With two games, the 13th date of the Uruguayan Basketball League closed on Monday, the last of the first round of the contest.
In Missions Square, Hebraica Macabi achieved a victory against Goes, by 102-84, which left him tied for third place with Aguada and Trouville.
Luciano Parodi, who started the season injured and who has been one of the great figures of the tournament since he started playing, scored 25 points and provided nine assists.
Despite the defeat, Goes is second after the first round.
See the complete statistics of the match,
In the other party Peñarol defeated Urunday Universitario 88-83 in overtime after absorbing in the final minute and 20 seconds a disadvantage that already seemed indisputable.
Salvador Zanotta was huge with 29 points, six assists and five rebounds.
With the victory, Peñarol continues last but is one point behind Urunday Universitario. Both occupy the two relegation places for El Metro 2023.
It should be remembered that the aurinegro began the season with five points removed due to various incidents committed by his partiality last season in which he finished vice-champion.
See the complete statistics of the match.
On Sunday, Biguá had beaten Aguada 94-93 at home to consolidate his first place.
On Friday, Larre Borges beat Nacional 94-92, Trouville beat Defensor Sporting 89-77 and Olimpia beat Urupan 80-75.
This is how the position table was:
Equipment | PTS | PJ | PG | PP | GF | GC | DIF |
biguá | 21 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1028 | 974 | 54 |
Goes | 20 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 990 | 985 | 5 |
watery | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1000 | 962 | 38 |
Hebrew Maccabi | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1020 | 955 | 65 |
Trouville | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1049 | 1056 | -7 |
Larre Borges | 18 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 975 | 982 | -7 |
Malvín | 18 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 965 | 968 | -3 |
National | 18 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 963 | 955 | 8 |
Urupan | 16 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 962 | 974 | -12 |
Olympiad | 16 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 869 | 933 | -64 |
Defensor Sporting | 16 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 909 | 967 | -58 |
Urunday University | 15 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 918 | 955 | -37 |
Penarol | 14 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 942 | 924 | 18 |
Those who are located from first to fifth place will qualify directly to the playoffs to play the quarterfinals.
Those five teams are for now the champion Biguá, Goes, Aguada, Hebraica Macabi and Trouville.
Those who are in positions from sixth to 11th place will play a play-in with series to the best of five games that will start with a sporting advantage (1-0) for those who are higher up in the table.
This is how the 14th date will be played
Defensor Sporting-Aguada, Wednesday, 8:15 p.m., in Welcome
Goes-Trouville, Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., in Goes
Larre Borges-Hebraica Macabi, Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., in Larre Borges
Malvín-Urunday Universitario, Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., in Malvín
Peñarol-Urupan, Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., at the Peñarol Palace
Olympia-National, Wednesday, 9:00 p.m., in Olympia
In Aguada he will not play Theo Metzger who suffered a stress fracture of the tibia. He will be out for eight weeks.
The Puerto Rican David Huertas will no longer be in Peñarol, whose continuity is being analyzed for January.
The foreigners begin to leave to spend the Christmas holidays with their families and return in the first days of 2023. This period of the League is always prolific in changes of foreigners.