Regatas achieved a fantastic victory on the road to continue adding in the National Basketball League. Fernando Rivero’s team came back from behind against Unión in Santa Fe by defeating it 84-83. The “ghosts” overcame three unfavorable segments to add their seventh win in the 2022/23 regular season. The foreigner Charles Hinkle stood out with 26 points, escorted by Juan Pablo Arengo with 17 and Mogga Lado (14).
The first 10 minutes were even but Unión had a better effectiveness to take the fourth 25-21. With a 5-0 run, the locals were close to achieving a double-digit difference to consolidate their predominance (30-21). The “rower” from Corrientes had his reaction by gaining points on the line to break the drought (30-23).
In the rotation, Rodney Green and Alejandro Diez added more minutes to oxygenate the team at a difficult time. With a collective improvement, Regatas grew in several aspects to get closer on the scoreboard (37-34). When the cast from Corrientes was approaching equality, José Ignacio Alessio broke through with a three-pointer (41-39) to help Unión close this segment on top (43-39).
The third quarter had one more march in the first minutes, with Regatas remaining one possession away (45-42). With drive, the “rower” was lowering the rival and went to the front by the minimum (50-49) with five minutes to play in this chapter of the match. In a difficult moment, Unión was rescued with the outside shot and the line to reverse and take the lead ahead of the climax (66-60). In the initial blow by blow of the fourth quarter, Unión obtained more profit with its inmates to reach double digits (72-62). Regatas did not give up and had a fantastic reaction (22-11 run) to narrow it down and then win it by the minimum (84-83).
Complete against Independent
Regatas Corrientes will close the visiting tour and the year tomorrow. His last rival in this part of the 2022/23 regular phase will be Independiente de Oliva, whom he will face from 7:30 p.m.
LDD: the “ghost” won
The youth squad of Regatas Corrientes added a great victory in the Development League. The “rowers” beat Union in Santa Fe 75-73 to start a new tour on the right foot. Tobías Franchela was the winner’s scorer with 22 points. The team led by Fernando Calvi achieved its tenth victory in the contest, in which it fell three times.
