Eight teams headed to Managua, Nicaragua for the Centrobasket tournaments. There are two groups for round-robin play with the last place team getting eliminated after those games. The top three finishers in the tournament besides El Salvador will join them in next summer’s AmeriCup.
Group B
Sunday’s action started in this group with El Salvador knowing that they would advance to AmeriCup, but still trying to put in a good effort in this tournament. Guyana had a great start, but struggled with depth and got forced into overtime where Brandi Harvey-Carr finished a fantastic game to secure the 85-84 win. Multiple players played the entire game for Guyana, including Ruth Adams and Ava Thomas, while Joy Adams recorded a triple-double before fouling out in overtime. Puerto Rico has controlled recent tournaments, but found themselves in a battle in their opening game. Anisha George and the US Virgin Islands briefly got the lead again in the fourth quarter, but Zaida Gonzalez helped the four-time defending champions hold on for an 81-75 win.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-centrobasket-womens-championship-2026/games/131087-ESA-GUY#boxscore
El Salvador [85]: Harvey-Carr 31/12r Alfaro 15/7r/7a Tevez 12/7a A. Rivas 7/10r Alvarado 7/8r Dominguez 5 Aviles 4/6r Escobar 4 Vega 0 Menendez 0 Quijano 0 T. Rivas DNP
Guyana [84]: R. Adams 33/15r Thomas 20 J. Adams 16/13r/10a McDavid 10/12r Edwards 5 Ogle 0 Copperfield 0 Romain DNP Ritchie DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-centrobasket-womens-championship-2026/games/131086-PUR-ISV#boxscore
Puerto Rico [81]: Gonzalez 21 Jones 14 Melendez 11/9r McGee-Stafford 8/13r Rosado 7/8a Pagan 6 Benitez 5 De Leon 4 Torres 3 Solis 2 Roma 0 Rodriguez DNP
US Virgin Islands [75]: George 28/12r Kleemann-Day 17/7r Tate 14/6r Jones 5 Taylor 3/7r Ephraim 3 Elohim 3 Bough 2 Hamilton 0 Ngongba DNP Romain DNP
Group A
The first game in this group continued the day’s trend of close games as Lashann Higgs and Valerie Nesbitt helped the Bahamas take the lead early. Cesarina Capellan and the Dominican Republic got to work in the fourth quarter, pulling ahead right at the end to escape with a 72-69 win. The hosts closed the day and Kiyomi McMiller tried to keep them in the game, but Anisa Jeffries and Mexico raced out to the 103-66 win.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-centrobasket-womens-championship-2026/games/131080-DOM-BAH#boxscore
Dominican Republic [72]: Capellan 20/6r Martinez 14/11r Queliz 14 Polanco 8 Batista 6/7r Sosa 4/10r Morton 4 Almon 2 Acosta 0 Benitez 0 Y. Jimenez 0 R. Jimenez DNP
Bahamas [69]: Higgs 25/7r Nesbitt 21/9r Collins 16 Rolle 2 Moultrie 2 Kerr 2 Demeritte 1 Simpson 0/7r Reckley 0 Seymour 0 Kelly 0 Stewart 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-centrobasket-womens-championship-2026/games/131081-NCA-MEX#boxscore
Nicaragua [66]: McMiller 36/9r Gamble 19/6r Sambola 4 Ulloa 3 Peralta 2 Romero 2 A. Hodgson 0 Gibbs 0 L. Hodgson 0 Ramos 0 Anderson 0 Alvarez 0
Mexico [103]: Jeffries 20/12r/6s Pitts 16/7a Esquer 16 Valenzuela 14 Gil 10/7r Chavez 10 Lagunas 6/7r Rodriguez 4 Maciel 4 Vidales 3 Carr 0 Lucero 0
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