PUR - Vaqueros crush Ponce

BAYAMON (Baloncesto Superior Nacional) - Vaqueros de Bayamon hammered Leones de Ponce 94-65 in Tuesday's BSN action in Puerto Rico.

The win saw Bayamon improve their record to 5-3 while Ponce dropped their fourth game in a row.

The visitors had started the season with four straight wins, but could not end the losing streak they have had since and dropped to 4-4 following Tuesday's result.

Terrence Shannon scored 20 points, Javier Mojica 19 and Christian Dalmau 17 for Vaqueros. The home side also got a big lift from Robert Traylor who controlled the paint with 11 rebounds and three block shots.

Leones jumped out to an early 7-3 lead before Vaqueros ran off nine unanswered points to edge in front and stayed in front, 16-12, as the first quarter came to a close.

The reigning champions blew the game wide open in the second quarter thanks to an 11-0 spurt that saw their advantage increase to 27-15 and they were in firm control up 48-23 at halftime.

They would predictably hold on to the lead for the rest of the game to secure another win at home.

Ricky Melendez had 21 points in the loss. Alvin Cruz added 16 to go along with eight rebounds and seven assists.

In the night's other game, Cangrejeros de Santurce won on the road, defeating Indios de Mayagüez 92-83 thanks to 18 points from Ricky Sanchez, 16 from Roberto Nieves and 12 by Walter Hodge.

Alejandro Carmona returned from a suspension to score a game-high 24 points and Paul Graham added 21 for the hosts, but it wasn't enough as they suffered their seventh defeat in as many games and are at the bottom of the league.

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