97-102: Puerto Rico overcomes giant towns

39 points of the great Karl Anthony town fell short of the choice of Puerto Rico Players who returned in the final quarter against the Republic Dominican (97-102) Second stage world Basketball played in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia.

Led by Tremont watersWith 37 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds, the Puerto Rican side were able to pull back with a 23-33 run in the remaining 10 minutes to keep their chances of reaching the quarterfinals, while also scoring their first of the tournament against the Republic. defeat was accepted Dominican.

The narrow scoring in the first quarter (29 points between both teams) was just a mirage of a game that saw a high scoring percentage and nine players ending the game in double figures.

A 45-45 at halftime was a tie for both teams, with field goal accuracy in the final quarter (69.2%) Puerto Rico victory.

The result allows Puerto Rico to maintain their chances of reaching the quarter-finals and need to beat Italy on Sunday.

On the other hand, the Republic Dominican by Karl Anthony town He suffered his first loss in a tournament that has been one of the positive surprises. Serbian on the last day.

data sheet

Dominican, 97 – Puerto Rican, 102

97. Dominican Republic (12+33+29+23): Ferris (22), Figueroa (2), Liz (1), Towns (39), Vargas -early team-, Delgado (2), Mendoza (-), Montero (12), Peña (3), Quinones (13), Solano (3), Suelo (-).
102. Puerto Rico (17+28+24+33): Condit (18), Pinheiro (10), Romero (6), Thompson Jr. (2), Waters (37) -early team-, Ford (2), Holland ( 6), Howard (11), Ortiz (10), Reyes (-), Thompson (-), Toro Barea (-).
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Raba Nuheim (EC), Kalos Peralta (LB).
Incident: A Group I match of the second round of the Basketball World Cup at the Manila Araneta Coliseum (Quezon, Philippines).