The tournament began with group play in Leon, Mexico on Saturday. The 10 teams are divided into 2 groups with 4 games played over 5 days. The top 4 teams in each group make the knockout stage that starts on Friday. In addition to the confederation championship, there are 2 direct qualifying spots open for the Olympic qualifying tournament. The United States, which has already qualified for the Olympics, will participate in that tournament. 4 teams will advance to the tournament for the last places in Olympic qualifying.
Group A:
The games in this group opened the day and Brazil had an easy 92-53 win over Cuba. As has been the case since they had to play in this tournament again, the United States has fielded top college players and they cruised to an 80-54 win over Venezuela.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensamericup/2023/game/0107/Brazil-Cuba#|tab=boxscore
Brazil [92]: Goncalves 16 Cardoso 13/8r Dantas 13 De Oliveira 13 Monteiro 8 Paixao 7 Goncalo 6/7r/7a De Souza 6 Macedo 5 D’Arrigo 3 Moura 2 Costa 0
Cuba [53]: Amargo 13 Vargas 10/10r Jourdain 10 Claro 5 Armentero 4 Guilarte 3 Despaigne 3 Tanis 3 Contreras 2 Montero 0 Tornell 0 Neyra 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensamericup/2023/game/0107/USA-Venezuela#|tab=boxscore
United States [80]: Reese 11/9r Jackson 11 Barker 10 Kelly 9 Osborne 9 Johnson 8 Marshall 7/14r Phelia 6 Betts 4/7r Spear 3 Gray 2 Hsu 0
Venezuela [54]: Wallen 14 Fajardo 10 Pico 9 Perez 6/7a Marquez 6 Diaz 3 Rivera 2 Quevedo 2 Corrales 2 Duran 0 Urbina 0 Martinez 0
Group B:
In this group, Puerto Rico has emerged in recent tournaments, but they got their full team together late and it took a big comeback led by Jazmon Gwathmey to edge Colombia 63-62. Hosts Mexico also had some of their players playing together recently before bringing in the rest of their squad and their main coaching staff, but they got the job done in their first game with a 69-62 win over the Dominican Republic.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensamericup/2023/game/0107/Puerto-Rico-Colombia#|tab=boxscore
Puerto Rico [63]: Gwathmey 20/8r Guirantes 17/7r O’Neill 13 Quinones 5 Rosado 3 Jones 3 Hollingshed 2 Pagan 0 San Antonio 0 Benitez 0 Satterfield 0 Roma DNP
Colombia [62]: Munoz 14 Paz 12/8r Martinez 11 Rios 9/6r/7a Gonzalez 7/9r Delgado 6 Lopez 2/7r Vente 1 Prens 0 Caicedo 0 Ulloa 0 Chivata DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensamericup/2023/game/0107/Mexico-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore
Mexico [69]: Payan 15 Ramos 10/7r Hernandez 8 Luna-Castro 7 Avila 6 Lara 5/6r Gallegos 5 Beltran 5/8a Ramirez 4 Martinez 4 Valenzuela 0 Peraza 0
Dominican Republic [62]: Martinez 18/9r Capellan 14 Evangelista 6 Rodriguez 6 Jimenez 5 Andrade 5 Monsac 4 Morton 4 Jimenez 0 Benitez DNP De Los Santos DNP
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