The Puntanos beat Banco Rioja 67-76 and added a new victory on the route, after the one achieved days ago against Riojano as a visitor. Bruno Pérez (20) was the scorer.
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Pedernera Unidos won its third match in just four days. EW was first on Friday at home against Amancay (80-73), the next as a visitor to Riojano, on Sunday, by 67-77, and the latter was also in Rioja, against Banco (67-76), on Tuesday night. evening. In this way, they consolidated at the top of the Cuyo Division with eight wins and one loss.
At the beginning of the first quarter, the young banking team, with a lot of defensive intensity, was able to make a small difference of 11-4. That forced Lobito Fernández to look for answers on the substitute bench and be able to close the first quarter by winning 20-18.
Already for the second set, and managing the game better, GEPU rediscovered its identity and increased its volume of play, which led them to get a difference of seven points. The San Luis team went into the break winning 37-31.
During halftime, a tribute was paid to former Banco Rioja players who participated in the match played between the two institutions in July 1989, in which the Riojans won 104-106, a precedent to when League B was played.
Returning from the locker room, GEPU found effectiveness from behind the three-point line. In addition, managing the inside game, against the defense proposed by bank coach Ulises Chiavassa, they managed to make a difference of ten (47-57) ahead of the final ten minutes of the game.
At the end of the last quarter, a comeback from the green team. put the team led by Fernandez in a tight spot, which with four minutes remaining in the match, lost by one point. The inexperience of the young banking team, added to the consolidation of the game that the visiting team showed throughout the game, made the cast of San Luis rise with its third consecutive victory by 76-67.
Source: Banco Rioja Press.
