Iccan and Olimpia will play for the ticket to the Semi-Final Phase

MACAS (DIRECTV Liga Sudamericana 2018) - Iccan de Macas (Ecuador) and Olimpia Kings (Paraguay) earned the right to play this Thursday for the ticket to the Semi-Final Phase of the DIRECTV Liga Sudamericana 2018, after being victorious on the second day of Group B in the Coliseo La Loma, in Macas.

The winner of that match will stay with the first place of the preliminary group and the only ticket available to the next stage of the competition.

On Wednesday, Iccan captured an 82-65 win over fellow Ecuadorian team Piratas de Los Lagos, with a collective attack that had up to five men in double digits, led by Venezuelan César Silva and Darol Hernández, with 15 units each.

 
The locals relied on their internal play while getting 46 points in the paint zone and capitalized on the 23 turnovers of their rivals.

Willie Readus with 16 units and Winsome Frazier with 15, led the Piratas.

In the match that opened the day, Olimpia captured a 92-74 win over Deportivo Calero from Bolivia; However, despite the wide gap, the Paraguayan team had to recover from a 48-31 after the first half.

 
The Bolivians started the game inspired, with good defense, patience and rotation of the ball, but then the story changed abruptly. Juan Pablo Feliú instructions at half-time took effect quickly and the second half of the game favored the team from Paraguay in all aspects.

A Rodney Green basket with 3:47 left to play in the third period gave the Kings their first lead, 53-52 and thereafter they escaped to the victory.

Green added 14 and Javier Martínez grazed the triple-double by joining his six points with 11 assists and 11 rebounds. For the Potosí quintet, Louis Munks excelled with 24 units and the Serbian Milos Petkovic added 15.

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