Mauricio Báez deals another blow to San Carlos and is one win away from being crowned in the TBS Distrito 2025

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SANTO DOMINGO, RD.– The Mauricio Báez club put San Carlos in a critical situation after defeating them for the third consecutive time, 89-77, on the night of this Sunday at the Ricardo Gioriber Arias Volleyball Palace, in the fourth game of the TBS Distrito 2025 final series.

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With the triumph, the defending two-time champions took a 3-1 lead in the series agreed to the best of a 7-4, approaching their eleventh crown in the history of superior basketball in the National District. Mauricio Báez and San Carlos currently share the historical leadership with 10 titles per team. The Villa Juana team, monarch in 2023 and 2024, was one step away from achieving the three-peat under the direction of Melvyn López, who would extend his record of crowns in the TBS Distrito to eight, a figure that already constitutes a record. If the title were to be achieved, it would also be the second time that Mauricio Báez achieves three consecutive championships, a feat he previously achieved between 1984 and 1987. The Francomacorisano reinforcement Luismal Ferreiras, nicknamed “The Beast of Jaya”, repeated his dominant performance from Saturday and recorded his second consecutive double-double, with 20 points and 11 rebounds. He was followed by Gerardo Suero with 19 units, Richard Bautista with 12 points, five rebounds and nine assists, and Juan Miguel Suero, who added 10 points, eight rebounds and five assists. By San Carlos, under the orders of the Santiago coach Víctor Peña, Kevin Mateo stood out with 21 points, while Juan Guerrero added 20 units and 10 rebounds, and JJ Romer contributed 19 points and six captures. Former Dominican NBA player, Charlie Villanueva, made the honorary tip-off to start the third quarter of the game, a gesture coordinated by the National District Basketball Association (Abadina). Villanueva is in the country after his induction this Sunday into the Dominican Sports Hall of Fame along with 11 other athletes and promoters. The former player —who played for the Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons, Toronto Raptors and Dallas Mavericks— was accompanied by his wife Lala Villanueva, his brother Robert Villanueva, the player Esmery Martínez and professor Fernando Teruel, as well as directors from Abadina and Fedombal. The TBS District 2025 is organized by Abadina, chaired by Colonel Diego Pesqueira, while the Organizing Committee is headed by José Ignacio Paliza, Minister of the Presidency. The 2025 edition is dedicated to the immortal of Dominican sports Evaristo Pérez, former player of San Carlos and historical member of the national team.

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The final series will continue this Tuesday at 7:00 PM, as reported by the Commissioner of TBS District 2025, Professor Nelson Ramírez, and the technical director Ramón Ceballos.