The Colombian women’s basketball team got the ticket to FIBA AmeriCup Women which will take place in 2023 and which will qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The team led by Luis Cuenca defeated Uruguay on the last date of the group phase, qualifying for the semifinals of the tournament that takes place in Saint Louis, Argentina in the second place of Group B behind Brazil.
The Colombian quintet recovered from a slow start to the game in which they were losing 14-4 and with a great second half, they ended up easily beating Uruguayin the Group B. The charrúas fought in the first half and with a good effectiveness from long distance (11-5 in triples) they dominated during most of those 20 minutes; nevertheless, they would finish down 33-31 to rest. Colombia He recovered with an effective zone defense, then imposed his greatest size under the basket and from that form took control.
The defense forced the Uruguayans to bounce 17 ballswhich the coffee team took advantage of to dominate the points after losses due to 20-6. In the goals under the basket, the difference in favor of the coffee makers was 32-16. In the third leg Uruguay could only score cinco and in the last, the Colombia’s partial was 26-13.
The point guard Manuela Ríos with 15 points and six assists guided the Colombians who had 11 of their 12 players present on the scoring list. The inmate Yuliany Paz left a double-double of 10 units and 10 rebounds. Natasha Dolinsky and Camila Kirschenbaumclosed with 11 goals each for the Uruguayans, who were left with no options to enter the fight for the medals..
The semifinal match will be against Argentinaleader of Group A with three victories in the three outings against Venezuela, Paraguay and Ecuador. The leader by points in the albiceleste quintet is Luciana of the Beardplayer of Sports Berazategui from Argentinian basketball leaguewith 42 points, being the fourth with more annotations in the South American Championship that was takes place from August 1 to 6.
The final phase will start on friday august 5 with the games to define from fifth to eighth place. Paraguay, third in the Group A, will be measured at Uruguaylast in the Group B. While Chile, third in zone B, will face its counterpart from Ecuador, the worst team in the competition. The first semifinal match will be between Brasil vs Venezuela at 4:30 in the afternoon, Colombian time. Meanwhile, the Colombia match will be the closing match of the day at 7 pm at the Arena La Pedrera Stadium. All matches can be seen live through the profile of FIBA YouTube.
The match for Third place It will be on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. while the grand final will be played this same day at 7 p.m. The players that make up the Colombian basketball team are: Mayra Caicedo, Manuela Rios, Monica Palacios, Jennifer Muñoz, Hope Delgado, Isabel Rodriguez, Mabel Martinez, Daniela Gonzalez, Wendy Coy, Tania Valencia, Catherine Vente and Yuliany Peace. The technical director is Luis Cuenca and is accompanied on the technical bench by Sarah Solarte as a technical assistant Ricardo Pinzon as a delegate.
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