Sabios beat the Caribbean Storm Islands 82-74 in the LBP in Colombia on Friday night. The home side held on after a tight contest, with the scoreline reflecting a match that stayed close until the final quarter. The result puts Sabios further clear of the bottom of the table.
The visitors sit eighth after 14 games, with just one win and 13 defeats to their name. They have yet to collect a point in the standings, a situation that has not changed since this outcome. The gap between them and those above remains substantial.
Sabios arrive at this win on a difficult run. They lost four of their last five fixtures, including heavy defeats against Toros del Valle and Payas. The 82-74 scoreline does little to mask those recent struggles, but at least this was not another blowout.
The Storm Islands have also been finding wins hard to come by. Their last five games produced five losses, with scores like 50-107 and 72-107 against Payas and Toros del Valle. They kept things within reasonable distance here, though the margin was still clear by the end.
We had tipped the away side in our preview, giving them 57 per cent confidence. The prediction did not hold, and the hosts showed enough composure in the closing stages to make the difference. It was not a dramatic turnaround, just a matter of holding shape when it mattered.
The result leaves Sabios with a slender advantage going forward, while the visitors must now look to build something from this position. Eight matches remain for both sides, and the table suggests this is a season still wide open.
