The “Celeste” won again at home, this time by 93 to 57 against Racing de Olavarría, and leads the Buenos Aires Zone of the Federal Basketball Tournament.
(Photo: Union press)
Union of Mar del Plata continues on the triumphal path, and this Saturday beat Racing de Olavarría with authority by 93 to 57 in “El Quincho” to reach his fifth victory consecutive and lead the Buenos Aires Zone of the Federal Basketball Tournament.
In a new presentation as a local in the stadium located in 9 de Julio at 3749, the Celeste led by coach Ezequiel Santiago Medina was again productive on offense and show a defensive solidity who overwhelms his opponents.
On this occasion, five players reached double digits: the scorer was John Ignatius Bellozas with 23 points plus 10 rebounds, followed by Martin Smith with 14 units and 7 rebounds, Thomas Quinteros with 13 points, Philip Barrionuevo who added 12 points, while the always successful Cristian Cadillac he reached 10 points and contributed 7 rebounds and 9 assists.
As for the game, Celeste took the lead at the beginning of the actions with a maximum of 12 points to go with some tranquility to the long break up 48-36. But as it happened in the last games, especially at home, when Union returned to the parquet it was a steamroller on both sides of the field. So good was his defense that the Olavarriense cast only allowed him to score 11 points in each of the last two quarters and, added to the offensive self-confidence in the decisive quarter with 30 pointssealed a resounding victory by 36 units of difference (93-57).
With this result, Unión de Mar del Plata climbed to the top of the Buenos Aires area of the Federal Tournament with a record five wins (to the thread) and just one lossin his competition debut against Racing de Olavarría (84-77), so with this victory he beat all the teams in the group: Atlético Pilar by 100 to 53, Colón by 74 to 52, Independiente by 81 to 61, to Estudiantes de La Plata by 122 to 91 and now to the Olavarriense team by 93 to 57.
The next commitment of the Mar del Plata cast will be as a visitor against Atlético Pilar.
SYNTHESIS
Union (93): Cristian Cadillac 10, Agustín Villalon 5, Juan Ignacio Varas 8, Martín Herrero 14 and Juan Ignacio Bellozas 23 (FI); Tomás Quinteros 13, Matías Carneglia 6, Felipe Barrionuevo 12, Juan Cruz Bourdal 2 and Gian Luca Rossi 0. DT: Ezequiel Santiago Medina.
Olavarria Racing (57): Nicolás Lorenzo 14, Sebastián Dupin 3, Gianluca Nolasco 9, Gonzalo Alonso 0 and Martín Delgado 14 (FI); Tomás Mondini 8, Mateo Castagno 0, Federico Vázquez 0, Hernán Romero 7, Iván Leal 3 and Francisco Fornes 0. DT: Matías Orlando.
Partials: 26-18, 22-18 (48-36); 15-11 (63-47) and 30-11 (93-58)
Referees: Eduardo Ferreyra and Santiago López Hoyos.
Stadium: “The Quincho”.
