San Salvador hosted 6 teams from Central America to start the qualification process for the next Americas championship after the previous tournament just finished. None of the teams qualified for that tournament through the last Centrobasket, but some have had non-FIBA competition recently. The format is pretty simple with all of the teams playing each other for a total of 5 games from Wednesday through Sunday.
July 19
The first game of the tournament saw Costa Rica get a strong game from their star Ana Matamoros to win 65-53 against Honduras. Natalie Larranaga then led Guatemala past Panama 64-55. Hosts El Salvador ended the day with an easy 103-42 win over Nicaragua.
https://www.fiba.basketball/cocabawomen/2023/game/1907/Costa-Rica-Honduras#|tab=boxscore
Costa Rica [65]: Matamoros 23/14r Quesada 15/6r Herrera 10/8r Alfaro 8/7r/6a Martinez 5 Jimenez 4 Mora 0 Castro 0 Reyna 0 Sanchez 0 Fernandez 0 Zubillaga DNP
Honduras [53]: Rapalo 15/7r/8a Reichle 11 Martinez 8 Williams 7 Colon 5 Buelto 4 Nativi 2 Garcia 1 Rodriguez 0 Fuentes 0 Ordonez DNP Escalante DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/cocabawomen/2023/game/1907/Panama-Guatemala#tab=boxscore
Panama [55]: Reid 18/6a Tuttle 12 Caicedo 7/11r Vega 7/10r Grenald 6 Culiolo 4 Concha 1 Villar 0 Lammie 0 Zamora 0 Lopez DNP Batista DNP
Guatemala [64]: Larranaga 22/6s Vasquez 19/15r Garcia 11 Rosales 4 El. Martinez 3 Calderon 3 Aranki 2 Escobar 0/7r Em. Martinez 0 Pinelo 0 Camacho 0 Rustrian DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/cocabawomen/2023/game/1907/Nicaragua-El-Salvador#tab=boxscore
Nicaragua [42]: Alvarez 12 Peralta 10/8r Lopez 7 Allen 5 Gaitan 5 Salomon 2/7r Alfaro 1 Savery 0/7r Hodgson 0/7r Loesch 0 Sjogreen 0 Mago 0
El Salvador [103]: Martinez 17/10r/7a Tevez 17 Vega 16/6r Campbell 12/9r Funes 8 Alvarado 8 Alfaro 7 Villalobos 6/6a Aviles 6 Heredia 2 Dominguez 2 Mena 2
July 20
Two teams that won their openers met in the first game on Thursday and Sonia Vasquez and Guatemala used a strong second half to defeat Costa Rica 76-65. Two teams looking for a win played next and Nelly Rapalo lifted Honduras past Shannen Peralta and Nicaragua 81-69 with a dominant final quarter. Hosts El Salvador were already projected to have a strong roster, but the addition of Destiny Campbell made them even stronger in a 93-49 win over Panama.
