The men got their first win; while both women’s teams suffered losses again.
On the second date of the School Basketball World Cup, the Chilean representatives had an uneven day in relation to the possibilities to qualify for the second phase of the tournament that is being played in Serbia.
Victory with a lot of category
The boys from Patrocinio San José were able to reverse the bitter result of the first day and defeated Nepal in a great way by 98-23 to dream of qualifying for the 4th final.
It should be noted that France; Chile’s next rival; lost against Brazil by only 2 points. The end result was 70 to 68 in favor of the South Americanswho have already secured their place in the next phase.
Among those who contributed the most points for the national team, Iann Wong scored 21 points: 10 units in the first quarter and second quarter; and 1 point in the third period.
Paulo Quijada, coach of the PSJ, spoke about France, rival for the last place in the 4th. “Now we know that it is a physical team similar to Brazil. Having this precedent, we believe that we will be able to face the match well to qualify for the next phase”.
New defeats for women
On the other hand, for both women’s teams they lost again and have less chance to qualify for the next phase of the championship.
First, the Instituto Sagrado Corazón de San Bernardo was defeated by the Turkish team by 63-23, adding the second loss of the championship.
Once again, Cerda was once again the player who contributed the most points for the ISC, achieving 6 points for her team. Those of San Bernardo will have their last confrontation against Nigeria.
Finally, the Montessori of Talca again suffered a defeat. This time, North Macedonia was the executioner, by a score of 73 to 44 points.
In this game, Ramírez contributed the most points with 21 units. In the last game they will face Greece; who lost to Chinese Taipei.
Now, the Men will seek this Friday the classification to the 4th final against France and the women will play their last game in the Basketball World Cup to obtain their first victory.
