The Federal Basketball League advances at full speed in the South Division and the Neuquén teams demonstrate their firepower with important victories that allow them to climb up the standings. With almost a quarter of the regular phase disputed, appear the candidates to keep the first four places that they will keep the direct tickets to the playoffs.
on monday night Zorros de San Martín (2-2), Centro Español de Plottier (4-1) and Pérfora de Plaza Huincul (3-2) prevailed over the Chubut cast as locals with extensive results and promise to fight in a very even conference.
El Torito gave an account of Ferro de Madryn (2-5) by a comfortable 92 to 74 and consolidates at the top of the table. With five players over ten points, the led by Patricio Denegri they reaped their fourth win. Mario Sepúlveda and Leandro Tapia were the top scorers with 17 points each.
The victory over the Chubutenses allowed those from Plottier to equal the record of Independiente (4-1) at the top of the South Division. Of course it is Red has a slight advantage in forecasts since they not only beat Centro as a visitor, but also three of his victories occurred during the tour on Chubut soilwhere he set the bar very high for his regional competitors.
Even so, Spanish shows signs of being a solid cast. The experience of the Sepúlveda brothers both in the perimeter and in the painted area, together David Oviedo at the base and the freshness of the youngsters makes them a fearsome teamwho dreams of being one of the four teams that will avoid reclassification.
Pérfora, for its part, has already left doubts behind from the start of the championship and authoritatively imposed Brown de Madryn (3-3) by 86 to 64, thanks to an excellent last quarter. Ignacio Claris, with 21 points, and Octavo Cancellarich, with 16 points, were the highlights of Verde, who also had the great contribution of Leo Catelotti in the low post.
Those of Plaza Huincul add two defeats, one of them involuntary due to a technical error on the clock of 24 in a home game against Spanish, but Little by little, he adds filming in the contest and, as usual, he manages to become strong in the Malvinas Islands. from Barrio Uno, a redoubt where visitors are usually forced to make a perfect game to steal the win.
After his first experience in the category last year, Zorros de San Martín seems to have learned from its mistakes and already has two victories so far in the contest, by the hand of Emanuel Beltrán. In the victory over Racing de Trelew (0-4) by 110 to 89the intern was intractable and invoiced 42 points.
Unlike the previous season, now the cordilleranos fight on any field. In addition to Beltrán, Esteban Paganini makes his contribution from the perimeter and the youth players Thiago Serna and Tomás Djederenjian play better every daywhich makes them a rival to be reckoned with in the South Division.
In addition to the good moment of Spanish, Zorros, Pérfora and Independiente, Neuquén has the only undefeated player in the Conference: Pacífico (4-0), that this long weekend of carnival did not have action but in the first passages of the season it already showed its excellent level. He comes from being a Pre-Federal champion, he kept the base and as the matches go by, he strengthens his game.
Biguá (2-2), meanwhile, had an irregular start and it’s still settling into the season, while Tanker (0-5) does not raise his head and it is one of the two casts that still does not know the victory in the contest.
The rio Negros, for their part, also promise to be entertainers of the Division. Until now Unión de Río Colorado (3-3) is one of the surprises. Five of the six games he played were as visitors, with two wins in Chubut. The only one who played at home won and, Despite being a rookie in the category, it is already something to talk about.
Deportivo Roca (2-1) is the only team that barely played three games. They won the two that they played at home, while in their first outing they knew defeat. Despite the little filming, Sebastián García’s teams always get into the discussion and in this 2023 it will not be the exception.
The table of positions of the South Division
