Quilpue Tops Dep. San Jose Behind Balanced Scoring Effort
FRANCA, Brazil (Interstat) — Quilpue beat visiting Dep. San Jose 93-82 Sunday at Ginasio Pedro Murilla Fuentes, using a fast start and balanced scoring to secure the win. Quilpue led 28-14 after the first quarter, 57-36 at halftime and 70-53 after three quarters. Dep. San Jose won the fourth quarter 29-23 but still could not close the gap. Quilpue improved to 1-2, while Dep. San Jose fell to 0-3. Kingsley Perkins led Leones Quilpue with 16 points, Jaylen Key added 11 points and six rebounds, Sek Henry scored 12 and Benjamin Herrera handed out seven assists. Nicholas Banyard paced Dep. San Jose with 15 points and six rebounds, Fernando Dose also scored 15, and Jorge Martinez had six assists. Quilpue shot 18 of 33 from the floor and 9 of 17 from three-point range, while Dep. San Jose was 16 of 33 overall and 6 of 15 from beyond the arc.