SAN LORENZO-LA UNION
Hour: 20.00 TV: Basketball Pass
Referees: Alexander Chiti, Albert Ponzo and Raul Lawrence.
Estadio: Roberto Pando (CABA).
Record: They met 3 times with 2 victories for Unión and 1 for San Lorenzo. Both teams have already met this season and the victory was for Tatengue by 90 to 79.
streaks: San Lorenzo (6-25 record) will need to quickly change its profile, end the losing streak and return to victory. It comes from losing in 4 of its last 5 games, with defeats against Riachuelo (83-70) and (91-83), Olímpico (88-63) and Quimsa (99-69). He stagnated since the beginning of March in the batch of six wins and some other people’s results seem to be condemning him to play for permanence. He ranks 19th.
La Unión (14-17 record) is looking for a quick recovery, remembering that it has just lost at home to Quimsa and against Ferro at the start of its current tour that includes stops in Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata. The U won 2 of the last 5 they played, dropped one place in the table (14th), but they must continue winning to access the first instance of the playoffs.
OBERÁ – OLYMPIC
Hour: 21.00 TV: Basketball Pass
Referees: Pablo Estevez, Enrique Cáceres and Leonardo Mendoza.
Estadio: Luis Augusto Derna (Obera, Misiones).
Record: Se they measured 5 times in La Liga, with three victories for Olímpico and two for Oberá. In this 2022/23 they already collided, it was on February 15 with a 77-74 win for Celeste.
streaks: Celeste, who is fourth, arrives with a 22-11 record, after the victory against Peñarol by 90 to 81.
With this victory, Oberá climbed a step in the general standings, now he is fourth and playing against a direct rival in his aspirations, so winning tonight will be crucial to continue fueling his confidence and his success rate ahead of the playoffs.
Olímpico, for its part, ranks 6th with 19 games won and 11 lost. El Negro bandeño comes from losing to Comu at the start of his tour. Leo Gutiérrez’s men have the objective of qualifying directly for the playoffs and today they will have the possibility of having a one-on-one against a direct rival.
IRON – INSTITUTE
Hour: 22.00 TV: Directv.
Referees: Fernando Sampietro, Rodrigo Castillo and Pedro Hoyo.
Estadio: Hector Etchart (CABA).
Record: They met a total of 11 times in the National League, with 8 wins for Instituto and 3 for Ferro. In that season they met on November 2, 2022 with a victory for Gloria at home by 83-65.
streaks: Acid test tonight at Etchart where Oeste has an unbeatable opportunity to receive the National League leader. From 10 pm, Ferro receives Instituto de Córdoba, with the great desire to win today and continue climbing the standings for the Playoffs of the tournament.
The team led by Federico Fernández comes from defeating Ciclista Olímpico, Atenas and La Unión. In this way, Oeste will try to add the eleventh victory in Etchart.
Instituto is the great rival to be beaten by all the teams, since it is the one that leads the position table of the National League. With a mark of 24 wins and 5 losses, they come from matching their best historic winning streak in the League: 11 in a row. However, it was cut off playing as a visitor: against Argentino in Junín, this being the Achilles heel of the team led by coach Lucas Victoriano.
The particular thing about the Cordovan team is that four of the five losses were away, thus presenting greater vulnerability away from home: they lost to San Martín (in Corrientes); Quimsa (in Santiago de Estero); Olympic cyclist (in La Banda) and Argentine (in Junín). The remaining game that they lost was against Obras, surprisingly, at the Ángel Sandrin, being the only loss registered at home in the entire tournament.
