The Orientales team was crowned champion of the Superior Women’s Basketball League after beating its similar team Occidentales in two games.
The eastern team had beaten their rivals in the first match of the dispute for the title, held at the Ramon Fonts multipurpose hall in Havana, with a score of 63-52.
Now at the Alejandro Urgellés hall in Santiago de Cuba, they completed the sweep with a 74-59 superiority.
The home team secured the first quarter with a score of 25-11, followed by scores of 20-12 and 21-17, which left the western team with a difference of more than 20 points to overcome in the last period.
The losers were erratic from the paint, although they shot more times to the hoop, the 30% of effectiveness against the 64% of the Easterners condemned them to “row” against the tide, and it was useless that they prevailed in the last period 19-8.
Cheila Molina scored 21 points and her teammate Yaiset Fraguela 19, however, only they held all the offensive weight of the western team but that was not enough.
The local team distributed its attack much better, so much so that three women surpassed double digits in that aspect: Rachel Contreras (13), Arianne Lisset Mena (10), and Taimí Casaco (10).
Others even came close: María Carla Revelo (9), Keila Sagarra (9), and Dislaine Vicente (8).
The champions dominated the tournament from the beginning and only lost once, precisely against Occidentales. Centroccidentales deserved the bronze medal.
