Instituto de Córdoba, semifinalist in the last edition, lost tonight in its debut in the Americas Basketball Champions League (BCLA), when it fell in Rio de Janeiro to Minas Tenis Clube, current leader of the Brazilian League (NBB), by 100 a 85.
The match, corresponding to group D, took place at the Maracanazinho stadium in the city of Rio de Janeiro and the partials of Minas Tenis Clube’s victory were 25-28. 50-51, 77-64 and 100 to 85.
The top scorer for Mina Tennis and the match was American forward David Jackson. with 24 touchdowns (4 triples, 5 doubles and 2 free throws); While Instituto its top scorer was point guard Santiago Scala, with 15 points (3 triples, 1 double and 4 free throws.
The team led by Sebastián Ginobili from Bahia did not arrive in the best way at the beginning of the competition, because -at least- five players could not train during the past week due to being affected by coronavirus.
The basketball players Santiago Scala, Néstor Colmenares, Ignacio Alessio, Mateo Chiarini and Martín Cuello recently had the possibility of throwing a “negative result” of Covid-19 in the last tests to which they were subjected and were able to integrate the delegation, but almost without training, situation that was exhibited in the field, since they maintained the rhythm in the first time, but declined in the second.
After today’s match, Instituto will face another tough commitment tomorrow against Flamengo, the rival that eliminated it in the semifinals during the 2020 edition that Quimsa de Santiago del Estero won.
The second phase of the BCLA will take place in March between the 4th and 9th, in addition to the 24th and 29th. The teams that win their group zones will go to the Final Four (final home run), which is scheduled to be played between the 8th and coming April 13. (Télam)
