The national women’s basketball team emerged as the new regional monarch. And it is that Venezuela took over the South American U15 for the first time in history, after winning in the final instance with a score of 72-59 against their counterpart from Colombia.
“Las Chamas” who played under the guidelines of David Duran, they came from securing their ticket to the FIBA AmeriCup U16after dominating Argentina in the semifinals, just as they did this Sunday against the New Granadans in the Bolivarian Dome of the city of Barquisimeto (Lara state).
Both teams showed great parity, however Venezuela ended up taking the honors by a slight advantage of 25-22, thanks to the excellent work of Albanys Ramírez, who scored 18 of those points in the first 10 minutes of the game.
The Cefeteras did not give up and reacted in the second quarter, going into halftime with a score of 43-42.
Already in the second half, the Venezuelan team chose to score the necessary points that would allow them to pave the way to success. And the Venezuelans tried their luck from the three-point line and they were very effective.
Already in the last part of the match, the Creoles exhibited all their power to finally seal the victory and thus win the gold medal for the first time for their country.
Precisely Ramírez was the most outstanding figure of the match after achieving a double-double of 24 points, 12 rebounds and two assists, thus demonstrating his high level of competitiveness.
This victory allows Venezuela to join the teams of Brazil, Chile and Argentina, which have been crowned champions in this category in their history, after having fallen four times in the final.
