La Fusion prevailed over the Uruguayan cast by 95-72 and advances in the continental contest.
Quimsa He played an almost perfect last quarter and with an explosion of 36 points, including five of his 12 triples in the entire game, he submitted National (1-4) in the Ginásio Nunes Galvão from São Paulo, Brazil, to take second place in Group B and a spot in the playoffs.
The Fusion set the pace from the start with a 12-3 start and although National he resisted in the first three periods (23-19, 40-32 and 59-53), he was never able to get ahead.
In the third act, with a zonal defense, the Uruguayan team managed to establish a 13-0 run to get closer to 47-45, but two triples from Sebastian Acevedo They broke the zone and allowed the Argentines to enter the final period with six points up.
Already in the last section, foreign reinforcements began to appear from Quimsawho until then were being discreet in the game. Eric Anderson, Davaunta Thomas y Reyshawn Terry raised their production to accompany Franco Baralle and Juan Brussinowho had been carrying the offensive weight and in the first 4:30 minutes of the quarter managed to separate 75-59.
Then a double Thomas and a triple of Baralle They put an advantage of 20 (84-64) and settled the duel with 3:28 minutes to go.
In this way, the Fusion achieved the pass to the next round as second in the group, where they will cross once morest Crab farmers from Puerto Rico.