The U18 team that won the silver at the tournament here in San Antonio a few years back is on deck to start taking over the Olympic squad. With the win below, they qualified Argentina for the 2009 FIBA Americas Championships.
Roster
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PUERTO MONTT (South American Championship) -
Argentina won their twelfth South American Championship by beating Uruguay 100-95 in the finals. Meanwhile Venezuela won Bronze by beating Brazil 87-72.
The Argentineans dominated the first quarter 28-21 as they made a 13-0 run in the middle part of the quarter to take a 24-14 lead.
At halftime Argentina had a 50-47 advantage where they had a 48-37 lead but Uruguay reacted to close the game.
In the second half Argentina dominated 76-63 and in the final quarter Uruguay tied the game at 83 with 3:56 left but Argentina made another run to win the le.
Paolo Quinteros led with 23 points while Diego Garcia netted 21 while Roman Gonzalez and Maximiliano Stanic scored 15 each.
In a losing effort Leandro Garcia Morales scored 33 points while Esteban Batista netted 18 points and grabbed 13 boards.
In the Bronze medal game Venezuela dominated Brazil 87-72 where Oscar Torres scored 26 points.
Brazil won the first quarter 19-18 but in the second quarter the Venezuelans took the lead and never looked back.
William Drudi led Brazil with 21 points.