UPDATE: BVI finally grabs win at CentroBaskets
The final day of competition began with the game to determine the seventh place and saw Costa Rica facing the British Virgin Islands. The game stayed close as the teams traded the lead on the scoreboard throughout, but in the last minute of the game the BVI took an advantage of 4 points to take the win.
The best scorer for the British Virgin Islands was Stephon Caul with 31 points. Costa Rican player Mario Herrera scored 25 points.
With the victory, the British Virgin Islands team ended its participation in the U17 Centrobaskets in seventh place.
The USVI then suffered double heartbreak as they not only lost out on a medal finish, but also failed to grab one of the qualifying spots for the FIBA Americas U18 Championship 2014, as they suffered a 62-60 defeat by Mexico and finished 4th.
It was a topsy turvy encounter with the teams trading the advantage until Mexico went on a streak and took an advantage of 9 points to end the half 31- 22 ahead. The Mexican domination continued throughout the third quarter; however, in the final quarter the USVI pulled it back to tie the score at 48. Then Mexican Osmar Garcia scored a three pointer to make the score 51-48 and they held on to the lead to claim victory 62-60.
In the match for 5th and 6th places, the Bahamas dominated and scored 22 points in the paint in the first half while El Salvador remained close on the scoreboard thanks to the work of Leonardo Hernandez, who scored 11 points in the first half.
In the second half, the Bahamians extended their lead to 22 points thanks to a full-court defense and claimed victory 71-49. The best scorer for Bahamas was Jordan Wilson with 16 points as his team finished the tournament in fifth place. El Salvador ended its participation in the U17 Centrobaskets in sixth place.
See previous article posted August 18, 2013
Caul’s double in vain as BVI beaten by Bahamas
A game for 7th place against Costa Rico faces the BVI today in the U17 CentroBaskets Championships in Puerto Rico after the team suffered a narrow 89-82 defeat by the Bahamas yesterday, Saturday August 17, 2013.
In the second match of the day, the Bahamas dominated throughout the match against the BVI, racking up a lead of 19 points. The Bahamian team controlled the paint, scoring 48 points in the paint and capturing 70 rebounds.
Kimron Telemaque did his best to inspire his team to a much needed win, scoring 25 points with 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 rebounds. Stephon Caul added 17 points with 11 rebounds and 1 steal whilst Terrique Wattley finished the game with 15 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals.
Although the final score was 89 – 82, the BVI were always chasing the game and never really got within touching distance of their opponents who were led by Rashad Davis’ 15 points.
The Bahamas will face El Salvador today to determine fifth place in the Championship standings and Costa Rica will face British Virgin Islands to determine the seventh place.
The Dominican Republic defeated the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico defeated Mexico to reach the Final
The first two games of the fourth day of the U17 CentroBaskets determined the teams to clash for the fifth place in the tournament. The first game was between the National Teams of Costa Rica and El Salvador. El Salvador entered the court highly motivated and took control of the scoreboard from the first quarter and increased the lead to 7 at halftime, 32-25.
The Costa Rican team created a run and got as close as one point from El Salvador but the Salvadoran team reacted and once again took an advantage of 20 points. The final score was El Salvador 71 - Costa Rica 51. The best scorer for El Salvador was Leandro Hernandez with 25 points. With this victory, the team of El Salvador will play for the fifth place in the U17 CentroBaskets at 4 P.M.
In the match between the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Dominicans began with a run of 13-0, before an opponent that was erratic and inaccurate. The advantage of the Dominican Republic came to 32 points in the first half, which ended Dominican Republic 48 - U.S. Virgin Islands 16.
The Dominican domination continued for the rest of the game that ended with a score of Dominican Republic 84 - U.S. Virgin Islands 36.
The best scorer for the Dominican Republic was Yerri Flores with 22 points. With this win, the Dominican Republic will play for the gold medal and the U.S. Virgin Islands battle to determine the bronze medal winners.
In the other Semi-Final, Puerto Rico clashed with Mexico. Mexico entered the court motivated and created a 7-0 run in the first two minutes of the quarter. Puerto Rico reacted and after the first set, the score was Mexico 18 - Puerto Rico 17. Puerto Rico took the lead in the second set and did not let go and at the end of the first half the score was Puerto Rico 38 - Mexico 34. In the third quarter, the Puerto Ricans took a 15-point lead, thanks to the great performance from the center, Jose Arroyo who scored 8 points in the quarter. In the final quarter, Puerto Rico expanded to a 27-point lead.
The final score was Puerto Rico 73 - Mexico 55. The best scorer for the Puerto Ricans was José Arroyo with 15 points. With this victory, Puerto Rico will face the Dominican Republic.
The action starts at 2 P.M. when the Costa Ricans face the team of the British Virgin Islands to determine seventh place.
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16 Responses to “UPDATE: BVI finally grabs win at CentroBaskets”
Let's start with basketball with what someone called the Road Town Mafia. Derwin as head trainer of basketball? He never grew up playing the sport? Bash a good hearted dude you know, but don't have knowledge for world stage. Check his record. I believe he only coach to one victory in how many years.
For every sport here on the island we have trained professionals, but because of us and our politics we don't allow them to do their job. Let's start keeping our locals local and leave the world stage for those more qualied otherwise we will never compete worldwide.
Maybe the ones that do it are not fully qualified, but there are people who can that are home grown! Trus
8 teams and tortola fighting for 7th place. lol lol yeah kennedy..your skills rubbing off on the kids..
That's well and good but just like in all the other sports here adults egos are blocking kids from getting properly trained. We have a coach here fron states for basketball, one here fron britain for football and another for cricket and local adults tell kids training with these guys is a waste.
I know for a fact that certain kids are put in front of coaches in track because of their last names while better kids are not because of politics.
Let's utilize the professionals we have here in all sports and elevate our level of competition. Oh and shame on the government for not help sports programs here. Youth and sports is for what? So guys can sit on their butts and plan parades for when we get lucky enough to win some where.
Winning is not luck its by design, just ask Bolt or my favorite team Miami Heat!