Puerto Rico will compete with the United States for the gold medal in the Women’s USA

Puerto Rico will be the U.S. pair in the gold medal match In அமரிக்கப் 2021 female.

The Puerto Rican national team defeated Canada 65-61 on Friday night Roberto Clementi was able to reach the final of the tournament for the first time in the second semifinal of the tournament at the Coliseum.

Puerto Rico has already qualified for the 2022 FIBA ​​World Cup qualifiers It will be set in Sydney, Australia.

In the first semifinal, the United States defeated Brazil 71-60 to secure a ticket to the final on Saturday night at 9:00 p.m.

Puerto Rico dominated 17-13 in the first quarter, but the teams went into the dressing room at 34 equal time. In the third, the Quintets could not take anything, but the Puerto Ricans had a 50-48 lead the way into the final 10 minutes.

The locals started the set by extending the lead to 57-53, but Canada responded with three baskets, closing the gap to a minimum (57-56). When was Ali Gibson He continued to hold the stick with two baskets to give Puerto Rico a 61-58 lead.

There were many opportunities to thank Canada for its dominance in withdrawing the attack. However, this is low on capitalization. With 5.3 seconds left, Pamela Pink He went to the free throw line which had ensured victory, but failed on both attempts to score 63-61. Precisely, Rosado recovered the ball and received personal abuse.

He went back to the sigh line and pierced Mert on both occasions and sealed Puerto Rico’s victory.

“This team has something magical about it. He gave himself from the heart because there is no small or big enemy. We were close to beating Canada before, it happened at home.“National team captain Rosado said.

The Canadians beat Puerto Ricans 51-34, but turned the ball around 15 times against Puerto Rico’s nine.

Jasmine Guatema He was the tournament’s top scorer with 17 points, following that Jennifer O’Neill With 15 despite 22-6 shots from the field. Other in double figures with Gibson 11.

In the case of Canada, Nira fields Led the offense with 14 points. Laticia amiher Contribution 12 and Kayla Alexander 11.