POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
Stephanie Rosado
Big Final: Dominican Republic - Puerto Rico 69-81
Puerto Rico outplayed Dominican Republic 69-81 winning the Gold medal at the CAC Games in Mayaguez. The host of this event ended it with the perfect 5-0 record. Stephanie Rosado (189-F-89) stepped up in the Big Final with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Jazmine Sepulveda (177-G-85, agency: Merit Sports, college: S.Florida) also demonstrated great performance and helped her team with 16 pts and 7 boards. Pamela Rosado (161-G-86) added 14 pts. In the loosing squad, Carmen Guzman (175-G-85, agency: Merit Sports, college: UAB) shined with 21 points and 7 rebs. Sugeiry Monsac (186-F/C-81) had 12 points and 9 boards. Their Dominican Republic won the Silver medal in Mayaguez.
Third quarter was the crucial one in this meeting. Before that, Dominican Republic made 16-12 in the first ten minutes. Puerto Rico replied with 21-30 in the second frame for 5-point lead at the half time. Stephanie Rosado and her teammates exploded offensively after the breather scoring 25 points in Q3, while at the same time they stopped Dominicans to 16. It means that Puerto Rico jumped to plus 14 and there was ten minutes remaining in the game. Question about the winner was already resolved and last quarter was just the formality.
Dominican Republic: Carmen Guzman 21+7 boards, Sugeiry Monsac 12+9 boards
Puerto Rico: Stephanie Rosado 19+10 boards, Jazmine Sepulveda 16+7 boards, Pamela Rosado 14
Third place: U.S. Virgins Islands - Jamaica 58-69
Jamaica was better than ISV in the battle for third place in Mayaguez. It means that the Bronze medal belongs to Jamaica, while ISV ended as No.4 at this event. Vanessa Gidden (193-C/F-85, college: Hofstra) was the leading scorer in victory with 24 points. She grabbed 6 rebounds beside that. Simone Edwards (194-C-73, college: Iowa) is another player who had very important role in this victory. She spent 33 minutes on the court registering double-double of 20 points and 13 rebounds. On the other side, ISV got 17 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists from Natalie Day. Victoria Hamilton (182-G-91) had 11 pts and 7 boards.
Jamaica made 9-12 lead in the first ten minutes and in the next quarter jumped to 17-29. ISV was in trouble and was not able to reply. Actually, they made 21-19 after the breather, but that was not enough. Vanessa Gidden and her teammates were strong enough to fend off any attempt made by the ISV. Both teams were good offensively in the last period, which belonged to Jamaica 20-21. At the end, it was a 58-69 win and totally deserved Bronze medal for Jamaica.
U.S. Virgin Islands: Natalie Day (183-G/F-90) 17+16+5 as, Victoria Hamilton 11+7 boards
Jamaica: Vanessa Gidden 24+6 boards, Simone Edwards 20+13 boards
Fifth place: Guatemala - Mexico 49-79
Mexico ended the CAC Games with victory. It was the crucial meeting for the fifth place in Mayaguez and Mexico destroyed Guatemala 49-79. Naturally, Guatemala finished as No.6. Abril Garcia (189-F/C-80, college: ORU) was totally the best player in victory. She spent almost 33 minutes on the court collecting 26 points and 12 rebounds. Alexis Castro (184-G/F-86, agency: 22ft, college: Vermont) also was good as she helped Mexico with 13 points and 9 boars. Annel Tapia (170-G-86) and Taine Ramirez (173-G-78) added 9 points each. In Guatemala, Blanca Amado (179-G/F-79) delivered 17 points. Alma Lopez (165-G-86) had 16 points and 6 assists.
Mexico made 12-15 lead in the first ten minutes. They continued in the same manner in Q2 finishing it with 12-19. It means that Mexico held nice 10-point lead at the half time. Abril Garcia and her teammates devastated Guatemala in third quarter 9-24 and question about the winner was resolved. Anyway, Mexico didnt slow down for rest of the way and finished last ten minutes with 8-14 for the final 49-79 victory.
Guatemala: Blanca Amado 17, Alma Lopez 16+6 as
Mexico: Abril Garcia 26+12 boards, Alexis Castro 13+9 boards, Annel Tapia 9, Taine Ramirez 9
Seventh place: Trinidad and Tobago - Saint Vincent 88-26
Trinidad and Tobago devastated Saint Vincent to avoid the last place in Mayaguez. Thanks to this victory T&T finished as No.7 at this event. Saint Vincent ended as the only winless team. Chrisan Petrovanie (193-C-89) came up with 22 points and 15 rebounds for T&T. Sharmion Selman (184-F-82) was the second scorer in this victory with 15 points. Jowan Ortega (173-G-85) added 14 pts and 5 boards. On the other side, Saint Vincent had only one player with double-digits in scoring. It was Sheldeen Joseph (162-G-92) with 10 pts (9 rebs).
Trinidad and Tobago was a way better team from the start. In the first ten minutes Chrisan Petrovanie and her teammates created huge 23-7 lead. At that time it was clear that Saint Vincent will not have a chance in this one. T&T finished the second frame with 21-10 for plus 27 at the halftime. Nothing has changed after that. T&T dominated in all segments making 23-9 in Q3. Later they increased lead even more to the final 88-26 blowout.
Trinidad and Tobago: Chrisan Petrovanie 22+15 boards, Sharmion Selman 15, Jowan Ortega 14+5 boards
Saint Vincent: Sheldeen Joseph 10+9 boards
