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Centrobasket Day 2
Group B Both games in this group were close on the first day, but that trend soon changed as they opened Monday’s schedule. The US Virgin Islands bounced back from a close loss with a decisive 84-47 win over El Salvador. Guyana tried to navigate a game with a limited rotation again, but struggled and…
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Centrobasket Day 1
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…
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Weekly Report #57
Americas The semifinals in Brazil started on Saturday and the game was excellent. Araraquara had the lead going into the fourth quarter, but Campinas started the comeback, forcing overtime and then prevailing. The other series started on Sunday with Sampaio getting the win at Cerrado. The finals in Chile started this week with Colegio Los…
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Weekly Report #56
Chile The finals in Chile are set now after the second semifinal series was completed this week. Colegio Los Leones de Quilpue doubled their lead with another home win on Tuesday. That left Puente Alto needing a win at home on Saturday to avoid elimination, but they could not extend the series further after another…
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Weekly Report #55
Lebanon The finals concluded this week in Lebanon with the teams splitting the first two games. Morgan Jones had 32 points on Tuesday to give Riyadi the lead, leaving Homenetmen facing elimination. They continued the road winners trend on Thursday when Alexis Prince scored 41 points in their victory. Saturday’s deciding game went to overtime…
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Weekly Report #54
Lebanon The first two games of the finals were played this week with road teams winning both games. Alexis Prince had 20 rebounds on Friday, but Homenetmen lost the game to Riyadi. She had 32 points on Sunday to help them tie the series. Americas The quarterfinals in Brazil started on Thursday as Sampaio had…