The Dominican Basketball Federation announced the team that will play against the US Virgin Islands in their first game of the second qualifying window of the FIBA AmeriCup 2022
The Dominican Republic will begin its participation in the second qualifying window of the FIBA AmeriCup 2022 during this Sunday in a confrontation against the US Virgin Islands. The match is expected to be a real challenge for both teams, who look even in pre-match statistics.
During the morning of this Sunday, the Dominican Basketball Federation (FEDOMBAL) made the announcement of the twelve players who will be representing the country against the Virgin Islands. During the game this Sunday, the Dominican team will be made up of Juan Miguel Suero, Adonys Henriquez, Gelvis Solano, Sadiel Rojas, Nehemiah Morillo, Adris de Leon, Eloy Vargas, Angel Delgado, Townes brands, Andrew Happy, Juan Guerrero Y Luis Santos.
The twelve warriors who will represent our flag against the Virgin Islands!
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Jean Montero (Available for tomorrow’s roster)
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Luis David Montero (Waiting for a third negative pcr result, could be available tomorrow) pic.twitter.com/mR62ye9ptB— FEDOMBAL (@FedombalRD) November 29, 2020
Three of the names of the group that have been featured, even in publications of the FIBA, son Angel Delgado, Rigoberto Mendoza Y Andrew Happy, who recently entered as the only Dominican in the last rookie draft of the NBA and he comes from a good university year with Illinois Fighting Illini, with an average of 11 points, five rebounds and 2.9 assists.
In the case of Mendoza, he comes from being the third best scorer of the Dominican team during the Fiba Basketball World Cup 2019. Delgado was a level weapon in the first knockout matches AmeriCup that the Dominican Republic played against Canada, averaging 11 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.
Two absences are notorious for the match, but both are justified. The first of these is that of Luis Montero, who will miss Sunday’s game due to situations related to the health protocol imposed against the COVID-19. The player entered the “bubble” created in Punta Cana on Friday and would not have the necessary number of tests (three) to participate in the meeting, according to sources within the FEDOMBAL a ESPN. As a result, the Dominican team will have to wait for FIBA to qualify the player, which they believe will be possible for Monday’s match against Cuba.
The other case is that of Jean Montero, who, according to the Dominican journalist Richard Bazil, will be used by the national team leader, Melvyn López, during Monday’s game.
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