Puerto Rico are headed to the quarter-finals of the Fiba Ladies’s World Cup for the primary time.
Mya Hollingshed scored 29 factors and Arella Guirantes added 18 to steer Puerto Rico to the 92-73 win over South Korea on Tuesday on the ultimate day of pool play.
Puerto Rico (2-3) scored the sport’s first 18 factors, together with 10 by Hollingshed, and by no means appeared again, securing the ultimate spot within the quarter-finals that start on Thursday.
“My shot was falling,” Hollingshed mentioned. “I appeared up and so they hadn’t scored but.”
After the ultimate buzzer sounded, the Puerto Ricans danced as they celebrated their accomplishment.
Simply as profitable for the primary time of their historical past earlier within the match did, the Puerto Rican gamers and coaches hope that advancing to the quarters will present some pleasure to the island that’s been ravaged by Hurricane Fiona.
“Making historical past now for us, with what our nation goes via proper now with Hurricane Fiona. It’s monumental and I hope that it brings some pleasure to the nation and that’s all we need to do, via basketball deliver some pleasure,” mentioned Tayra Melendez.
The staff have been winless of their three video games on the 2018 World Cup, shedding by a mean of almost 28 factors. The staff weren’t even alleged to be within the match, however got a spot when Russia weren’t allowed to compete following the invasion of Ukraine.
“It means so much with the whole lot happening on the island,” Hollingshed mentioned. “With the whole lot they're coping with we’re taking part in for greater than ourselves. I do know everybody’s excited and inspiring us.”
Elsewhere on Tuesday, the USA routed Bosnia and Herzegovina to interrupt the staff document for consecutive wins on the World Cup. The victory was the twenty seventh in a row in World Cup play for the People, who haven’t misplaced because the 2006 semi-finals towards Russia.
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