The leader, Gimnasia y Esgrima, from Comodoro Rivadavia obtained a resounding victory by 121 to 89 over the last, Atenas, from Córdoba, in Chubut, where the distances that exist today collectively and individually between both teams were clearly marked.
The forward of Comodoro Rivadavia’s green team, the Cuban Yoanki Mencia, became the figure and scorer of the game with a spectacular performance in which he scored 46 points.
The one that fared better than Athens went to the other Cordoba team in the tournament, Independiente (13th), who at home in Oliva beat La Unión, from Formosa (14th), 87-76.
While in Mar del Plata there was also a local victory, although closer, since the tenth in the positions, Peñarol, surpassed the fifteenth, Argentino, from Junín, by 92 to 82. The local American forward, Al Thornton, was the top scorer of the game with 25 points.
The contest will continue tomorrow with three games: Comunicaciones de Mercedes, Corrientes-Riachuelo, from La Rioja, from 9:00 p.m.; Boca Juniors-Quimsa, from Santiago del Estero, starting at 9:30 p.m., and Regatas Corrientes-Ferro Carril Oeste, at 10 p.m.
