In an intense match at El Martillo, Jorge Newbery from Santiago beat Independiente 65-82 as a visitor. The figure was Carlos Infante with 23 points.
The starting point was taken by the cast from Santiago, with 8 units in the first minutes and devising the game with their effectiveness in shooting. Due to individual fouls, the locals began to add up, although Tomás Trucco and Carlos Infante entered with hot hands to shoot three and give them a 15-point lead, going into the break 9-24 for Jorge Newbery.
Independiente woke up in the second quarter with the intelligence of its captain Jorge Fares, who managed to reduce the score. Newbery did not find his game, lost balls, committed fouls, until Santucho and Rossi converted doubles. At the end, Benjamín López and Fares with their triples reduced the disadvantage, but with Rojas and Abdala scoring for the visit, they went to the break again up 31-42.
After the break, Newbery’s offenses got stronger with Trucco and Paz. “Rojo” became nervous for not making his plays while Marquetti converted from three, with a maximum difference of 20 points. In the absence of a minute of closing, he entered the local Fares and converted two doubles and the Maldonado brothers, Emiliano and Ignacio, with their points raised their team and the public in the Martillo, reducing the score to 8 units, by 52- 60.
The last quarter of the match was the most intense, comings and goings of both. The collective fouls forced the addition of Jorge Newbery with Infante and Santucho and Independiente with Fares and Jarma in their highlights. However, Carlos Cáceres’s team moved away from Rojas and Trucco to end the match 65-82, giving Jorge Newbery from Santiago del Estero the winner, as a visitor.
SYNTHESIS
Independent (65): Maldonado E. 10, Jarma 11, Palavecino I. 6, Olivera 3, López 8 (FI), Alamo 2, Zancarini 4, Fares 16, Maldonado I. 5, Miranda, Palavecino R. DT: Luciano Sarán
Jorge Newbery (82): Marquetti 11, Paz 7, Trucco 7, Rossi 7, Rojas 7 (FI), Abdala 12, Infante 23, Santucho 9, Corvalan, Orellana. DT: Carlos Caceres.
Partials: 9-24 / 22-18 / 21-18 / 13-22
Stadium: The Hammer
Source: Independent Press of Tucumán
