Puerto Rico cruises past Mexico 63-44 to win the Gold in Gurabo - Jul 18, 2011 (by Eurobasket News)
FINAL
U17 Puerto Rico - U17 Mexico 63-44
Puerto Rico won the Gold in Gurabo. They cruised past Mexico 63-44 in the Big Final to end U17 CentroBasket undefeated. Silver belongs to Mexico. Diamalises Rivera Barcelo stepped up for the host of this event with 17 points and 13 rebounds. Aleana Lyd Leon Garcia had 13 points and 6 boards, while Krystal Luciano Mendez added 11 points, 6 boards and 7 assists. In the loosing squad, Narda Valeria Salceda Jimenez collected 12 points and 6 rebs [read more]
FINAL
U17 Puerto Rico - U17 Mexico 63-44 Puerto Rico won the Gold in Gurabo. They cruised past Mexico 63-44 in the Big Final to end U17 CentroBasket undefeated. Silver belongs to Mexico. Diamalises Rivera Barcelo stepped up for the host of this event with 17 points and 13 rebounds. Aleana Lyd Leon Garcia had 13 points and 6 boards, while Krystal Luciano Mendez added 11 points, 6 boards and 7 assists. In the loosing squad, Narda Valeria Salceda Jimenez collected 12 points and 6 rebs. Meliza Raquel Ramirez Casillas, Maria Begona Faz Davalos and two more players in Mexico scored 6 points each. Quarters: 18-9, 15-11, 17-12, 13-12. Puerto Rico won the Preliminary Group B with perfect 3-0. After that they eliminated Dominican Republic 59-43 in the Semifinals.
Puerto Rico: Diamalises Rivera Barcelo 17+13 boards, Aleana Lyd Leon Garcia 13+6 boards, Krystal Luciano Mendez 11+6 boards+7 as Mexico: Narda Valeria Salceda Jimenez 12+6 boards, Meliza Raquel Ramirez Casillas 6, Maria Begona Faz Davalos 6
PLACES 3-4
U17 Dominican Republic - U17 Bahamas 80-46 Dominican Republic won the Bronze at the U17 CentroBasket in Gurabo. They destroyed Bahamas on Sunday to finish as No.3. On the other side, Bahamas stays without the medal. Yamel Vanessa Abreu Alvarez stepped up for the winners with 26 points and 5 rebounds. Frabel Feliz Rodriguez had 17 points and 14 boards, while Anyelina Santos Rosario added 12 pts and 9 rebs. In Bahamas, Brea Forbes collected 19 pts and 6 rebs. Their second scorer was Taneka Kristine Sandiford. Dominican Republic took control on Bahamas from the very beginning. They made 25-8 lead in the first ten minutes and were looking comfortable. Until the halftime Dominican Republic jumped to 40-16 and the game winner was already known. Second half was just the formality and Dominican Republic had no troubles to win the Bronze.
U17 US Virgin Islands - U17 Guatemala 48-72 Guatemala finished U17 CentroBasket as No.5. They celebrated 72-48 win against US Virgin Islands in the last day of the championship in Gurabo. US Virgins Islands ended as the sixth ranked team. Guatemala shined in the second and third quarter, what was enough for the victory in this meeting. Emily Rosales Quan exploded with 22 points and 23 rebounds for the winners. Angelica Maria Jose Cardenas Lantan had 22 points and 6 assists, while Virginia Blanca Argentina Pinto Trujillo added 10 points and 6 rebs. In defeat, Shaquana Quanae Iona Foy top-scored with just 11 points. Edidiong Beulah Utibe had 8 points and the same number of boards. US Virgin Islands managed to resist just in the first period, which still belonged to Guatemala 14-15. Guatemala made 13-21 for the next ten minutes and blasted Guatemala 6-20 in Q3. Last period was just the formality and Guatemala won this game with comfortable 72-48.
US Virgin Islands: Shaquana Quanae Iona Foy 11, Edidiong Beulah Utibe 8+8 boards Guatemala: Emily Rosales Quan 22+23 boards, Angelica Maria Jose Cardenas Lantan 22+6 as, Virginia Blanca Argentina Pinto Trujillo 10+6 boards
Mexico and Puerto Rico to fight for the Gold - Jul 17, 2011 (by Eurobasket News)
SEMIFINALS
U17 Mexico - U17 Bahamas 85-33
Mexico advanced to the Big Final of U17 CentroBasket in Gurabo. They destroyed Bahamas in the Semifinals with huge 85-33. In the other Semifinals game, Puerto Rico was better than Dominican Republic 59-43, so Mexico will meet Puerto Rico in the battle for Gold. Bahamas will play against Dominican Republic for third place. Ana Karen Bernal Armendariz stepped up for Mexico in this game with double-double of 14 points and 14 rebounds [read more]
SEMIFINALS
U17 Mexico - U17 Bahamas 85-33 Mexico advanced to the Big Final of U17 CentroBasket in Gurabo. They destroyed Bahamas in the Semifinals with huge 85-33. In the other Semifinals game, Puerto Rico was better than Dominican Republic 59-43, so Mexico will meet Puerto Rico in the battle for Gold. Bahamas will play against Dominican Republic for third place. Ana Karen Bernal Armendariz stepped up for Mexico in this game with double-double of 14 points and 14 rebounds. Nohemi Lopez Arguello had 13 points and 6 assists, while Maria Begona Faz Davalos added 12 points and 10 rebs. In Bahamas, Brea Forbes responded with 11 points and 7 rebs. Their second scorer was Raven Thompson with only 6 points. It is important to mention that Bahamas was scoreless for the entire first quarter, while Mexico drained 30 points on the other side. Quarters: 33-0, 14-4, 19-9, 19-20.
