the start of the second period for arecibo was very explosive. the capitanes opened with a push of 7-0, thanks to a triple by larry ayuso and two consecutive baskets by danilo pinnock. at that time, arecibo took off on the scoreboard 29 - 19. incidentally, those were the first points of a rally that did danilo pinnock. he scored eight consecutive points for arecibo. the vaqueros tried to answer with some baskets of christian dalmau and robert traylor, but the capitanes managed to close strong at the half. after twenty minutes of action the capitanes had twelve-point advantage, 43 - 31. during that first half, larry ayuso and danilo pinnock combined to make between them, thirty-three points. captains also dominated the rebounds 20 - 11. also they were perfect from the free throw line.