POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
1/2 Finals
Puerto Rico - Dominican Republic 97-75
Puerto Rico celebrated against Dominican Republic 98-75 at the U17 Centrobasket Semis and they will meet Mexico in the Big Final. Puerto Rico advanced to this stage perfect and yesterday's victory was expected. The Dominicans also demonstrated decent performance in the first stage, but they could not resist against the strong Puerto Ricans. Angel Matias (-93) and Jose Agosto (-93) were the key players in victory combining 36 points and 26 rebounds. Luis Quinones (-93) and Angel Rodriguez (-94) followed them with 15 points each. On the other side, Eddy Guisarri (-94) shined with 23 pts. Ted Jimenez (-93) was the second scorer in loss with 12 pts.
Mexico - U.S. Virgin Islands 79-64
The host of U17 Centrobasket managed to reach the Big Final. In yesterday's Semifinals the Mexicans were too strong for US Virgin Islands celebrating comfortable 15-point win. Today Mexico will fight for the Gold against also undefeated Puerto Rico. Javier Meza (-93) top-scored in Team Mexico with 18 points. Ernesto Morales (-94) had 16 pts and 7 boards, while Jaime Cruz added 12 pts and 6 rebs. Aaron Brown (-92) drained 21 points and grabbed 5 boards in defeat, while Rasheed Swanston (-95) contributed with 12 pts.
Place 5-7
Nicaragua - Guatemala 65-74
Guatemala cruised past Nicaragua 75-64 and it will continue battle for the fifth place at the U17 Centrobasket in Mexico. Today the Guatemalans will take on Bahamas. On the other side, Nicaragua ended the contest winless on the last seventh place. Juan Fernando Calderon (180-G-93) led the winners with 19 points and 8 rebounds. Carlos Cruz (-94) had 15 pts, 7 boards and 6 assists, while Fabio Salazar (-94) added 13 pts. Francisco Cuarezma (-95) responded with 20 points in defeat. Harry Miranda (-94) also was good in this defeat netting 18 pts.
