In a close match, the Panamanian basketball quintet fell to the Bahamas by a score of 83-79 in the Americas qualifiers for the FIBA World Cup 2023, a match that took place on Friday night at the Sir Kendall Isaacs gym in Nassau.
The Bahamas took an early lead in the game and went into the break with a 45-37 advantage, but in the second half of the game the Panamanian team reacted and in the last quarter they were up by 5 points, however, the Caribbean reacted and in the end They took the victory in front of their fans, it is the first victory of the Bahamas at home so far in the tie
The most outstanding for Panama were Josimar Ayarza with 18 points and 8 rebounds, Javier Rodríguez with 18 points and 3 rebounds, and Ernesto Oglivie with 15 points and 4 rebounds. For the Bahamas, the best was David Nesbitt with 14 points and 4 rebounds, Jaraun Burrows with 12 points and five rebounds, while the best under the boards was Livingston Munnings with 13 rebounds and contributed 9 units.
Panama now has 2 wins and 7 losses to be in the last position of group E and will face Canada this Sunday, November 13, at the Expo Center in Edmonton.
