The Dominican Republic defeats the Virgin Islands and qualifies for FIBA ​​AmeriCup 2022

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The Dominican Republic managed to contain the offensive reaction of the Virgin Islands to win their fourth victory in Group C and qualify for FIBA ​​AmeriCup 2022

Dominican Republic performed its mission during the third qualifying window FIBA AmeriCup 2022, by defeating selected by Virgin Islands with a score of 103 points against 99. It was the Dominicans’ fourth victory in the Group C, remaining as leaders of the same, above Canada, Cuba e Virgin Islands.

With his victory, Dominican Republic becomes the third team in the continental tournament to join Brazil already US. In this window, the country has another commitment against the Cuban team, which was unable to make the trip due to visa issues, so the meeting will take place at a later date, as established. FIBA. This match will have no consequences on the classification Dominican Republic.

Dominican Republic maintained the dominance of the match for most of the match (30:27), despite losing a considerable double-digit advantage in the fourth quarter, forcing the need to play overtime in which the Dominicans drew the match. Selection of Virgin Islands managed to equalize the game with the kindness of three missed free throws in the last thirteen seconds of the fourth quarter by the Dominicans, added to a great play after a missed free kick by Walter Hodge.

Both teams were extremely uniform in many aspects of the game. Dominican Republic scored 52.94% of his two-point shots, while Virgin Islands achieved 52.73 percent, there were 48 recoveries compared to 45, in favor of the Dominicans.

For the Dominicans, five players had double-digit points. Victor Liz was the best scorer with 20 points. In addition, he contributed with four rebounds and three assists. The beginner followed Mike Torres, who had almost a triple-double with 19 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds. Eloy Vargas he had nine points and led the game in rebounds with thirteen, adding six assists.

For Virgin Islands, Walter Hodge scored 27 points, had twelve assists and four rebounds, while Ivan Aska scored 25 and took eleven rebounds.

During the post-match press conference, the leader of the Dominican team, Melvyn Lopez, acknowledged the great work done by Virgin Islands to tie the game in the last quarter and how hard it was for the Dominicans to stop the momentum of their rivals.

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