37 |
| Penarol* | 14 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 942 | 924 | 18 |
| * Removes 5 points |
Those who are located from first to fifth place will qualify directly to the playoffs to play the quarterfinals.
Those five teams are for now the champion Biguá, Goes, Aguada, Hebraica Macabi and Trouville.
Those who are in positions from sixth to 11th place will play a play-in with series to the best of five games that will start with a sporting advantage (1-0) for those who are higher up in the table.
The last two will go directly to the descent.
the 14th date
Defender Sporting 69-81 Aguada
Goes-Trouville, Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., in Goes
Larre Borges-Hebraica Macabi, Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., in Larre Borges
Malvín-Urunday Universitario, Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., in Malvín
Peñarol-Urupan, Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., at the Peñarol Palace
Olympia-National, Wednesday, 9:00 p.m., in Olympia
