The 2022 FIBA AmeriCup, Group B Dominican Republic vs Virgin Islands match will be held on September 4, 5:40 PM (International Time) and September 5, 2:10 AM (Indian Time).
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Dominican Republic vs Virgin Islands will go head to head in FIBA AmeriCup on September 4, i.e on Sunday at Geraldao Arena. With seven players scoring eight or more points in their game, Argentina overcame the Virgin Islands with a 95-62 win to claim their first FIBA AmeriCup win in Group B. Argentina were the first to attack, but the Virgin Islands continued to maintain their intensity and even managed to regain the lead briefly before Argentina took a five-point lead early in the second half. Virgin Island’s Ivan Aska had 9 points in the first 10 minutes of the game, but when Argentina’s Nicolas Laprovittola tied his 9 along with Facundo Campazzo’s 5 points, 2 rebounds, and 4 assists, the creativity of Argentina in their play allowed them to land 70% of their shots. The second half saw Argentina play defensively as they held the Virgin Islands to just 8 points and 40% fired, while controlling the board and scoring in the quick break.
The Virgin Islands were quick to defend, with a total of 7 steals at halftime as Aska improved to 13 points and 2 steals, but 16 points from Laprovittola as well as 10 points from Gabriel Deck and Carlos Delfino. 9 points widened the gap to 20 points, something the Virgin Islands could not recover. While the third inning was a closer relationship, with Argentina scoring just 21 points against the Virgin Islands of 13, the depth of Argentina’s bench against a weary Virgin Islands team could not the end of the game made the difference as Argentina’s bench ended. . match with 37 points compared to 13 for the Virgin Islands. Laprovittola leads all strikers with 18 points while Campazzo impresses with a brace of nearly 13 points and nine assists for Argentina. Aska led all scorers in the Virgin Islands with 13 points and 6 rebounds while Rakeem Christmas added 12 points and Romani Hansen added 11 points and 6 rebounds.
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The 2022 FIBA AmeriCup, Group B Dominican Republic vs Virgin Islands match will be held on September 4, 5:40 PM (International Time) and September 5, 2:10 AM (Indian Time). Fans can live stream the match on Courtside 1891 and Indians can log in to Youtube.
Dominican Republic: Angel, Victor Liz, Gelvis, Jeromy, Andres Feliz
Virgin Islands: T. Bloodman, J. Perry-Murray, L. Castillo, R. Hansen, M. Amaro
