Chile name 12 players for games at Venezuela, Brazil

SANTIAGO (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Americas Qualifiers) - Chile have named the 12 players that have been summoned to the Olympic Training Center in Santiago on February 19 ahead of the team's World Cup Qualifiers at Venezuela and Brazil.

Chile will enter the second window with a 1-1 record in Group B.

Among those called are Franco Morales, the CD Las Animas playmaker who had 14 points in Chile's 86-73 home defeat to Brazil, and ABA Ancud guard Sebastian Suarez, who had 20 in the 74-69 triumph at Colombia.

Suarez had a huge first quarter in that win, pouring in 9 points - all on shots from behind the arc - as they opened up a 16-8 lead and went on to outscore the hosts 21-11 in the frame. They had to hold on for dear life at the end with the Colombians missing a wide-open three-pointer that would have tied the contest.

Another key man in the victory was Gerardo Andres Isla Domke, who had 13 points. Veteran small forward Eduardo Marechal, who had 11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and a steal against Brazil but did not play against Colombia, is among the 12 players for February.

One important player in the November window, Germany-based Sebastian Herrera, has not been named on the roster for the February games. The 20-year-old small forward, who averaged 10.5 points and hit a combined 5 of 8 of his attempts from three-point range in the games against Brazil and Colombia, is playing for TSV Crailsheim, a team that is second in the 2.Basketball Bundesliga Pro A.

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