Aguada Santeros defeated Leones de Ponce 95:89 in the BSN on Wednesday evening. The visitors secured their 17th win of the season and moved clear of the hosts in the table. It was the sixth meeting between these two sides in August, and the third straight victory for Aguada in this fixture.
The result extends Aguada's dominance in recent head-to-head meetings. They have won four of the last five encounters, including this one. Leones de Ponce had earned a narrow 106:105 victory three days earlier, but that streak ended here. The hosts now sit fourth with fifteen wins and nineteen losses.
Aguada remain in third place with seventeen wins and seventeen losses. The gap between them and Leones has widened to two victories. Both teams have played 34 matches, so there are ten games remaining in the regular season. The table will only shift if both sides win their remaining fixtures.
This was another chapter in what has become a rivalry defined by close margins. Four of the last five matches were decided by single digits. Aguada's consistency in these games has kept them in the hunt for a higher seed. Leones de Ponce have struggled to find answers in the final quarter lately.
The outcome means Aguada hold a two-game lead over their opponents in the standings. With ten games left, the race for position is far from over. But for now, the visitors have proven they can close out tight contests against each other.