At the start of the semifinal series of the Northern Conference Barrio Parque fell to Suardi

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Barrio Parque began playing this Saturday the semifinal series of the Northern Conference of the Argentine Basketball League against Sportivo Suardi, scheduled for the best of five games. But they could not start with a victory since the local team took the first point by a difference of 20 points (73-53).

Pablo Martínez was the game’s top scorer with 21 points; The local player was also the figure of the match by pulling down 13 rebounds and giving two assists. On the visit, Ramiro Ledesma contributed 15, while Rivata and Jure added 11 each.

The series will continue on Monday in Suardi, starting at 9 p.m. Afterwards, the key will move to Córdoba for the third game, on May 17.

The first quarter was a monologue from the local team that won the quarter 20-11.

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But in the second chapter Barrio Parque adjusted its game and got closer on the scoreboard. With Ledesma as the scorer, with 12 points in the first half, the visitor won the quarter 15-12 and went into the long break trailing by six (32-26).

In the third, Sportivo Suardi once again stretched the gap and with a 56-41 they began to seal the story in the first point of the series.

The Córdoba cast finished in eleventh place during the season, then won the Play In against Independiente de Santiago del Estero. In the reclassification event they reached eighth place, leaving Deportivo Norte of Armstrong, province of Santa Fe, on their way, and in the quarterfinals they beat the best of the season, San Isidro of San Francisco, winning the series 3 to 2.

Sportivo, for its part, reaches this stage after finishing fourth in the regular phase and eliminating Gepu de San Luis in the quarterfinals, sweeping the series 3 to 0.