The Indios de San Francisco de Macorís achieved their first streak of two consecutive wins by defeating the Cañeros del Este 107-88 in a match of the National Basketball League (LNB) held this Wednesday at the Pabellón Mario Ortega here.
The Indians put their record at 5-5 and won for the third time in a row as homeowners, while the Cañeros (3-7), have lost two of their last matches in the Mario Ortega roof.
The particular series, which was 1-1, was won by the Indios by point difference, since the Cañeros triumphed 93-88 in the first match held at the Leo Tavárez Sports Center in Higüey.
Adonis Henriquez led the Indians’ attack, which had six players in double figures in points. Henriquez finished with 20 points, nine assists and four rebounds, while shooting 6-for-11 from 3-point range. Breein Tyree contributed 22 points; Juan Miguel Suero finished with 15 points, four rebounds and seven assists, while Jerome Frink had 11 points with seven rebounds; Edward Santana had 12 points with nine turnovers, and Kavell Bigby-Williams had 10 points with eight rebounds.
For the Cañeros, Yeison Colomé scored 26 points and achieved his 19th game with 20 or more points in his 39 regular season games in his LNB career. Jhonatan Araujo, who was sent off in the last quarter, had 13 points with 10 rebounds , and Cleveland Melvin had 13 with nine rebounds.
The quarters ended 25-17, 23-16, 26-27 and 33-18 in favor of the Indians.
With the offense of Adonis Henríquez, who scored four triples and a basket of two, the Indians took a considerable advantage of 15 points (48-33) in the first half.
The Franco-Macorisan team won the first half 25-17, as well as the second 23-16 after leading with 47 percent from the field (20-42) against 35 for the Cañeros (12-34).
The shots from three, 6-17, for 35 percent of the locals, against 18 percent (2-11) of the visitors, who lost 7-14 in assists.
ROYAL 73, SOL 70
HOLY SUNDAY EAST. Rigoberto Mendoza led five Reales de La Vega players with 19 points in double figures, in a 73-70 victory over the Soles de Santo Domingo Este, during a match held at the Invivienda sports center corresponding to the National Basketball League ( LNB).
Mendoza shot 5-for-10 from the field and 7-for-10 from the free throw line for the Royals (5-5), who also had Gelvis Solano and Antonio Peña, who scored 13 each. Ángel Delgado contributed 12 with the same number of rebounds and Devin Brooks finished with 11 points.
For the Soles (5-5), Gerardo Suero stood out with 21 points and 6 rebounds, Waverly Austin added 12 points, while Anyeuri Castillo and Timmy Bond had 10 each. Both teams are behind the Titanes del Distrito Nacional (6-4) and the Leones de Santo Domingo (6-4) in the standings.
The duel was closed to the last stretch of the fourth period. The Suns lead was 4 (61-57) with 4:57 on the clock. The Royals went ahead 71-69, with a Solano basket with 55 seconds remaining.
With 8.9 seconds remaining, Glass was fouled by Peña, but could only make one of two free throws and his team remained down 1 (70-71). Then Glass fouled Brooks with 7.7 and the Royals guard did not forgive and scored both (73-70). At the last second, Austin missed a three-point shot and the Vegans successfully escaped.
The Royals shot 43 percent from the field to the Suns’ 41 percent. They won the rebounds 41-36, although they lost 10-20 in assists and 11-22 in fast break scoring.
Solano hit a layup with 5:04 left in the second quarter to give the Royals a 31-25 lead, but seven straight points from Suero put the Suns ahead 32-31 with 1:14 remaining. The first half ended tied 33-33.
Suero scored 9, Glass 5 and Martínez 5 in the first 20 minutes for the Suns. Delgado, with 10 points and 7 rebounds, Solano with 9 points and Brooks with 5 led the Royals.
In the third quarter, the Suns again took a difference of 6 (45-39) with 5:19 after a basket by Timmy Bond. Mendoza nailed a triple with 0:41 to bring the Royals within 1 (51-52). No one else scored again in the quarter.
The quarters ended 18-21, 15-12, 18-19 and 22-18 for the Royals.
games this thursday
The Soles and the Santiago Metros will play starting at 5:00 in the afternoon at the Oscar Gobaira Arena, while at 7:00 the Indios de San Francisco de Macorís will clash against the Marineros de Puerto Plata at the Fabio Rafael Gonzalez.
