With his victory last night at his own home against a tough BBC Indian from Catamarca by 87 to 84, the Caudillo managed to close his classification to the playoffs and aspires to achieve direct passage to the next round.
Facundo took a long-suffering match (in fact, all the ones achieved in the season were) since he was only able to take command of the scoreboard with the remainder of just under 2 minutes to go.
Based on a very good reading of the game by “Nacho” Solohaga and a great effectiveness from the outside zone, El Sagrado de Catamarca was already winning 22-9 at 2:41 to start. At that moment, Pedro Carrizo entered, with 8 Pts in a row and several recoveries conquered, he was able to sustain Verde to remain down 26-18 as the final trace of the first quarter.
In the second boy, betting on the same recipe and already with the veteran Gabriel Mirolo on the court plus the contribution in both windows of Struciat, the Catamarcans persisted dominating the game times to win the partial 22 to 18 and thus stamp a “worrying “48 to 36 in his favor, on the way to the long break.
During the third segment and due to the lack of long-distance effectiveness, Facundo bet on the manifest pre-eminence in size of Barrionuevo, Velázquez and/or Carrizo in “congestion zone” to take the aerial battle 41 to 28 and in the process load the quota of personalities of the great rivals. Thus, he won the segment 24-23 and barely narrowed the gap from 71 to 60, in favor of the visit.
The defining fourth showed the dominant Caudillo, confident and with the flow of character necessary to go on to command. As his rival lost soldiers for five fouls (Gabriel Mirolo and Exequiel Rubio), the local established his authority before his people and with an 8m missile from Emiliano Cancina he went ahead 83 to 82 to rest of 1: 44. Added to this was an excellent defense by Lauti Velázquez against Sequeira (forcing him to go around the field) and after two new effective offensives via Barrionuevo (23 Pts, 13 Rebounds, 1 Assist and 1 Recovery), one of them with a dunk included guaranteed victory.
For the end, with Girón conquering 2 of 2 from the single line after an unsportsmanlike foul by the local emblem Juan Rama (8 Pts, 6 Rebounds and 5 Assists) the “Sagrado” was left with the definition, with 4 seconds to play and down by 3 on the scoreboard. Facundo then rehearsed his best defense of the night against the rival snipers, managing that Solohaga’s shot did not even touch the rim, to celebrate the victory. Now yes, letting off steam from so much suffering and finally winning 87 to 84.
“La Caldera Verde” Stadium (Club Facundo)
Referees: Sebastián Gauna (Tucumán) and Francisco Bataller (San Juan).
Partials: 18-26; 18-22; 24-23; 27-13
Source: Facundo Press of La Rioja
