Energy from the home crowd paid dividends for The Bahamas as they secured a dominant 97-74 over Cuba to for their first victory of the third and final window of the FIBA AmeriCup 2025 Qualifiers on Thursday, February 20 at the Kendal GL Isaacs Gymnasium in Nassau.
The Jamaicans got through qualifying on Thursday’s opening day with a pair of dominant wins over Nicaragua (21-1) and the Cayman Islands (22-3), respectively, while suffering a narrow 14-22 defeat to Colombia in between those games.
Friday saw them go 1-1 in Pool D play, losing to Puerto Rico 14-16 in overtime before beating Mexico 16-14, to advance to the quarterfinals.
They will tackle Brazil in the quarters on Saturday afternoon.
Drawn in qualifying group B alongside Mexico and Guatemala, they finished with a record of 1-1 to advance.
They lost 13-22 to Mexico before rebounding with a 21-13 win over Guatemala.
They will take on the USA and Argentina in Pool A on Saturday.
Both Jamaica’s men’s and women’s basketball teams failed to make it past the quarterfinal stage at the FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup which came to an end on Sunday.