Canada and USA to meet in Final

Group 5-8 Place

Brazil - Mexico 64-62
Brazil in a close game beat Mexico in Latino-American classic. Rodolfo Bolis (197-F-03) scored 11 points with 13 points for double-double and he was named MVP of this game. Felipe Motta (199-G/F-03) contributed with 17 points and 6 rebounds. In losing team Yahir Bonilla (204-SF-03) scored 12 points and had 10 rebounds, Eder Acevedo (189-C-03) scored 6 points and had also 10 rebounds. It was close game from very beginning to the end but Brazil did succeed to finish this game in a victory side as Vinicius Vicenti (187-PG-03) in last second scored two point jump-shoot and didn't allow that this game go to over-time.

Puerto Rico - Uruguay 65-40
We needed to wait three quarters in this to someone make a step towards a victory. Puerto Rico made that step when they dominate third quarter with 23:5 result. Johned Walker (178-G-03) lead his teammates to the win with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists which gives him MVP award for this game as he collected 32 ranking points. Joshua Rivera (198-F-03) was behind him with 11 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. In Uruguay 13 points was added by Agustin Ubal (197-G-03), he also had 4 rebounds. Luciano Previatti (197-PF-03) double-double performance combining 10 points and 11 rebounds was just not enough for Uruguay to do something more in this game.

Group Semifinals

Dominican Republic - Canada 81-97
In high scoring game Canada beat Dominican Republic with 16 point margin. Even if this game was pretty-much close in first half, Canada did make a difference in third quarter which they won 24:31. One of the keys for Canada victory is shooting from the field percentage. Canada was shooting 63.3% for 2PT and 35.0% for 3PT. Dominican Republic had only 16.7% outside of 3PT line. Best in Canada and MVP of this game was Caleb Houstan (205-F/G-03) with amazing 29 points and 5 rebounds, he also added 2 assists. Ryan Nembhard (183-PG-03) had 19 points and 12 rebounds while Enoch Boakye (206-C-03) had 8 points but 16 rebounds (!). Jean Montero (185-G-03) showed his class in Dominican Republic team and flushed 29 points and 10 rebounds for double-double performance, he also added 4 assists to his name. That was his third double-double on this tournament.

USA - Argentina 90-58
USA again showed dominance in this tournament by beating Argentina in Semifinals with +32 difference. Entire game was pretty much done after half time when USA players create difference that Argentina was not able to reach. On half time it was already 47:32. USA protected their rim with 34 defensive rebounds and they also grabbed 24 rebounds in offense (Argentina had only 9). Great help did come from the bench for USA. Best in USA was Jalen Duren (206-PF) with 12 points and 7 rebounds, he was followed by Jabari Smith (203-F) with 18 points and 5 rebounds. In losing side Lucas Sigismonti flushed 18 points.