Jamaica are through to both the men’s and women’s quarterfinal round at the 2024 FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup after similar results in Friday’s preliminary round in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

After advancing through Thursday’s qualifiers, Jamaica’s men took on Canada and Argentina in pool play on Friday.

They first suffered a narrow 14-19 loss to the Canadiens before returning a little over two hours later and rebounding with a 21-14 win over Argentina to advance ahead of the South Americans who also lost to Canada.

Jabulani Newby had nine points and seven rebounds against Argentina.

They will have a tough task in their quarterfinal on Sunday when they take on the USA at 2:20pm Jamaica time.

On the women’s side, the Jamaicans, who didn’t have to play in qualifying, opened their day with a 14-9 win over Mexico before losing out 15-20 to Canada in their second game, advancing to the final eight in second in Pool B.

Tiffany Reynolds was excellent against Canada despite the loss with nine points and 11 rebounds.

They will tackle hosts Puerto Rico in the last eight on Sunday at 1:30pm Jamaica time.