Brazil bounces to beat Italy in GLOBL JAM men’s play

Toronto — Yagodos Santos scored the highest 28 points in the game to beat Brazil 72-68 against Italy at the Men’s GLOBL JAM Tournament at the Matami Athletic Center on Wednesday.

Dos Santos followed up on the 20-point show when Brazil lost to Canada 89-75 on Tuesday night. From the free throw line.

After the match, Brazilian head coach Tiago Splitter said former NBA veteran “Yago is a great player.” “He’s one of the most courageous people I’ve ever met, I don’t know (5ft 3) or something like that, and I love the kid.

“He has a great job in our league in Brazil and also a great job in the national team. Here he has a chance to be a guy on the team under the age of 23. So I have him I am very satisfied with it. “

Frederico Zampini led Italy with 14 points with a 5-8 shot from the field.

Brazil and Italy are both 1-1 to start the tournament — Italy won 88-77 against the United States on Tuesday.

“In Italy, when they finish the youth division and enter a professional club, it is not easy for us, as coaches, to have important minutes and play an important role, so it is for us. It was a big experience. The team. ” Italy coach Marco Ramondino talked about the value he got from the match on Tuesday despite losing. “It’s important to experience what it takes to be competitive at the international level.”

Italy led 51-49 at the start of the fourth quarter. This small lead was reversed as Joao Marcello Pereira knocked down a three-point in the right corner and pushed Brazil up to 53-51. A few minutes later, Brazil took a 60-54 lead and was interrupted by Dikembe Andre’s two-handed dunk during the transition.

But Italy never disappeared. Guglielmo Caruso managed to pull a foul, convert both free throws and pull Italy within two to play 4:18. A straight three-point from Dos Santos with 3:12 remaining brought Brazil back to 63-58, but the Italians just kept coming and tied the match 65-65 with 56 seconds remaining in the Zampini layup.

However, the Italian celebration did not last long. Brazil timed out and set up a play to bring Brazil back to 68-65 with a vast Reinandos Santos (unrelated to Yago) three points. Brazilians will keep that lead forever.

“They were focused on him because he knew that Yago was playing a great match, so I told our archers,’Hey, I’m ready.'” The play splitter who released Reinan said.

Yago got off to a hot start, scoring 9 of Brazil’s first 11 points and heading for a huge opening round performance of 15 points. He showed off his three-point strokes and killer speed and handled the entry into the paint to help the team jump into the first quarter advantage of 22-13.

Italy started the second quarter with a 9-4 spurt, doing a lot of damage on the free throw line and cutting Brazil’s lead just 26-22. A strong take from Brazil’s Jonas Buffat led to a three-point play, triggering an 8-1 run to help Brazil bring a 38-31 lead into half-time.

Italy started the third quarter with a 10-0 run, leading 41-38. This was quickly answered with Yago’s three points, drawing the match 41-41 with 6:32 remaining. The rest of the time proved to be a pre- and post-event where both sides swapped baskets, stopped in much the same way, and set the stage for an exciting fourth quarter.

“This was my first time to be the head coach of the team and it was a very special (moment) for me. I don’t think I’ll forget this,” said Splitter. “It was my first W as a head coach, and hopefully there will be more in the future.”

GLOBL JAM is an international basketball tournament organized by Canadian Basketball under the age of 23.

Countries participating in the men’s tournament include the host countries Canadian, Brazil, Italy and the United States.