The Fiji U15 Men’s Basketball team suffered a significant defeat, losing 115-56 to Samoa in the quarterfinals of the FIBA Oceania Basketball Cup last night.
Fiji struggled throughout the match, unable to compete with Samoa’s overwhelming performance. The Samoan team dominated each quarter, winning 34-19 in the first, 33-10 in the second, 21-13 in the third, and 27-14 in the final quarter.
Despite a strong effort from Fiji’s Ratu Gosho Vishanin, who scored 18 points and grabbed 8 rebounds in 30 minutes, the team could not close the gap.
Fiji will now face Tahiti in the classification match for 5th to 7th place at 6 PM tonight.
In other tournament action, New Zealand will take on Tonga in the first semifinal at 5:30 PM, while Australia will face Samoa in the second semifinal at 8 PM.
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