The Mexican Basketball team continues to dream of reaching the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2022 after defeating 66-66 to its similar from Uruguay and climb to second place in Group F of the World Cup classification.
Gabriel Girón was the best player for the Basketball Tri at the Manuel Bernardo Aguirre Gymnasium in Chihuahua after finishing with 14 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist. For Uruguay, Esteban Batista was the top scorer with 14 points, he also had 7 rebounds and 2 assists.
After this Mexican victory in the first game of the fifth window of the FIBA window qualifiers, El Tri has a record of 6 wins and 3 losses in Group F, which is led by the United States with 7 wins and 2 losses. Then there is Uruguay in fourth place with 5 wins and 4 losses.
Girón’s performance and the mistakes of the South Americans sent Mexico to 80-48 to the 10 final minutes, despite the fact that the Uruguayan substitutes pushed.
With the game defined, Quintero rested his starters in the final period in which Uruguay continued without being a threat to Mexico.
The next game for the Mexicans will be this Monday, when they receive Brazil, in a duel for second place in group F; Uruguay will visit Puerto Rico, a match they cannot lose to continue with their aspirations to go to the World Cup.
Mexico has 3 games left in the group stage. The following will be the last of the year, on 14 November, against Brazil in a fight for second place in the Group F. For the sixth qualifying window, it will face Colombia in February 2022 and will close its classification again against Uruguay.
The FIBA World Cup 2022 will be held in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines. Mexico could not qualify in the 2022 edition, after 2019 He was ranked number 14 in the tournament. The Mexican basketball team has only participated in 5 editions of the Basketball World Cup.
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