Recap of Day 3 in Caracas

Group A

Bolivia - Venezuela 37-97
Venezuela stayed perfect as this is their 3rd win in the row, and Bolivia suffer second lose on their tournament from two games. If we look closer we can see that Venezuela easily won all periods of the games with 10+ points so this result at the end is not a big surprise. Venezuela allowed Bolivia only 37 points in 40 minutes of the game so it was prof that they played really good defense on this game. Almost 40 points was scored by Venezuela bench on this game while Bolivian bench contributed with 17. In starting five, difference is even bigger. Venezuelan starting fives scored 50 points and Bolivian only 20. In Bolivia best individual was Cristhian Camargo (194-F-92) with 8 points and 5 rebounds, while in Venezuela we have all players added at least 3 points to this game. Most efficient was Anthony Perez (206-F-93) with 27 points, he was followed by David Cubillan (181-PG-87, college: Marquette, agency: Pro Sports) with 15 points and 4 rebounds.

Paraguay - Brazil 63-101
Brazil is still perfect after their second game. They dominated easily against Paraguay on Day-3 of South American Championship. With this lose, Paraguay went on 1-2 record in Group A on this tournament. It was easy win for Brazil, they won all of four quarters on this game and was led by Olivinha Rodriguez (203-F-83) with 21 points and 7 rebounds. He is followed by Joao Paulo Batista (205-C/F-81, college: Gonzaga) who comes from the bench and nipped 12 points and 7 rebounds for his team. In Paraguay best scorer was Gabriel Peralta (201-F-95) with 11 points, and good game had also Federico Mellone (193-F/G-85) with 6 points and 8 rebounds.

Group B

Chile - Colombia 74-80
In closest game of the day, Columbia successfully ended game with second victory on tournament from three games. They were better then Chile and that's how they give Chile first lose (1-1). Last quarter was decider for winner of the game as Columbia won last quarter with 27:18 and that's how they ended up as winner side by 6 point difference then Chile. Columbia was lead by Stalin Ortiz with 28 points and 4 rebounds, also Michael Jackson (197-F/G-87) scored 22 points with 7 rebounds and Rodrigo Caicedo (180-PG-88) had 11 points and amazing 8 assists. In Chile, Sebastian Suarez (193-G-91, college: Portland St.) had 19 points and 4 rebounds, he was followed by Juan Fontena (196-F-87) with 14 points and 6 rebounds.

Peru - Argentina 43-105
One more game with easy win for one team. This time Argentina have easy job for their second win from two games. They win against Peru by 62 point margin. Peru scored only 43 points while Argentina flushed 105. It was easy game for Argentina, they finished all quarters in their favor. 3rd was most efficient for them as they won it by 25 points (30:5). Bench player for Argentina scored 54 points while Peru scored only 11. Argentina was also successful in rebounds with 42 versus 26 for Peru. Kyle Fuller (185-PG-92, college: Vanderbilt) from Bakersfield J. was most efficient for Peru with 19 points and 6 rebounds, in Argentina we have all players scored points and Federico Aguerre (203-SF-88) was most efficient with 14 points and 7 rebounds, he was followed by Javier Saiz (204-C-94) with 12 points and 3 rebounds and also Marcos Delia (209-C-92) with 17 points and 9 rebounds. Argentina is now at 2-0 record in this tournament while Peru still wait for their first win, they are now on 0-3 record in Group B.