Puerto Rico submerges the Virgin Islands in basketball

With a
21-2 in advance opening the third quarter, the Puerto Rico national team badured
Tuesday, his second win of the basketball tournament of these XXIII Games
The inhabitants of Central America and the Caribbean dominate the US Virgin Islands between 96 and 70.

The Puerto Ricans
will play Wednesday in the semifinal against the second group B
6:30 pm If they win, they qualify for the finals.

Puerto Rico,
that in his first engagement in Barranquilla, he suffered to overcome Colombia
66-62, did not leave room for doubt when he barely granted nine goals to his
rivals throughout the third quarter while scoring 34 points.

Gian Clavell
led the attack of Puerto Ricans with 13 points, while Ramón Clemente
followed by 11, eight of them in the third period.

By Islands
Virgins, Jamiah Simmons was the best with 27.

Puerto Ricans took control of the first set when Javier Mojica
scored a triple to place the 14-11 partial with 3:24 and David Huertas raised to
five advantage with a "jumpa" 20 seconds later.

Puerto Rico entered the second period with the
score in his favor 17-12, but Stephaun Adamas scored a triple and Kyle Clarke
followed him with a gunshot at mid-distance to place the Virgin Islands
until 18-17 after just over a minute in the second period.

Puerto Ricans, however, fought back with a 9-0 lead to take advantage 26-18
with 6:11 to play in the first half.

Islands
Virgins came close to two goals, 29-27 with a dunk by Jason Perry
with 3:57 action in the middle, but brothers Gian and Gilberto Clavell
they scored the next 12 goals for the Puerto Ricans to take them 41-33 to
almost half, before the big advance in the third.