{"id":10983,"date":"2022-09-27T14:18:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T14:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=10983"},"modified":"2022-09-27T14:18:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T14:18:06","slug":"puerto-rico-make-womens-world-cup-basketball-quarters-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/puerto-rico-make-womens-world-cup-basketball-quarters-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Rico make women’s World Cup basketball quarters for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Puerto Rico<\/a> make women’s World Cup basketball quarters for first time. Puerto Rico booked the last quarter-final slot at the women’s basketball World Cup on Tuesday with a “fairytale” 92-73 win over South Korea, securing a knockout place for the first time.<\/p>\n

Mya Hollingshed drilled a game-high 29 points and 12 rebounds in the do-or-die clash on the final day of group matches at the 10-day tournament in Sydney.<\/p>\n

Defeat consigned the Koreans to an early exit as 17th-ranked Puerto Rico progressed with two wins from five in Group A, quickly taking the initiative to open an 18-point lead after the first quarter.<\/p>\n

The Koreans, missing injured marquee star Park Ji-su, battled back in much tighter second and third quarters and came out on top in the fourth, but their slow start was fatal.<\/p>\n

“Obviously very proud of our team, we have a mix of young players with veteran players,” said Puerto Rico coach Jerry Batista.<\/p>\n

“So for us who have been here for a couple of years working and trying to develop Puerto Rico basketball, it is so great.<\/p>\n

“It is like a fairytale… it shows that if you work, you can achieve everything,” he added.<\/p>\n

Arella Guirantes has been a standout with her exceptional performances helping steer Puerto Rico to the playoffs in only their second World Cup, having failed to win a game at their first tournament in 2018.<\/p>\n

The ever-dangerous shooting guard finished with 18 points, five rebounds and five assists.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0World Cup players to get FIFA data analysis app<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

South Korean coach Jung Sun-min said her players were tired after a gruelling tournament but were gracious in defeat.<\/p>\n

“The better team deserved the win today,” she said.<\/p>\n

Puerto Rico joins 10-time champions in the United States, and hosts Australia, China, Belgium, Canada, France and Serbia in the last eight, which tips off on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Who faces who will be determined after the last group games.<\/p>\n

The USA has already clinched the top spot in Group A and will face the third- or fourth-placed team from Group B.<\/p>\n

Whoever wins between China and Belgium will advance as Pool A’s second seed.<\/p>\n

France, Canada and Australia all have an opportunity to win Group B or finish second to avoid the mighty Americans, depending on how they fare in their final clashes.<\/p>\n

The French face Serbia and Canada take on a winless Mali, who are in disarray after two of their players were caught on camera fighting each other in a media zone after their loss on Monday.<\/p>\n

Footage showed Salimatou Kourouma throwing at least three punches at a teammate as other Mali players rushed to intervene, with governing body FIBA opening a disciplinary investigation.<\/p>\n

Australia has shaken off a rocky start against France to win three in a row and meet a Japanese team that has been a shadow of the one that took silver at their home Olympics in Tokyo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Puerto Rico make women’s World Cup basketball quarters for first time. Puerto Rico booked the last quarter-final slot at the women’s basketball World Cup on Tuesday with a “fairytale” 92-73 win over South Korea, securing a knockout place for the first time. Mya Hollingshed drilled a game-high 29 points and 12 rebounds in the do-or-die […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":10984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[932],"class_list":["post-10983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-fifa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}