CARACAS (Interstat) — Anzoátegui Marinos held off the Caracas Spartans 71-67 on Thursday in Venezuelan SLB play. The Marinos improved to 14-10 while the Spartans dropped to 16-9. Anzoátegui led 17-15 after the first quarter and the teams were tied 35-35 at halftime and 58-58 after three before the Marinos outscored the Spartans 13-11 in the fourth. K.J. McDaniels, Malik Dime, Gregory Vargas and Wesley Saunders paced Anzoátegui. Richard Bautista Caba, Rashard Kelly, Kyle Foster, Kelvin Pena, Michael Carrera and Windi Graterol led the Spartans. The Marinos won the previous two meetings this season and the teams play again Friday on the same court.