On Tuesday, Puerto Rico basketball players reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time in history, as the US team celebrated another overwhelming success.
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In the decisive game of the fifth round of the subgroup, the Puerto Rican basketball team defeated the South Korean national team 92:73 (28:10, 23:20, 21:17, 20:26) to enter the playoffs.
For the winners, Mia Hollingshead was the most productive with 29 points, who also got 12 rebounds, while Liseula Cana scored 22 points for her opponents.
“We are very proud of the team,” said team manager Jerry Batista after the victory that allowed Puerto Rico basketball players to reach the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time. “Prove once again that you can achieve anything with hard work.”
Meanwhile, in the fifth match of Group A, the women’s Americans achieved another devastating victory, this time beating the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina with 121: 59 (33:15, 30:16, 29:13, 29:15) .
Seven basketball players scored at least ten points in the ranks of the US national team, but Kelsey Plum was the top scorer with 20 points, while Nikonina Elez scored 19 points for the opponents.
In the fight for second place in subgroup A, however, the Chinese national team defeated the Belgian basketball players with 81:55 (17:14, 18:14, 19:17, 27:10).
For the Chinese, Mena Li was the top scorer with 16 points, while Kiara Linskens stood out among the underdogs with 14 points.
In subgroup A, the United States took first place with five wins from five games, Chinese women finished second with four wins, the Belgian national team three wins and third, and Puerto Rico finished fourth in the group. with two he wins, leaving behind the South Korean women with a success and the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which did not win.
The last round of subgroup B matches will also be played today.
Mali will meet Canada, Serbia will compete with the French national team and the Australian hosts will play a match against the Japanese team.
After four rounds of matches, Canadians, French and Australians share the honor of leaders in Group B with three wins in four games, Serbia have two game wins, Japan are fifth with one win and Mali are in last place. in the group with four defeats.
The top four teams from each sub-group will advance to the quarter-finals, which begin on 29 September, and the champions will be determined on 1 October.
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