Puerto Rico 108 vs. Panama 67
LAS VEGAS (FIBA Americas Championship) - Back-to-back three-pointers from Elias Ayuso and Ricardo Sanchez to start the game helped fuel Puerto Rico’s 12-0 opening run – a run from which Panama never recovered. Puerto Rico had five players score in double figures as they rolled to a 108-67 victory. Sanchez ...
LAS VEGAS (FIBA Americas Championship) - Back-to-back three-pointers from Elias Ayuso and Ricardo Sanchez to start the game helped fuel Puerto Rico’s 12-0 opening run – a run from which Panama never recovered.
Puerto Rico had five players score in double figures as they rolled to a 108-67 victory.
Sanchez finished with 19 points, having connected on five-of-six three-point field goals as Puerto Rico evened its’ tournament record at 1-1.
Panama, which lost an overtime thriller to Uruguay on day one, fell to 0-2.
Orlando Forbes’ 19 points paced Panama in defeat.
Tim Kuck
USA Basketball