That season, he played 32 games, scoring 503 points, with 304 rebounds and 26 assists for averages of 15.7, 10.6 and 0.8 respectively.

He became a steady scorer during the late 70's, raising his per game points average to 23.6 by the 1978 season.

In 1978, Quiñones debuted with his country's men's national basketball team at the age of 22.

[2] He became a star in the league at a time when he competed with other famous BSN players such as Quijote Morales, Piculin Ortiz and Ruben Rodriguez.

Despite his efforts and being teamed for a good portion of that time with point guard Willito Melendez, however, Quiñones could not help the Criollos' luck much, as they only made the playoffs sporadically and were hurt by a trade of Melendez to the Polluelos de Aibonito before the 1986 season.