Spanish League, Regular Season, Game 18: January 28-29, 2012 - Spain

May 21, 2013

Spanish League, Regular Season, Game 18: January 28-29, 2012

Real Madrid and FC Barcelona Regal stayed on track with victories to remain atop the Spanish League. Madrid handily beat Fuenlabrada 57-79 on the road behind decisive first and fourth quarters in which they outscored the hosts 30-50. Jaycee Carroll led all scorers with 12 points, while three other players – Ante Tomic, Felipe Reyes and Kyle Singler – added 10 apiece. Madrid cashed in on the foul line, outscoring the hosts 26 to 7, and eliminated second-chance points by grabbing 17 more defensive boards. Ferran Laviña paced Fuenlabrada with 10 points. Barcelona beat up on UCAM Murcia 90-53 at home, starting slowly after a 10-13 first quarter than blowing by the visitors through the remainder. Erazem Lorbek led the winners with 17 points, while CJ Wallace put in 13, Chuck Eidson 12 with 7 assists and Fran Vazquez 11 with 10 rebounds. James Augustine had 22 points for Murcia, the only player in double figures. Caja Laboral ended its two-game losing streak by beating Banca Civica 66-73, as Milko Bjelica, Brad Oleson and Mirza Teletovic knocked down 15 points apiece. Bjelica dominated inside on 5 of 9 from two-point range and Oleson and Teletovic combined for 6 three-pointers. Pablo Prigioni dished out a game-leading 7 assists for the winners, who used a 13-24 third quarter to secure a lead that it never gave up. Luka Bogdanovich had 12 points for Banca Civica, which played its first game without Cajasol in its name. Caja Laboral upped its record to 13-5. Gran Canaria outplayed Unicaja 60-49 at home, overcoming a 10-20 first quarter deficit to win the remaining three quarters. Marquez Haynes and Michael Bramos led the winners with 13 points apiece. Javier Beiran pulled down 14 rebounds as Gran Canaria dominated the boards 49-33. EJ Rowland scored 14 points for Unicaja, which slipped to 12-6. Gescrap Bizkaia outduelled Lucentum Alicante 73-60 behind strong first and third quarters. The hosts were led by D’or Fischer’s 14 points, while Aaron Jackson knocked down 11 and Marko Banic added 10. The losers were paced by Kaloyan Ivanov’s 16 points. Gescrap’s two-point shooting percentage made the difference, as the team hit 57% compared with 41% for the losers. Lucentum is now tied with Unicaja at 12-6, while Gescrap leveled its record at 9-9. Valencia took out Asefa Estudiantes 85-71 at home, ending its two-game losing streak, as Victor Claver pumped in 21 points and Nando De Colo added 20, most of them from downtown, where the winners did most of their damage. Chris Lofton led Asefa with 23 points. Lagun Aro outgunned Blusens Monbus on the road 80-88 thanks to a shower of three-pointers, as the team combined for 15 of 34 from deep. Sergi Vidal led the winners with 22 points. In other games CAI Zaragoza handily beat Blancos de Rueda Valladollid on the road 58-73 and FIATC Joventut overwhelmed Assignia Manresa at home 92-79.

LAST GAME GAME 18 January 28-29, 2012
Day	Match	Result
Jan. 28	Valencia Basket vs. Asefa Estudiantes	85-71
Jan. 29	Blancos de Rueda vs. CAI Zaragoza	58-73
Jan. 29	Blusens Monbus vs. Lagun Aro GBC	80-88
Jan. 28	Gran Canaria 2014 vs. Unicaja	60-49
Jan. 29	Banca Civica vs. Caja Laboral	66-73
Jan. 29	Gescrap Bizkaia vs. Lucentum Alicante	73-60
Jan. 29	Fuenlabrada vs. Real Madrid	57-79
Jan. 29	FIATC Joventut vs. Assignia Manresa	92-79
Jan. 29	FC Barcelona Regal vs. UCAM Murcia	90-53

NEXT GAME GAME 19 February 4-5, 2012
Day	Match
Feb. 5	Asefa Estu. vs. Barcelona Regal
Feb. 5	UCAM Murcia vs. FIATC Joventut
Feb. 4	Assignia Manresa vs. Fuenlabrada
Feb. 5	Real Madrid vs. Gescrap BB
Feb. 5	Lucentum Alicante vs. Banca Civica
Feb. 5	Caja Laboral vs. Gran Canaria 2014
Feb. 5	Unicaja vs. Blusens Montus
Feb. 5	Lagun Aro vs. Blanco de Rueda
Feb. 5	CAI Zaragoza vs. Valencia Basket

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Real Madrid	18	15	3	1491	1284
2	FC Barcelona Regal	18	15	3	1353	1149
3	Caja Laboral	18	13	5	1299	1215
4	Unicaja	18	12	6	1400	1334
5	Lucentum Alicante	18	12	6	1272	1283
6	Banca Cívica	18	10	8	1351	1296
7	Lagun Aro GBC	18	9	9	1424	1374
8	Valencia Basket	18	9	9	1348	1329
9	Gescrap Bizkaia	18	9	9	1383	1369
10	CAI Zaragoza	18	9	9	1312	1309
11	Baloncesto Fuenlabrada	18	9	9	1307	1344
12	Assignia Manresa	18	8	10	1295	1329
13	Gran Canaria 2014	18	7	11	1190	1231
14	FIATC Mutua Joventut	18	7	11	1319	1398
15	Asefa Estudiantes	18	6	12	1230	1368
16	Blusens Monbus	18	4	14	1258	1343
17	UCAM Murcia	18	4	14	1235	1373
18	Blancos de Rueda Valladolid	18	4	14	1243	1382