The national women’s basketball team emerged as the new regional monarch. And that’s it Venezuela takes the South American U15 for the first time in history, after winning the final instance with a score of 72-59 against their counterpart from Colombia.
“Las Chamas” playing under the instructions of David Duran, they go from getting their ticket to FIBA AmeriCup U16after dominating Argentina in the semifinals, as they did this Sunday against New Granadas in Bolivarian Dome in the city of Barquisimeto (Lara state).
The two teams showed great equality, but Venezuela ended up taking the honors with a slight advantage of 25-22, thanks to the excellent work of Albanys Ramirez, who scored 18 of those points in the first 10 minutes of the game.
Cefeteras was not afraid and reacted in the second quarter, arriving at halftime with a score of 43-42.
Already in the second half, the Venezuelan team chose to score the necessary points that would allow them to pave the way to success. And the Venezuelans tried their luck from the three-point line and they were very effective.
In the last part of the game, the Creoles showed all their power to finally seal the victory and thus win the gold medal for the first time for their country.
Precisely RamÃrez was the most outstanding figure in the game after achieving a double-double of 24 points, 12 rebounds and two assists, thus showing his high level of competition.
This victory allowed Venezuela to join the teams of Brazil, Chile and Argentina, who were crowned champions in this category in their history, after falling four times in the final.