The week started with a big game on Tuesday that lived up to the hype as Ponce edge Carolina 60-59 at home, although the visitors did get to debut their new import. Wednesday’s scheduled games were postponed because of the threat of tropical weather.
Games resumed on Thursday with two more contests. It was the same story for Lajas as Maria Blazejewski put up big numbers, but could not get the team their first win as they lost 84-49 to Carolina. Pamela Rosado led Morovis again as they beat Ponce 69-58 at home. Friday’s game was a quite a thriller as the inside-outside combination of Jennifer O’Neill and Markel Walker helped Carolina edge Santurce 70-67.
On Saturday, Maria Blazejewski scored more points, but Lajas was still no closer to their first win after losing 79-52 to Mayaguez. Manati got a great effort from Sandra Garcia and debuted their new import as they were able to go to Ponce and spoil a big game from Tierra Henderson 83-81. Another exciting game in Morovis saw the hosts overcome the former Oregon State duo of Deven Hunter and Ali Gibson to beat Aguada 73-70.
The week ended with two more games on Sunday. Mayaguez beat Manati 63-51. Aguada withstood a great game from Kayla Thornton to beat Santurce 78-72. Both teams got help from late arrivals as Mariesa Greene is Aguada’s latest import while Dayshalee Salaman arrived for Santurce.
August 23, 2016
Leonas de Ponce vs. Gigantes de Carolina 60-59 PON Harris 18 Henderson 17/10r Vaioletama 11/11r Placido 10/9r Ventura 2 Gonzalez 2 Rodriguez 0 Lopez 0 Garcia 0 CAR Walker 18/11r O’Neill 14 Gomez 10 Jones 4 Poppens 4 Cabrera 3 Rodriguez 2 Quinones 2 Ruiz 2 Rivera 0 Reyes 0 Falcon 0
August 25, 2016
Cardinals de Lajas vs. Gigantes de Carolina 49-84 LAJ Blazejewski 25/10r Garriaga 6 Calixto 5 Franco 4 J. Diaz 3/6r Robinson 2/12r Hernandez 2 Valentin 2 K. Diaz 0 CAR Walker 15/6r Quinones 14/8a O’Neill 11 Velazquez 11 Falcon 11 Jones 7 Gomez 6 Rodriguez 3 Figueroa 3 Reyes 2 Ruiz 1 Rivera 0
Montaneras de Morovis vs. Leonas de Ponce 69-58 MOR Rosado 21 Sepulveda 17/7r Kelley 12/9r Dyer 10/12r Alequin 6/7r Artau 2 Flores 1 Huertas 0 Romero 0 PON Henderson 17/10r Vaioletama 11/10r Placido 11 Ventura 9 Harris 8 Gonzalez 2 Rodriguez 0 Colon 0 Garcia 0 Hernandez 0
August 26, 2016
Gigantes de Carolina vs. Cangrejeras de Santurce 70-67 CAR O’Neill 25/6a Walker 18/19r Quinones 9 Jones 8/8r Gomez 6 Rodriguez 4 Velazquez 0 Falcon 0 Rivera 0 Ruiz 0 SAN Salaman 18 Thornton 16/13r Bright 12 Gonzalez 12/7a Rosa 5 Diaz 4 Baez 0 Ramirez 0 Cosme 0 Davila 0
August 27, 2016
Cardinals de Lajas vs. Indias de Mayaguez 52-79 LAJ Blazejewski 20/9r Robinson 12/15r Calixto 6 Franco 6 Valentin 4 K. Diaz 4 J. Diaz 0 Garriaga 0 Hernandez 0 MAY Prim 17/6a Thompson 11/6r Batiz 11 Rosario 9/7r Powell 7 Figueroa 5 Quiles 5 Barrientos 5 Frias 4 Winton 3 Gonzalez 2 Mendez 0
Leonas de Ponce vs. Atenienses de Manati 81-83 PON Henderson 29 Vaioletama 14 Placido 13/7r/6a Ventura 10 Harris 8 Gonzalez 4/7r Rodriguez 3 Garcia 0 Maria 0 Lopez 0 Hernandez 0 MAN Garcia 22/9r Bradford 14/7r/6a Tobin 12/12r Delgado 12/9a Martinez 8 Bermudez 5 Bough 4 Sanchez 3 Morales 3 Acevedo 0 Pinero 0
Montaneras de Morovis vs. Santeras de Aguada 73-70 MOR Kelley 18/13r/6a Rosado 17/8a Sepulveda 14 Dyer 12/10r Huertas 8 Alequin 4 Flores 0 Artau 0 Irizarry 0 AGU Hunter 20/12r Gibson 19/8r Munoz 12 Melendez 8/13r Greene 6/12r Marquez 4 Emmanuelli 1
August 28, 2016
Atenienses de Manati vs. Indias de Mayaguez 51-63 MAN Tobin 18/8r Martinez 10 Bradford 6/11r Delgado 6 Garcia 4/6r Morales 2 Bermudez 2 Sanchez 2 Acevedo 1 Pinero 0 MAY Winton 17 Thompson 14/21r Gonzalez 12/6r Prim 10/6a Barrientos 7 Figueroa 3 Rosario 0 Batiz 0 Powell 0 Frias 0
Santeras de Aguada vs. Cangrejeras de Santurce 78-72 AGU Gibson 18 Greene 17/11r Hunter 13/8r Melendez 9/7r Munoz 8 Marquez 7 Rodriguez 6 Emmanuelli 0 Rodriguez 0 SAN Thornton 35/13r Salaman 18 Gonzalez 10 Bright 6/8r Cosme 3 Diaz 0 Ramirez 0 Baez 0 Rosa 0 Davila 0
Standings:
- Carolina 6-2
- Morovis 5-2
- Mayaguez 5-2
- Aguada 4-2
- Manati 4-3
- Ponce 2-4
- Santurce 1-5
- Lajas 0-7