Dominican Republic beats Virgin Islands to qualify for FIBA ​​AmeriCup 2022

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The Dominican Republic managed to contain the Virgin Islands’ offensive response to take their fourth Group C win and qualify for the 2022 FIBA ​​AmeriCup

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

With his victory, the Dominican Republic becomes the third team to be classified for the continental tournament and join Brazil already U.SIn 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 be held at a future date as determined FIBAThis competition does not affect the classification of Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic maintained dominance of the game for most of the game (30:27), despite losing a significant double-digit lead in the fourth quarter, forcing the need to play extra time in which the Dominicans withdrew. Selection of Virgin Islands was able to even out the game thanks to three missed free throws in the last thirteen seconds of the fourth quarter by the Dominicans, added to a great game after a missed free kick from Walter Hodge

Both teams were extremely even in several aspects of the game. Dominican Republic he made 52.94% of his two-point shots, while Virgin Islands he completed 52.73 percent, there were 48 rebounds compared to 45, in favor of the Dominicans.

In the Dominicans, five players had double points in points. Victor Liz he was the top scorer with 20 points. He also contributed four rebounds and three assists. The debutante followed Mike Torres, who nearly had 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 and added six assists.

In front of Virgin Islands Walter Hodge scored 27 points, had twelve assists and four rebounds while Iván Aska he scored 25 and took eleven rebounds.

At the press conference after the game, the leader of the Dominican team, Melvyn López, recognized the great work of Virgin Islands to level the game in the last quarter and how difficult it was for the Dominicans to stop their rivals’ momentum.

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