Trying their best, but failing again was Team Guyana who registered another loss in the FIBA Central America World Cup and Former Caribbean Predators 2023. This time it was for Costa Rica 78-75, spelling the end of the road to Guyana’s team lost all four of their games.
Costa Rica caught the last quarter push from Guyana, which went into the fourth trolley by 10 (66-56), and tied it fast at 66 after two minutes at the José Adolfo Pineda National Gym in El Salvador .
Costa Rica then regained the lead and got the game 77-69, with 4:05 minutes left on the clock. Guyana challenged with a three-point reference from Delroy James, which brought them closer 77-75, with 2:11 remaining. But after that effort, Guyana probably ran out of fuel and couldn’t score another basket. Credit also goes to the winners who made three consecutive defensive stops to secure the result.
Forward Daniel Shedden led Costa Rica with 19 points, including four three-pointers, while Martinez had 14. James, with 29 points and 12 rebounds, was the most dominant player for Guyana, followed by Stanton Rose Jr. with 16.
At the end of the contest, Rose Jr. had scored a total of 74 points over the four games with an average of 18.5 per game. His deputy, Delroy James totaled 89 points with an average of 22.3 per game. The only two other players to come within a respectable mark were Anthony Moe and Deylon Bovell with 45 and 40 points each, averaging 15 and 10 per game.
On the final day of action, Nicaragua will meet Costa Rica (4:00 pm local time) and Jamaica will go up against host El Salvador (7:00 pm), to solidify the three teams that will moving on to the second round of the FIBA? Former 2023 World Cup Qualifiers, taking place in July. (Adapted from fiba.basketball)