Monterrey /
Royal Force defeated this Saturday 90-77 Saints of Potosi to remain undefeated at home and stay in first place in the league table. National Professional Basketball League.
In the face of a good turnout at the Nuevo León Gymnasium, the Monterrey team relied on three-point shots to achieve victory.
Ray Kendrick He was the leading scorer for the home team with 17 pointsin addition to gaining six rebounds and providing four assists.
Myles Hesson contributed 15 points, Jalen Adaway added 12. For the visitors Terry Larrier achieved 16 points.
Despite still leading the team with a 19-4 win-loss record, coach Pablo García acknowledged that there are things to improve.
“We started the game very well, then it faded away and well, The truth is that we went 15 up at half-time, which wasn’t true because we made a couple of shots at the end of the second quarter and that made the difference bigger at half-time,” García said.
“We started the third quarter very badly and they got back on the scoreboard and then we started playing well again, but we were too inconsistent today, we have to play better.”
At the start of the game, the visiting team went scoreless in its first six possessions, while Royal Force took a 12-0 lead supported by a pair of triples.
In the second quarter, Santos came within five points and missed a three-point attempt that could have put them within two points. The half ended with the Monterrey team leading by 48-33.
At the beginning of the third quarter Santos scored nine unanswered points to get within two possessions again.
From there, things took the course that led to Royal Force to conquer the Saturday triumph.
In the end, the Monterrey team accumulated 13 three-point shots in 31 attempts. The opposing team only managed four of 14.
The two-game series against Santos del Potosí ends this Sunday at 4:00 p.m. in La Fortaleza.
