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Splitter leads Caja Laboral to 80-86 win over Fuenlabrada

Igor Lansorena

04/18/2010

The Basques move to second place on the standings of the ACB league with 6 games left for the end of the regular season.

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Tiago Splitter scored 26 points and grabbed 7 rebounds and Teletovic added 22 points to lead Caja Laboral to a 80-86 win over Ayuda en Accion Fuenlabrada on Saturday evening.

Gerald Fitch with 16 points was the top scorer for Fuenlabrada. Burstein had 15 and Thomas added 14.

The Basques made an storming start and added a 0-8 run in the early moments of the game but Fuenlabrada reacted well and led 23-21 at the end of the first quarter.

They continued ahead on the scoreboard and led 41-38 at halftime and 64-63 with 10 minutes left to play. The Basques had greater stamina in the end an opened a small gap thanks to Splitter and to Teletovic that was enough to achieve the win.

80 - Ayuda en Accion Fuenlabrada (23+18+23+16): Colom (2), Fitch(16), Laviña (0), Tskitishvili (11), Batista (7) -starting five-, Mainoldi (0), Burstein (15), Thomas (14), Guardia (9), Cortaberria(6) and Sandes (0).

86 - Caja Laboral (21+17+15+23): Huertas (11), Oleson (3), San Emeterio (10), Teletovic (22), Splitter (26) -starting five-, Ribas (4), Singletary (0), English (4) and Herrmann (6).

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