Corrientes Básquet once again confirmed its great start to the season in the Women’s League and chained another victory. It was the fourth in a row, against Obras by 60 to 44. Shooting guard Sofía Cabrera was one of Corrientes’ top figures, standing out with a complete performance that yielded 21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals.
The women from Buenos Aires started converting from the hand of Belén Echeverría (three units and six boards), who contributed her firmness in the paint.
In any case, Renato Novatti’s responded through their defensive intensity, recovering four balls and causing six losses to the rival. Aldana Duarte (four) and Sofía Cabrera (three) led the action to end the first quarter up 9-7.
The Aurinegras counted in the second period with the actions of Echeverría (ten goals), Tapari and Bourgarel (four each). However, Corrientes Básquet continued to profit from stealing the ball because they finished the first half with eleven. Likewise, the contributions of Cabrera (twelve), Murphy and Duarte (both with six) caused their team to finish the first half with a 30-20 lead.
In the third episode, Obras made shots in the paint (32 points in total), in order to try to reduce the disadvantage. However, the Corrientes kept the distance through Cabrera’s ERA (21, four rebounds, four assists and two recoveries) and a triple over Acevedo’s closing chapter (three). Thus, they entered the final eight minutes in front by 46 to 31.
Núñez’s team rotated during the last segment, and had the contributions of Tapari (six goals) and Bourgarel (nine). Anyway, Corrientes Básquet kept the defensive effort recovering 15 balls and causing 3 losses to the opponents. With this result, Obras was left with a record of two wins and two losses in the regular phase. This Sunday, March 6, there will be a new performance in front of Ferrocarril Oeste, at El Templo del Rock.
FEMALE MAXI FINALS
Clubs from Santiago del Estero, Misiones, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Chaco, Corrientes (Capital, Monte Caseros, Goya and Saladas), are participating in a women’s basketball tournament in the Maxi category, and it is for solidarity purposes due to the fire emergency that crosses the province.
The competition began this Saturday and continued yesterday with the group stages and preliminary instances.
From the organization, Alicia Ortiz, thanked the Governor Gustavo Valdés and the Secretary of Sports, Jorge Terrile, for the sponsorships and collaboration to make this Women’s Maxi Basketball Tournament possible. She commented that the participants and companions were asked to collaborate with bottles of water ore that will be delivered to the Corrientes Fire Department. The finals will be played today. s
Now, Corrientes will have a home run in Santiago Del Estero against Quimsa, Riachuelo and Catamarca Basket.
