A triple that there was no time to launch prevented Spain from equalizing at the last second against the United States and taking the World Cup final played at the WiZink Center in Madrid to extra time. The Spaniards, led by Iyana Martín from Oviedo and with the support from the bench of Inés Noguero from Gijón, made the North American team suffer, and a lot, who were not comfortable at any time during the match. But in the end the Yankee success unbalanced the balance (66-69) and left La Roja one wrist away from gold. In any case, Iyana, Inés and company can feel proud after having dried up a team that exceeded an average of one hundred points per game until it came face to face with Spain. The point guard from Oviedo Iyana Martín was the best of the game after achieving 19 points, 3 assists and a PIR of 22. She was the top scorer of the game and a great basket of hers made the score 66-66 with 40 seconds left in the game. In addition, she was named MVP of the final, of the tournament, and included in the ideal quintet.
The clash started with a 5-0 run with which Spain showed that it was going to go all out. It was the interior Kitts that supported the United States to return a tie that lasted from 10-10 to 16-16 from which the rival took off with a 0-5 run to close the first quarter (16-21). The Americans got to 16-26 as La Roja was fast and couldn’t find a formula in attack, but Iyana came to the rescue with a triple that gave the team wings. It came with a tie at halftime (34-34). The third quarter ended 52-54. Spurred on by the cries of “yes we can” from the more than 7,000 people who filled the WiZink Center, the last period began, which Termis opened (54-54), and although the rival took the lead by 8 (54-62), a 7-0 run with five points from Buenavida and a basket from Iyana put Spain just one point behind with 3:46 to go. Spain was able to tie in the last seconds, but a loss of the ball and not shooting for a basket with 7 seconds remaining was deadly for the interests of the Spanish.
2023-07-23 22:36:43
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