https://www.fiba.basketball/cocabawomen/2023/game/2007/Guatemala-Costa-Rica#|tab=boxscore
Guatemala [76]: Vasquez 21/11r Larranaga 19/6a Escobar 17/8r Garcia 13/6r/6a Pinelo 4 Camacho 2 El. Martinez 0 Rosales 0 Calderon DNP Rustrian DNP Aranki DNP Em. Martinez DNP
Costa Rica [65]: Castro 15 Quesada 13/6r/6a Herrera 10/6r Martinez 8 Matamoros 7 Alfaro 5 Sanchez 4 Reyna 3 Jimenez 0 Fernandez 0 Mora 0 Zubillaga 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/cocabawomen/2023/game/2007/Honduras-Nicaragua#|tab=boxscore
Honduras [81]: Rapalo 35/7a Reichle 17 Colon 9/6r Williams 6/6r Martinez 5 Garcia 5 Buelto 4/17r Rodriguez 0 Nativi 0 Fuentes DNP Ordonez DNP Escalante DNP
Nicaragua [69]: Peralta 25/8r Alvarez 11 Loesch 9 Lopez 5 Sjogreen 5 Salomon 4 Savery 3/6r Mago 3 Allen 2/7r Alfaro 2 Hodgson 0 Gaitan 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/cocabawomen/2023/game/2007/El-Salvador-Panama#|tab=boxscore
El Salvador [93]: Campbell 25/13r Martinez 15/8r/9a/6s Tevez 15 Villalobos 14/8r Dominguez 9 Funes 5 Aviles 4 Alfaro 3 Alvarado 2 Vega 1 Mena 0/6a Heredia 0
Panama [49]: Reid 15 Vega 9 Tuttle 9 Lammie 5 Concha 4/8r Villar 4 Grenald 3 Caicedo 0 Lopez 0 Batista 0 Zamora 0 Culiolo 0
July 21
Friday started with Natalie Larranaga having another good game for Guatemala, keeping them perfect with a 61-52 win over Nicaragua. Ashley Reid nearly got Panama their first win, but Daniela Quesada and Costa Rica held on 56-55. El Salvador continued to roll with a 74-40 win over Honduras.
https://www.fiba.basketball/cocabawomen/2023/game/2107/Nicaragua-Guatemala#|tab=boxscore
Nicaragua [52]: Peralta 13/7r Salomon 12/12r Alvarez 11 Savery 6 Lopez 5/7r Hodgson 2 Alfaro 2 Allen 1/9r Mago 0 Gaitan 0 Sjogreen 0 Loesch 0
Guatemala [61]: Larranaga 24/7r Vasquez 13/18r Garcia 9/6a Rosales 7 Escobar 4/7r Aranki 4 Camacho 0 Calderon 0 Rustrian 0 Pinelo 0 El. Martinez 0 Em. Martinez 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/cocabawomen/2023/game/2107/Costa-Rica-Panama#|tab=boxscore
Costa Rica [56]: Quesada 22/9r Matamoros 14/17r Castro 7 Martinez 7 Herrera 5/8r Sanchez 1 Reyna 0 Jimenez 0 Alfaro 0 Zubillaga 0 Fernandez DNP Mora DNP
Panama [55]: Reid 30 Vega 7/6r Concha 7 Caicedo 6/6r Lammie 3 Tuttle 1/10r/7a Grenald 1 Villar 0 Zamora 0 Culiolo 0 Lopez DNP Batista DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/cocabawomen/2023/game/2107/Honduras-El-Salvador#|tab=boxscore
Honduras [40]: Rapolo 15/10r Reichle 12 Williams 7 Buelto 2/7r Colon 2 Nativi 2 Garcia 0 Martinez 0 Rodriguez 0 Fuentes 0 Ordonez 0 Escalante 0
El Salvador [74]: Campbell 19/11r Villalobos 16 Martinez 12/12r/7a Funes 11/9a Tevez 9 Vega 4 Dominguez 2 Aviles 1 Alvarado 0 Alfaro 0 Mena 0 Heredia DNP
July 22
The two remaining winless teams played in the first game on Saturday and Ashley Reid made sure that Panama would prevail 76-69 against Nicaragua. Sonia Vasquez was brilliant and kept Guatemala perfect with a 77-59 win over Honduras. That set up a matchup of undefeated teams meeting for the championship in the tournament’s final game after Destiny Campbell led El Salvador to a 75-51 win over Costa Rica.
