LA ROMANA.- Yeison Colom\u00e9 put on an offensive show that included 39 points and 9 three-pointers, helping the Ca\u00f1eros del Este qualify for the LNB Super League semifinals during a 103-64 victory over the Titanes del Sur at the Eleoncio Mercedes sports center.<\/p>n”\n\n“n
You might be interested in: <\/strong>Jean Montero leads Valencia’s blowout over Bar\u00e7a and ties the ACB final<\/a><\/p>n”\n\n\n\n“n Colom\u00e9 shot 15-of-21 from the field, 9-of-12 from three-point range, grabbed 6 rebounds, dished out 3 assists, and recorded 2 steals for the Ca\u00f1eros (13-13), who secured the fourth playoff spot and eliminated the two-time defending champion Titanes (12-14).<\/p>n”\n\n“n Lugic contributed 18 units and 5 steals for the winners, who also had 12 points and 9 rebounds from Reymond Bastardo. For the Titanes, Diego Col\u00f3n contributed 14 points, Luis Montero 9 and 8 boards. Richard Bautista was limited to 4 units and shooting 2-of-10 from the field.<\/p>n”\n\n“n The La Romana native Colom\u00e9 was the key from the start for the Ca\u00f1eros. In the first quarter, a tip-in by him with 4:28 remaining completed a 17-1 rally that put the Ca\u00f1eros ahead 17-5. Later, Lugic scored two free throws with 1:17 left, and the Eastern team pulled away 26-10. Colom\u00e9 reached his 20th point with a layup with 0:08 remaining, and the quarter ended 31-16.<\/p>n”\n\n“n For Colom\u00e9 it was a perfect first quarter, as he shot 8-for-8 from the field, including 4-for-4 on three-pointers.<\/p>n”\n\n“n “The Eastern Light Aircraft” took center stage offensively again in the second quarter, as with his fifth three-pointer he increased the lead for his Ca\u00f1eros to 42-24. With 4 seconds remaining, Colom\u00e9 sank another triple and the first half concluded 53-34 for the orange team.<\/p>n”\n\n“n By adding 10 points in the second quarter, Colom\u00e9 reached 30 in the first 20 minutes of action, shooting 12-of-16 from the field and 6-of-8 from three-point range. Lugic contributed 10 units and Bastardo 7 for the Eastern team. Montero produced 7 points and Isaiah Rivera 6 for the Titanes side.<\/p>n”\n\n“n The Titans tried to come back in the game, but Colom\u00e9 kept making sure that didn’t happen. His seventh three-pointer came with 4:18 remaining, giving the Eastern team a 63-47 lead. With 1:49 left, Colom\u00e9 injured his leg after a steal and had to be carried to the locker room. The visitors couldn’t get much closer and the scoreboard read 70-54 after three periods.<\/p>n”\n\n“n The last quarter started in a big way for the Ca\u00f1eros. A basket by Bryan Polanco completed an 8-0 run and gave a 24-point lead (78-54) to the La Romana team. Colom\u00e9 returned with less than five minutes left in the fourth quarter and immediately nailed two consecutive three-pointers, making the score 87-59 with 4:02 remaining.<\/p>n”\n\n“n The Ca\u00f1eros shot 58 percent from the field and 16-of-31 from three-point range (52%). They limited the Titanes to 10-of-38 shooting from three (26%) and 35 percent overall. The San Crist\u00f3bal team only went to the free-throw line six times.<\/p>n”\n\n“n The partials concluded 31-16, 22-18, 17-20 and 33-10 for the Ca\u00f1eros.<\/p>n”\n\n“n — “n LA ROMANA.- Yeison Colom\u00e9 put on an offensive show that included 39 points and 9 three-pointers, helping the Ca\u00f1eros del Este qualify for the LNB Super League semifinals during a 103-64 victory over the Titanes del Sur at the Eleoncio Mercedes sports center. n” “n You might be interested in: Jean Montero leads Valencia’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":511940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35743],"tags":[43601,40231,15220,40853],"class_list":["post-511939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-breakingnews","tag-dominican-republic","tag-lnb","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-29b5","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Yeison-Colome-vs-TIT-2.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Basketball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Yeison-Colome-vs-TIT-2.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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