Page Seven / La Paz
With intelligence and with the help of Ronald Arze and Armando Choque, the Bolivian basketball team qualified last night for the second round of the pre-qualifying round for the FIBA World Cup Philippines-Japan-Indonesia 2023. Bolivia scored in the next phase, despite falling by 69 -51, last night at the Voltaire Paladines Polo coliseum, in Guayaquil.
The second round will be played in Santiago from July 13 to 15 against Chile, Nicaragua and Paraguay. The national team celebrated thanks to the result it achieved in Tarija (91-57), with his figure Joshua Reaves, who returned to the United States, “tired of the mistreatment”, amid complaints against the Bolivian Basketball Federation (FBB) .
Last night, Bolivia did its job. “We are happy, but we need a lot more work for what is to come,” acknowledged Giovanny Vargas, Green basketball coach.
The first quarter of the match ended with a seven-point lead for the Ecuadorians. The scoreboard was 17-10 in favor of the locals.
In the second quarter, the Ecuadorian team extended the lead with 38-18.
In the third boy, Bolivia began to stand in a better way on the field, led by Arze, Cristhian Camargo and Choque, who handled the ball correctly and the effectiveness improved a lot to finish with only 14 points of difference (49-35) .
The last quarter had the same trend. Bolivia handled the ball to manage the advantage obtained in Tarija, while Ecuador was desperate and this played in favor of Bolivia to end the match with the score of 69-51.
The best weapon of the Bolivian team was to manage the times before the nerves of the Ecuadorians, who needed the difference and the minutes were running out. Finally, the 34-point lead gave air to a Bolivia drowning at 30 degrees.
For the July games, DT Giovanny Vargas hopes to have Joshua Reaves, who promised to wear the national jersey again.
The teams
Bolivia played with Pedro Gutiérrez, Cristhian Camargo, Luis Choque, Luis Mercado and René Calvo. They alternated: Luis Salinas, Oliver Harri, Paolo Ramos, Diego Olguín, Martín Ochoa and Ronald Arze.
Ecuador with: Luis Riascos, Carlos Delgado, Engels Tenorio, Brayan Carabali and Rodrigo Roldán. They alternated: Johu Castillo, Alexander Guerra, Jordán Cárdenas, Janer Arcila, Aníbal Malatay, Aron Capurro and Jordán Tórrez.