The Dominican team had an outstanding performance by several of its players to advance to the second round of the tournament.
Victor Liz, Eloy Vargas y Angel Louis Delgado were the great heroes in a hard-fought victory of the Dominican Republic about Bahamas in the last match of the first round of Group C in the first round of the Americas qualifier at FIBA World Cup 2023. The final score ended 88 points out of 80 in favor of the Quisqueyans.
The result propelled the Dominicans to four wins with two losses, occupying second place in the Group C standings in the current window, thereby advancing to the second round of the qualifying tournament for the FIBA Americas. The teams that advanced seek a place in the FIBA World Cup 2023 which will be held in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia.
With the possibility of complicating his progress in the tournament after losing to Canada in the fifth meeting of the window, Dominican Republic he urgently needed an outstanding performance from his players to take the win against Bahamas.
The main scorer of the Dominican team was the captain, Victor Lizwho scored 26 points, also contributing three rebounds and an assist as well. Eloy Vargas had 17 points, grabbed seven rebounds and gave two assists, while Slim Angel He finished with a double-double by contributing 15 points and getting 11 rebounds, while dishing out five assists.
On the side of Bahamasthe main scorer was the player Buddy Hield (Indiana Pacers) by scoring 29 points (leader among all players in the game). He additionally contributed five rebounds and eight assists. He followed Travis Munnings with 16 points, five rebounds and two assists and off the bench, Danrar Knowles contributed another 12 units.
With the classification ensures the second round, Dominican Republic points towards the end of August (August 25) when the first meetings are scheduled to start. Then a second round of matches will be played in the second week of November (from 11 to 14) and the third window of the same is scheduled for February 23 and 24.
