After three home games, Atenas has its first outing in the Argentine Basketball League. The team led by Gustavo Peirone appears in Chaco against a Villa San Martín that awaits them as the winner. The match is played from 9 p.m. and can be seen through BasquetPass TV.
The General Bustos neighborhood team fell in the first quarter 20-15 and the top scorer was Roquez Johnson with six points. But in the second chapter he adjusted the gears and with a run of 25-18 he went into the long break winning 40-38.
The 10 minutes of the second quarter were of changing alternatives and with both teams taking the lead in different parts of the game. Nicolás Zurschmitten (five assists) appeared in the Greek team and together with Johnson they sustained the Córdoba team’s scoring with 11 points each. In addition, Lucas Arn took over the boards taking six rebounds (five on defense).
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El Verde, playing at home, won its first two games, against Suardi by 80-73, and against San Isidro de San Francisco, 83-69, and lost in the last one against Deportivo Norte 81-66. In this way, his first away game finds him with two wins and one loss.
Villa San Martín awaits it with an equal record (2-1), but with high spirits after beating Barrio Parque at home on Tuesday night by 80-71. They debuted in the 2023/2024 season with a defeat against Independiente de Santiago del Estero (87-94) and beat Montmartre de Catamarca (79-70), both as visitors.
For the encounters with the Chaco team, “El Negro” Peirone has all the personnel to continue the path in the difficult category of promotion, the highest objective of the Córdoba club. In the defeat against Norte, Roquez Johnson appeared (absent in the previous two due to injury), but he was lacking in play and in 5 minutes on the court he did not score.
While José Montero, who suffered a sprain in the match against San Isidro, was the scorer with 16 points against the Santa Fe team.
Atenas has variants when it comes to attacking as one of the great weapons in the Argentine League, and has to be fully employed in defense to build its chances of promotion to the National League.
Hans Feder Ponce, a 1.92 meter guard born in Spain, was Villa San Martín’s scorer in the victory against Parque with 19 points and a key triple in the closing, while Ramiro Paz supported him with 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Villa San Martín beat Barrio Parque in its stadium in its presentation prior to receiving Atenas in the Argentine League. (Villa San Martín Press)
After the match with Villa San Martín, Atenas will return to Córdoba. On Saturday they had scheduled a meeting with the other Chaco team, Sarmiento, which gave up participating in the competition. In this way, the next game of the General Bustos neighborhood team will be on November 1 against Amancay de La Rioja at Cerutti.
2023-10-27 00:23:00
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