Culiacán, Sin.- The Sinaloa national team is going for two gold medals in the basketball finals of the National Games Conade 2002.
They are being held in the state capital.
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By winning their respective tickets with tight and cardiac matches on the court of the María del Rosario Espinoza Gymnasium.
The Sinaloa delegation completed the two passes for the gold medals, by winning the semifinals in duels full of emotions and strategy, worthy of the semifinals.
MEETINGS:
The matches for the medals will be played this Sunday from 08:00 in the same venue, which will conclude the activity of the burst sport of these national games.
CARDIAC PASS
The young men from the 2006-2007 category, men, faced their counterpart from Nayarit for the pass to the grand final, an intense duel from start to finish.
The locals took the lead with up to 10 points before the end of the first half of the game.
Upon returning from the break, Nayarit went on top, advancing the score already with an 8-point lead, which was shortened as the minutes passed, the locals tried, but the Nayarit defense walled in, avoiding Sinaloa’s baskets.
With just 40 seconds left in the game, and with a 7-point deficit, Diego Rivera put the team on his shoulders with two triples and a double that brought the team back to life, which ultimately won the ticket with a score of 65-63. . The best scorers of the Sinaloans were Diego Rivera with 17 and José Zazueta with 16. While the losers were Juan Guardado with 16 and Raúl Pérez with 13.
“We always think about winning and thank God it was given to us and this would not have been possible without the support of my teammates and the club. Like no one else, we want to win at home, and we are going to fight to win the gold”Said Diego Rivera, figure of the Sinaloa team.
Sinaloa will dispute the gold medal against Chihuahua at 12:00 p.m. on the María del Rosario Espinoza court.
PASS TO THE GRAND FINAL
As for the women’s branch, category 2004-2005, they won a tight match, which was complicated in the second half, which they managed to resolve 57-37 against Puebla and with it their pass in the dispute for the gold medal. Sinaloans stood out for Darian Corvera with 18 points and Dairin Arellano with 15 points.
The match for gold will be played at 2:00 p.m. against the Chihuahua representative, who qualified three teams for these stages of the competition.
OTHER FINALS
Jalisco faces Sonora for gold in the 2006-2007 women’s category and Puebla faces Chihuahua in the 2004-2005 men’s category.
