Club Domingo Paulino (CDP) defeated Club Pueblo Nuevo 99-93 and continues its goal of obtaining a qualifying ticket, and in its wake eliminated the Pueblo Nuevo team after its fourth loss in a row and placed its record at 2-7, in the first game of the day this Friday in the continuation of the regular series of the Superior de Santiago Tournament 43, which has a special dedication to the administrative minister of the presidency José Ignacio Paliza, In-Memoriam José Bombo Abreu and in which play the Banreservas Cup.
CDP started winning the last quarter 74-64, however Pueblo Nuevo held a 20-6 rally in the first five minutes to take the lead after TV time CDP recovered and took control of the game, holding another 19-rally. 9 to get the win.
For the representative of the Gardens with a two-win streak to place his record at 4-5, the best scorers Adrís de León with 27 points and nine assists, Daniel Samuel added 22 points with eight rebounds, Billy Preston contributed 18 points with seven rebounds, and Jensi Jiménez added 11 points with three assists and two rebounds.
For Pueblo Nuevo Ronald Tineo scored 20 points with six rebounds and three assists, New Williams 15 points with three rebounds equal number of assists and four turnovers, Bryan Martínez scored 10 points with nine rebounds and four assists and Adonis López eight points with 11 rebounds and two assists.
In the CDP comparison, in points in losses they surpassed their opponents 30-9, in counterattack 26-19 and points in the paint 44-42.
Those led by Joel Feliz dominated the first half 49-34, managing to win the first two quarters 27-24 and 22-10, to go to the halftime break with a 15-point advantage, with the American Daniel Samuel being the most prominent in the offense with 14 points and seven rebounds backed by Billy Preston and Adrís de León with 10 points each, Preston grabbed four rebounds and de León had six assists.
For the Bay in that first half they stood out, New Williams with nine points and two rebounds, Yeison Rivera and Bryant Martínez with six units each, Martínez make seven boards and conceded two assists.
In that part of the match, the CDP shot for 46.2% from the field and those from Pueblo Nuevo for 35.3%. The CDP also dominated the percentage of shots from three shooting for. 42.1%, where those from Bahía shot 20.1%, in free throws the Metropolitans shot 83.3% and Pueblo Nuevo shot a lousy 54.4%, this last team dominated the rebounding line 25-20, finally the CDP granted 11 assists and Pueblo Nuevo just eight.
In the third set, in the first eight minutes, Pueblo Nuevo recovered the offensive, however, at the end of regulation time, CDP regained part of the advantage, ending the set 30-25, starting the last quarter 74-64.
The actions continue tomorrow (Sunday) starting at 4:00 in the afternoon, facing the CDP and GUG teams first thing in the morning and at the end the reds from Plaza Valerio and Sameji will face each other again.