Portuguese League, Game 33: March 28-29, 2007
Ovarense Aerosoles stays unstoppable in the Portuguese League and improved to 26-3 in the standings by downing difficult Porto Ferpinta 88-71 at home on Thursday. Former Porto player led the winners with 18 points. Ben Reed added 12 and Gregory Stempin 10 for Ovarense. Rodrigo Mascarenhas had 14 points for Porto, that won the Portuguese Cup title last weekend. Ovarense led 46-38 at halftime and boosted its margin to 69-48 after 30 minutes, enough to seal the outcome. Casino Figueira Ginasio improved to 11-18 and confirmed its good moment by edging Queluz Sintra PM 66-64 at home on Wednesday. Chet Stachitas paced the winners with 23 points while Jesse Smith added 17. Jamie Kendrick had 12 points for Queluz, that rallied from an 11-point deficit to get within 65-64 with 10 seconds to go. Smith made 1 of 2 free throws while Rob Kempman missed a potential game-winning three-point shot at the buzzer. In other games, Barreirense thrashed CAB Madeira 90-65 on Wednesday behind 28 points from Cody Toppert and 27 from Joao Gomes while Benfica downed Lusitania Angra PM 92-81 on Thursday with 26 points from Carlos Andrade.


LAST GAME GAME 33 - March 28-29, 2007
DayMatchResult
Mar. 28Ginásio vs. Queluz 93-82
Mar. 28Ovarense vs. Porto 88-71
Mar. 28Barreirense vs. CAB 90-65
Mar. 29Benfica vs. Lusitânia 92-81
-Belenenses (Free)
NEXT GAME GAME 34 - March 31 - April 1, 2007
DayMatch
Apr. 1Queluz vs. Belenenses
Mar. 31FC Porto vs. Ginásio
Mar. 31CAB Madeira vs. Ovarense
Mar. 31Lusitânia vs. Barreirense
-Benfica (Free)


STANDINGSTGWLP+P-
1Ovarense Aerosoles2926323282064
2Sport Lisboa e Benfica3021923382191
3Lusitânia Angra Património Mundial29171222992317
4Futebol Clube do Porto Ferpinta29161323102197
5Queluz Sintra Património Mundial30121821972241
6Casino Figueira Ginásio29111821032220
7CAB Madeira29111821862261
8Belenenses Hyundai Lusifor29101924052459
9Barreirense3082220952311

Thursday, March 29, 2007
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