News from August 24.

FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament results
Canada 108, Mexico 72
Rowen Barrett (Can) had 27 points on a perfect 7-7 FG, 3-3 3-pointers, and
10-10 FT.
Deham Brown (Can) had 24 points including 10-18 FG.
Greg Newton (Can) had 10 points.
Omar Quintero (Mex) had 27 points including 10-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers.
Horacio Llamas (Mex) had 10 points.
Can shot 63.2% (36-57) FG and Mex shot 44.4% (24-54) FG.

Argentina 85, Puerto Rico 80
Emanuel Ginobili (Arg) had 16 points and 10 assists.
Ruben Wolkowisky (Arg) had 16 points.
Alejandro Montecchia (Arg) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Carlos Arroyo (PR) had 22 points and 5 rebounds.
Daniel Santiago (PR) had 15 points including 7-9 FG and 9 rebounds.

Brazil 104, Dominican Republic 72
Leandro Barbosa (Bra) had 22 points.
Renato Lamas Pinto (Bra) had 17 points.
Alex Ribeiro Garcia (Bra) had 16 points including 5-7 FG.
Amaury Filion Fernandez (DR) had 35 points on 12-21 FG and 8-10 FT and 7
rebounds including 5 offensive.

Venezuela 87, Virgin Islands 84
Diego Guevara Salas (Ven) had 21 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5
assists.
Victor Diaz (Ven) had 27 points including 4-11 3-pointers.
Tomas Aguilera (Ven) had 10 points.
Kevin Sheppard (VI) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers.
Jameel Heywood (VI) had 18 points and 5 rebounds.


Standings             W  L  Points
Group A
  Argentina           3  1  7
  Canada              3  1  7
  Puerto Rico         2  2  6
  Mexico              2  2  6
  Uruguay             0  4  4
Group B
  USA                 4  0  8
  Brazil              3  1  7
  Dominican Republic  2  2  6
  Venezuela           1  3  5
  Virgin Islands      0  4  4

Thus ends the Preliminary Rounds.  The top 4 teams from each group 
advances to the Quarter Finals.