Mexico: Ana Karen Bernal Armendariz 14+14 boards, Nohemi Lopez Arguello 13+6 as, Maria Begona Faz Davalos 12+10 boards Bahamas: Brea Forbes 11+7 boards, Raven Thompson 6
U17 Dominican Republic - U17 Puerto Rico 43-59 Puerto Rico will play in the Finals of U17 CentroBasket in Gurabo. The host of this event cruised past Dominican Republic 59-43 to reach the Gold medal game. There, Puerto Rico will meet Mexico. On the other side, Dominican Republic will play against Bahamas for third place. Diamalises Rivera Barcelo came up with 15 points and 6 rebounds for the winners. Aleana Lyd Leon Garcia had 10 points and 6 boards, while Claudia Alejandra Ortiz Ledesma added 9 points. In the loosing squad, Cheisy Carolay Hernandez collected 13 points and 5 rebs. Yamel Vanessa Abreu Alvarez followed her with 11 points, 6 rebs ad 5 assists. Quarters: 12-14, 4-19, 14-10, 13-16. Sunday is the last day of the competition.
U17 Cayman Islands - U17 US Virgin Islands 42-80 US Virgin Islands registered their second victory in Gurabo. It was the first game of the Classification Round and US Virgin Islands made a step forward to fifth place at U17 CentroBasket. In order to win it, they will have to beat Guatemala today. On the other side, Cayman Islands ended as the last ranked team at this event. Edidiong Beulah Utibe exploded with monster double-double of 33 points and 26 rebounds for the winners. J'Lene Ebone Martinez scored 13 points, while Merissa Murphy added 12 points and 12 boards. In Cayman Islands, La-Torae Joan Nixon collected 20 points and 8 rebounds. Felicia Janelle Connor (7 rebs) and Rochel Gabrela Gardener scored 8 and 6 points respectively. Quarters: 4-17, 7-17, 14-23, 17-23.
Semifinals are set in Gurabo - Jul 16, 2011 (by Eurobasket News)
GROUP A
U17 Mexico - U17 Dominican Republic 70-56
Mexico won the first place in Group A. They handed 70-56 loss to Dominican Republic ending the Preliminary Round in Gurabo with perfect 2-0. Mexico will meet Bahamas in the Semifinals. On the other side, Dominican Republic also advanced to Semis, but as No.2 of this pool (1-1 record). Their rival will be the host of U17 CentroBasket - Puerto Rico [read more]
GROUP A
U17 Mexico - U17 Dominican Republic 70-56 Mexico won the first place in Group A. They handed 70-56 loss to Dominican Republic ending the Preliminary Round in Gurabo with perfect 2-0. Mexico will meet Bahamas in the Semifinals. On the other side, Dominican Republic also advanced to Semis, but as No.2 of this pool (1-1 record). Their rival will be the host of U17 CentroBasket - Puerto Rico. Ana Karen Bernal Armendariz was the leading player in victory with double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds. Narda Valeria Salceda Jimenez had 14 pts, 5 rebounds and 9 assists, while Nohemi Lopez Arguello also helped Mexico with 14 points. In defeat, Cheisy Carolay Hernandez top-scored with 17 pts. Yamel Vanessa Abreu Alvarez had 14 points and 6 rebounds, and Frabel Feliz Rodriguez added 13 points, plus 11 boards. Quarters: 24-11, 12-9, 17-13, 17-23.
U17 Puerto Rico - U17 US Virgin Islands 96-40 Puerto Rico won the first place in Preliminary Group B in Gurabo. The host of U17 CentroBasket ended this phase with perfect 3-0 record. Of course, Puerto Rico advanced to Semifinals and they will meet Dominican Republic. On the other side, US Virgin Islands dropped to 1-2 and finished as the last ranked of this group. They failed to reach the next stage and will be transferred to Classification Games from 5th to 7th place. Diamalises Rivera Barcelo shined for the winners with 22 points and 6 rebounds. Aleana Lyd Leon Garcia scored 13 points and Claudia Alejandra Ortiz Ledesma added one less than her. In US Virgin Islands, Edidiong Beulah Utibe collected 16 points and 16 boards. Their second scorer was Shaquana Quanae Iona Foy with just 8 pts. Quarters: 25-10, 25-13, 18-8, 28-9.
Puerto Rico: Diamalises Rivera Barcelo 22+6 boards, Aleana Lyd Leon Garcia 13, Claudia Alejandra Ortiz Ledesma 12 US Virgin Islands: Edidiong Beulah Utibe 16+16, Shaquana Quanae Iona Foy 8
U17 Guatemala - U17 Bahamas 39-48 First win for Bahamas at the U17 CentroBasket in Gurabo. They handed 48-39 loss to Guatemala and it was enough for the Semifinals. There is three-way-tie on the second place in Group B with Bahamas, Guatemala and US Virgin Islands all having 1-2 record. In that circle, Bahamas has the best score and they ended as No.2 in this pool. Guatemala is No.3, while US Virgin Islands ended as the last ranked team in this group. Bahamas will meet Mexico in the Semifinals. On the other side, Guatemala will be transferred to Classification Games from 5th to 7th place. Taneka Kristine Sandiford stepped up for Bahamas in this game with 17 points and 14 rebounds. Kaylicia Laing secured a great help adding 13 pts and 11 rebs. In the loosing squad, Emily Rosales Quan replied with 18 points and 7 boards, while Angelica Maria Jose Cardenas Lantan added 12 pts and 5 rebs. Quarters: 18-17, 10-20, 4-6, 7-5.
Guatemala: Emily Rosales Quan 18+7 boards, Angelica Maria Jose Cardenas Lantan 12+5 boards Bahamas: Taneka Kristine Sandiford 17+14 boards, Kaylicia Laing 13+11 boards
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