PUR - Capitanes tighten grip in Puerto Rico
ARECIBO (BSN) - Cangrejeros de Santurce beat Capitanes de Arecibo 89-86 on Tuesday to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Puerto Rican BSN league finals. With 20 seconds to go, hosts Capitanes had closed the gap on Cangrejeros to a single point, but Larry Ayuso, - who scored 28 points in total - netted four free-throws in a row to secure the victory. ...
ARECIBO (BSN) - Cangrejeros de Santurce beat Capitanes de Arecibo 89-86 on Tuesday to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Puerto Rican BSN league finals.
With 20 seconds to go, hosts Capitanes had closed the gap on Cangrejeros to a single point, but Larry Ayuso, - who scored 28 points in total - netted four free-throws in a row to secure the victory.
Marcus Fizer contributed 34 points and 18 rebounds in the Arecibo-based team's win.
The first game, played on Monday, saw Cangrejeros beat Capitanes 88-78, with Ayuso named man of the match after netting 23
points.
In that tie, Ayuso managed just four first-quarter points but in the last quarter poured in two three-pointers, one two-pointer and five free-throws in the space of four minutes to give his side the advantage needed to win the game.
The third match takes place on Wednesday in the Coliseo de Puerto Rico stadium.
Gabriel Batalla
FIBA