The Dominican Republic stepped on the accelerator and started… on the right foot in the Pre-Olympic Games!

With… the right hand entered the SEF Pre-Olympic tournament Dominican Republic!



The Caribbean country only struggled in the first quarter from the Egyptas he then stepped on the accelerator, comfortably cruising to victory with the final 90-77at the premiere of the event.

Essentially, with this victory, his team Nestor Garciaensured its presence in the semi-finals of the tournament, playing tomorrow (07/03, 21:00) with our National team its second and last game in the group.

The first scorer for the winners was Modero with 17 points, with NBAer, Chris Duarteto follow with 14 points and 6 rebounds, at the time where the Liz and Nuñez they had 12 and 11 points respectively.

For the “pharaohs”, the only one who stood out was Ahmed Metwali, who finished the match with 24 points, 3 assists and the same number of steals.

The match

The start of the match was rather nervous, with both teams making consecutive hasty and misguided attacks. Circulating the ball and playing more rationally, h Egypt led 9-6 in the 4th minute, before Feliz and Duarte gave the lead for the first time Dominican Republic (9-10) a minute later. With the two teams going hand-in-hand, Egypt stepped on the gas in the final two minutes, where an 8-2 aggregate score closed out the quarter. at +6 and 22-16.

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With the trio of Duarte, Vargas and Feliz, the Dominican Republic found easy points early in the second period, with Pena tying the score at 26-26 at the 13-minute mark. Having brings the match to her feetat the same time bringing out more tension and appetite in defense, Nestor Garcia’s team managed to get the upper hand in the score, previous with 36-29 at 17′, thanks to eight unanswered points by Liz and Montero. In fact, by the end of the half, the difference increased even more, with the home team typically going to the dressing room in front with +12 for 43-31.

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The difference in quality between the two teams was great, which was fully reflected in the third period, where the Caribbean team completely dominated the floor of the Faleri stadium, and with polyphony in attack, they blew the difference up to +25 (37-62) at 25′. Orabi and Metwali gave Egypt offensive “breath”, which was only able to reduce at 68-48 in the quarter.

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Somehow, the game took on a procedural character, with the Dominicans however not throwing “turns”, constantly increasing the difference, since Egypt also seemed to have come to terms with the result. With two consecutive 3-pointers by Montero and Pena early in the fourth and final period, the difference reached at +26 (48-74). From the middle of the quarter until the final, the match became a game of “alana”, with the home team typically gnawing away at the difference for the final 90-77.

The quarters: 22-16, 31-43, 48-68, 77-90.

See here the statistics of the match.