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Monday, August 10, 2015

#FIBAAmericasWomen2015 - Brazil closed the first day with a victory

by: FIBA

EDMONTON (2015 FIBA Americas Championship) - After being close for three quarters, Brazil pressed the accelerator in the fourth quarter to defeat Venezuela, 86-71, and close the first day of the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship.

• Turning Point: After both teams showed parity during three quarters, the Brazilian got into rhythm and won the last quarter, 26-18, to take the victory.

• Stats don’t lie: The statistics were leveled in most ranges, Brazil taking slight advantage in the points from the paint, 40-32, and in the rebounds, 37-26.

• Game Hero: Isabela Ramona was the best for the Brazilian, appearing in the most needed times and accumulating 16 points and 4 rebounds.

• The Bottom Line: Brazil captured its first victory and closes the opening day that also handed victories for the national teams of Chile, Ecuador and Canada. Tomorrow in the second day of the 2015 FIBA Americas Women’s Championship:
13:00 - Ecuador vs. Argentina
15:15 - Virgin Islands vs. Venezuela
18:30 - Canada vs. Chile
20:45 - Cuba vs. Dominican Republic
(Edmonton time)

FIBA

086

Brazil

071

Venezuela

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOTAL
Brazil	24	19	17	26	86
Venezuela	18	22	13	18	71

Brazil

#	Player	FG	FT	RB	AS	STL	BLK	PTS
4	Frederico Sangalli, I.	1/1	0/1	0	0	0	0	2
5	Fernandes Da Costa, D.	2/4	2/3	2	2	3	0	7
6	Da Paixao, T.	2/10	2/2	3	4	2	0	8
7	Teixeira Ribeiro, P.	3/7	0/0	2	2	1	0	7
8	Castro Marques, I.	5/13	3/4	3	3	2	1	13
9	De Paula Silvestre, J.	2/3	2/3	2	0	0	0	8
10	Justino, G.	4/5	1/1	3	0	0	0	9
11	Nicoletti Leite, I.	0/1	0/0	1	1	0	0	0
12	Da Silva Jabob, K.	0/1	0/0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Gomes Colhado, N.	6/12	3/3	14	0	1	3	15
14	Lyra Macedo, I.	7/11	2/4	4	4	0	0	16
15	Santos, K.	0/2	1/2	3	0	0	0	1
TOTAL:		48/93	16/23	44	16	9	4	86

Venezuela

#	Player	FG	FT	RB	AS	STL	PTS
4	Landaeta Silva, M.	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0
5	Silva Serrano, R.	5/13	3/4	4	1	1	14
6	Corrales Gomez, Y.	6/8	3/4	6	1	1	17
7	Garcia Maseda, A.	0/3	0/0	1	0	1	0
8	Marquez, I.	1/11	5/9	2	3	0	8
9	Wallen Morillo, D.	3/4	0/0	5	0	1	6
10	Ortega, L.	1/2	0/0	0	0	1	2
11	Duran Calvette, M.	4/12	1/2	3	3	2	10
12	Blanco Pinango, C.	2/5	4/6	5	1	0	8
13	Garate Martinez, M.	2/3	0/0	0	1	0	4
16	Polanco Añez, C.	1/1	0/0	0	0	0	2
17	Araujo, M.	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL:		25/62	16/25	34	10	7	71

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