Aguada Santeros kept their slim lead intact against Vaqueros de Bayamón, edging 67:64 in the BSN on 17 August 2026. The home side had lost two of their last three meetings with the visitors and knew this one mattered. By then the gap between second and third in the table was clear enough — five wins separating them.
And here's the thing about the foul trouble. Aguada picked up 21 personal fouls compared to Vaqueros' 14, which meant free throws became the difference. The hosts converted six of ten attempts from the line, while the visitors found ten out of nineteen. It was not elegant basketball, but it was enough.
The shooting numbers tell a starker story. Aguada hit 11 of 26 field goals and four of 11 three-pointers, while Vaqueros managed only four field goals and four triples from 23 attempts each. To be fair, the visitors lived at the charity stripe. The hosts kept knocking on the door from distance, but the conversion rate was never going to win you games like this.
Rebounding was tighter than the score suggests. Vaqueros pulled down 37 boards to Aguada's 33, with the visitors grabbing 10 offensive rebounds against five. Yet the home side's 10 steals to 11 for the visitors showed they were active in passing lanes. The assists tallied 19 for Aguada and 17 for Vaqueros — close, but the home side moved the ball with more purpose.
The result leaves Vaqueros two points clear at second place with 22 wins, while Aguada sit third on 17 victories. Both sides have played 34 games, so there is room for movement, but not much. The gap between them is not wide, but it is real.
These two had already met three times this month — 95:93, 87:86, 75:91 — and the pattern held. Vaqueros took two, Aguada one. The visitors' recent form included heavy defeats to Criollos de Caguás, but they have since found their rhythm. Aguada's clean-sheet run came to an end in the last meeting, and they needed this to show they could still compete.