SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO.- Instituto de Córdoba is the new Argentine basketball champion. La Gloria defeated Quimsa from Santiago del Estero by 85 to 84 in the fifth and last point of the series to the best of five games and won the final 3-2, in the duel played at the Ciudad de Santiago del Estero stadium, filled with more than 5,000 local fans who remained silent due to the conquest of the team led by luke victorian. Thus, he writes his name in the glorious pages of the National League for the first time in history.
The game, full of emotion and intensity, was not defined until the last moment. With 2.4 seconds to go, Martin Neck he made the last two free throws that gave him the definitive victory, much celebrated by all the members of the squad and coaching staff of the Cordovan team.
Matías Neck, the MVP of the final (Matias Garcia / National League /)
The MVP of the finals was Neck himself. That, in addition to a great series, he had a very good fifth game. In the game he scored 21 points, had 6 rebounds, and finished with a PIR of 23 points, in addition to scoring the two decisive free kicks for the victory, less than three seconds from the end. Obtaining this trophy allowed La Gloria to add his second conquest in the big basketball, since his promotion to the National League in 2024-2025, joining the 2020-2021 Super Tournament that he also won from the hand of his current coach Lucas Victorian.
Instituto became the 16th winner in the history of Argentine basketball. The Cordovan team joined San Andrés, Atenas, Ferro, Peñarol, Olimpia de Venado Tuerto, Boca, GEPU de San Luis, Estudiantes de Olavarría, Independiente de Pico, Ben Hur, Gimnasia de Comodoro Rivadavia, Libertad, Regatas de Corrientes, Quimsa and San Lorenzo.
