A night for history, was lived yesterday in the Municipal Auditorium of this city, where the Mexican Basketball Team defeated its counterpart from Colombia with marker 76 points for 60in a friendly preparation match for the Tricolor, which is heading to the World Cup of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).
For the squad led by Omar Quintero from Sonora, it was the second consecutive test against the coffee team, in a five-city national tourbefore leaving for the World Cup, to which Mexico managed to qualify for only the second time in the last 50 years and did so for the first time under the “FIBA Windows” format.
In it Municipal Auditorium of Torreóna registered absolute full by the lagoon fans and some from other latitudeslike Durango and Chihuahua, because fans of Deporte Ráfaga wanted to say goodbye to their national team, heading to the commitment in the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan.
(JORGE MARTÍNEZ MAURICIO / THE CENTURY OF TORREÓN)
IMPOSE CONDITIONS
The Mexican team began the offensive with a bang, with the old acquaintance Paul Stoll as spark plug of the national squad, he scored 7 points and distributed assists, for men like the exNBA Jorge Gutierrez and for the center Josh Ibarrawho dominated in the paint, despite the good height that the coffee growers presented.
The response of the South Americans was with Hansel Atenciawho managed to isolate himself from the Mexican defenders to score 5 points, but it was not enough for his team, which ended up trailing 25-9 after the first quarter. Moses Andriassi He entered the court for Mexico in the second period and immediately made himself felt, hitting three consecutive triples and showing his desire to sneak into the final list of the World Cup, while the historic player was present for the Colombians. Jaime Echeniquefighting boards and winning second chances on offense, although Colombia ended up behind in the score when they went to the locker room, with a score of 42 points to 24.
With some changes in their lineups, both squads maintained the intensity in the points dispute, although the local squad maintained its superiority in the paint, with the man from Toros Laguna, Josh Ibarrawhile Gutiérrez took charge of orchestrating the Mexican attack, crowned with good baskets from Gael Bonillathe young star of national basketball.
The visit held the duel with Santiago Serna as their best man on the court, winning personal duels to score important points, but the third period ended 60 for 39, in favor of Mexico. The good advantage on the scoreboard allowed the Mexicans to play with greater confidence, but never relaxing as the minutes progressed. Jonathan Machado he received minutes and reiterated his stupendous level of play to try to get that place on the final list for the World Cup. The fans enjoyed each of the plays by the Mexicans, who never stopped scoring points against a Colombian national team that did what it could, but never managed to tighten the game, which ended with a score of 76 to 60.
(JORGE MARTÍNEZ MAURICIO / THE CENTURY OF TORREÓN)
CANASTEROS
The best scorers for the Mexican team were Moses Andriassi with 14 units, Paul Stoll contributed 12, Fabian Jaimes he put 11 and Jorge Gutierrez he also reached double digits with 10 points. On the part of the Colombians, his best canastero was Jaime Echenique with 13 basketed units, he seconded it Hansel Artencia with 11 and also wore Santiago Sernawith 10. Mexicans and Colombians will collide again in a friendly match, in the gymnasium of the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
(JORGE MARTÍNEZ MAURICIO / THE CENTURY OF TORREÓN)
2023-07-23 15:16:48
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