Quimsa entered the top four of BCLA

Quimsa missed out on the last ticket to the Final 4 of the Basketball Champions League Americas by defeating Real Estelí at home, 99-69, in the third and final game of the Quarterfinal series, after a heavy loss on Sunday. In this way, in the Final 4 to be played in April, Fusion will face Hebraica Macabi (URU), while in the other bracket Halcones de Xalapa (MEX) and Flamengo (BRA) will face each other. The winners of both matches will compete for the title and a ticket to the FIBA​​​​ Intercontinental Cup.

A devastating third quarter

After winning the first quarter 28-21, Quimsa had to, in the second, recover from an 8-point deficit (42-34) to take control of the game. After a technical foul awarded to coach Leandro Ramella, the Argentine champion, with a better disposition on defense, was able to mount a 17-4 run to take command 51-46 at halftime.

The locals extended their good passing in the third period with another 9-0 run in the first four minutes of that period, to pull away 60-46 and never looked back. In total, Quimsa’s streak was 26-4 from the second period to that point. A heavy blow for Real Estelí, who ended that quarter down 15 (72-57) thanks to two atypical triples from insider Ismael Romero, as the gap reached 72-49.

At the opening of the final period, Emmitt Williams blasted another shot from behind the arc to make it 72-60 and give “Tren del Norte” some life, but that was the last thread of energy left for the team because Quimsa distanced themselves again. by 20 (82-62), with the good performance of their substitutes, mainly Fortunato Rolfi and Federico Zezular, with 6:31 minutes left.

The figures:

Brandon Robinson, with 22 points and 7 boards, led a Quimsa team that controlled rebounds 48-29 and points in the paint 50-24. Fabián Ramírez Barrios added 15 points and Juan Brussino 14 with 6 assists. For Real Estelí, Romero finished with 16 points, Tony Bishop Jr. with 12 and 7 rebounds and Jared Ruiz with 11 points.