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Puerto Rico goes for another Gold medal
7/23/2010
SAN GERMÁN - After winning their first Gold medal in the 2010 Centrobasket Championship for Women played in Mayagüez, now the Puerto Rican women's team will go for their first Gold medal in the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games after beating Jamaica 63-44 in the semifinals.

The game was close from the start, where Jamaica dominated inside and played some great defense in the first three quarters. Then in the final quarter Puerto Rico won 28-9 to get a 19 point win.

In the win Jazmine Sepulveda had 15 points while Pamela Rosado and Sandra García netted 13 each.

The Dominican Republic will also play for the Gold after dominating US Virgin Islands 92-66 where Yohanna Morton led them with 18 points.

In the classification round Guatemala defeated Trinidad & Tobago 81-76 and México crushed St. Vincent and the Grenadines 143-31.

Finals:

7th: 10:00 Trinidad & Tobago vs. St. Vincent and the Grenadines
5th:  12:00 Guatemala vs. Mexico
Bronze: 16:00 USVI vs. Jamaica
Gold: 21:00 Puerto Rico vs. Dominican Republic

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Posted on 23 Jul 2010 by CBC Technical Assistant