now yes Lille it’s here. The Spanish team did their homework and closed the preparatory tour with a victory against Canada in Segovia (68-48). The team, in María’s absence Count because of the problem with his hand and Alba Torrens without playing a minute, they defeated the North Americans thanks to the leadership of Queralt Houses (20 points) and Megan Gustafson (17 points). With homework done, Spain will debut on Sunday (1:30 pm) at Olympic Games in the view of Chinawill continue against Puerto Rico on Wednesday and close the group stage on August 3 against Serbia.
The fight began with Queralt leading the way Houses in scoring, with six almost consecutive points from the Catalan breaking the hips of his defenders and allowing Spain to advance on the scoreboard (14-10). Spain He got into a rhythm and quickly controlled the rebound, but he ran out of ideas to attack.
Kia’s triple nurse and Carlton They held the Canadians in the match (14-13) and the nationalized team appeared Gustafson to impose his power on lowly positions. The center did what he wanted in the second quarter and the only blemish on his record is his lack of precision in free throws (1/5 in free throws). Because of the phenomenon GustafsonVictor The sadness He stopped the bleeding with a timeout, but it was no use. A Queralt jump shot Houses posted the maximum difference when the break came (33-22).
A partial score of 6 to 2 right after the break stretched the difference to +15 (39-24). Canadaits captain Natalie is absent Achonwa On the court, he struggled to find fluidity in the attack. Americans cannot chain more than one positive action and Spaindespite falling, kept his distance to preserve his points cushion and leave the game almost over.
The game of the Spanish team improved in the last quarter, extending the difference to +18 (64-46) after Leo’s triple Rodriguez. With the final score 20 to 10, the Spanish bench closed the preparations comfortably and now they are focused on Olympic Games. The Canadian bench, on the other hand, should be greatly improved, given its debut on Monday against the host (5:15 pm), Franceone of the candidate teams to get a medal.
Data sheets
Spain, 68 – Canada, 48
68 – Spain: Maite Cazorla (3), Queralt Casas (20), Leo Rodríguez (9), Laura Gil (7) and Megan Gustafson (17), initial team, Mariona Ortiz (4), Alba Torrens, María Araújo, Leticia Romero, Andrea Vilaró (3), Paula Ginzo (5) and Nerea Hermosa.
48 – Canada: Colley (7), Hill (6), Nurse (4), Alexander (10) and Edwards (8), starting team, Carleton (4), Prosper (3), Ejim, Anchonwa, Swords (4) , Amihere (2) and Fields.
Referees: García, Olivares and Lucas. They pointed out 20 personal fouls against the home team, and 21 against the visitors. Removed Ejim (m.32).
Parts: 14-10, 19-12, 15-16, 20-10
Incidents: Match corresponding to the third day of the City of Segovia International Basketball Tournament, held at the Pedro Delgado pavilion with the presence of more than 2,000 spectators.
Source: La Verdad
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