https://www.fiba.basketball/cocabawomen/2023/game/2207/Panama-Nicaragua#|tab=boxscore
Panama [76]: Reid 30/8r/7a Grenald 17/6r Concha 14 Tuttle 8/6r/8a Batista 5 Caicedo 3 Vega 2/6r Zamora 0 Culiolo 0 Lopez 0 Villar DNP Lammie DNP
Nicaragua [69]: Peralta 16/10r Sjogreen 12 Lopez 9 Alfaro 8 Alvarez 7 Gaitan 6 Savery 4/12r Salomon 4 Hodgson 2/8r Allen 1 Mago 0 Loesch 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/cocabawomen/2023/game/2207/Guatemala-Honduras#|tab=boxscore
Guatemala [77]: Vasquez 31/19r Rosales 15/13r/7a Garcia 13/8a Larranga 12 Escobar 6 El. Martinez 0 Aranki 0 Em. Martinez 0 Calderon DNP Pinelo DNP Rustrian DNP Camacho DNP
Honduras [59]: Williams 15/8r Rapalo 15/6r/11a Martinez 13 Reichle 9 Buelto 4 Garcia 3 Rodriguez 0 Colon 0 Fuentes DNP Ordonez DNP Nativi DNP Escalante DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/cocabawomen/2023/game/2207/El-Salvador-Costa-Rica#|tab=boxscore
El Salvador [75]: Campbell 28/17r Villalobos 13 Tevez 11 Martinez 9/12r/11a Aviles 6 Vega 4 Funes 4 Heredia 0 Mena 0 Dominguez 0 Alvarado 0 Alfaro 0
Costa Rica [51]: Quesada 16 Matamoros 11/12r Alfaro 10 Castro 8 Herrera 2 Fernandez 2 Martinez 2 Sanchez 0 Reyna 0 Jimenez 0 Mora 0 Zubillaga 0
July 23
Sunday was the last day of the tournament and Panama started it by finishing their campaign with momentum after a 58-53 win over Honduras. Nicaragua finished winless after Daniela Quesada fired Costa Rica to a 79-61 triumph. The two remaining undefeated teams met to decide who would win the championship and Natalie Larranaga had a big game for Guatemala, but Destiny Campbell proved to be the difference for El Salvador and they completed a perfect tournament at home with a 67-48 win.
https://www.fiba.basketball/cocabawomen/2023/game/2307/Honduras-Panama#|tab=boxscore
Honduras [53]: Reichle 16/6r/6s Rapalo 14/7a Williams 7/9r Martinez 6 Colon 6 Buelto 2/6r Garcia 2 Rodriguez 0 Fuentes DNP Ordonez DNP Nativi DNP Escalante DNP
Panama [58]: Reid 14 Grenald 12/12r Vega 11/11r Tuttle 8/7r Batista 7/8r/6a Concha 4 Caicedo 2 Zamora 0 Lammie 0 Villar DNP Culiolo DNP Lopez DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/cocabawomen/2023/game/2307/Nicaragua-Costa-Rica#|tab=boxscore
Nicaragua [61]: Peralta 19/7r Sjogreen 10 Salomon 8/6r Alfaro 7 Mago 5/8r/6a Lopez 5 Savery 5 Allen 2 Hodgson 0 Gaitan 0 Loesch 0 Alvarez DNP
Costa Rica [79]: Quesada 29 Matamoros 16/10r Herrera 8 Zubillaga 8 Alfaro 6 Castro 6 Fernandez 2 Sanchez 2 Martinez 2 Reyna 0 Mora 0 Jimenez 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/cocabawomen/2023/game/2307/Guatemala-El-Salvador#|tab=boxscore
Guatemala [48]: Larranaga 20 Rosales 15/7r Vasquez 7/13r Garcia 3 Escobar 3 Camacho 0 Em. Martinez 0 El. Martinez DNP Calderon DNP Pinelo DNP Rustrian DNP Aranki DNP
El Salvador [67]: Campbell 27/9r Martinez 18/9r Funes 8 Villalobos 6/8r/6a Tevez 6/6a Alvarado 2 Vega 0 Aviles 0 Dominguez 0 Heredia 0 Alfaro 0 Mena DNP
Standings:
1. El Salvador 5-0
2. Guatemala 4-1
3. Costa Rica 3-2
4. Panama 2-3
5. Honduras 1-4
6. Nicaragua 0-5
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