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FIBA WORLD CUP U17 2026

PUERTO RICO vs NEW ZEALAND — 85-77

PUERTO RICO Puerto Rico
Final
85 – 77
NEW ZEALAND New Zealand

Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP U17 2026

PUERTO RICO defeated NEW ZEALAND 85-77 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP U17 2026. PUERTO RICO won by a 8-point margin. Dwight Gaines led all scorers with 30 points. PUERTO RICO shot 33.0% from the field while NEW ZEALAND managed 44.4%. PUERTO RICO collected 50 rebounds and NEW ZEALAND grabbed 43. This game was played as part of the FIBA WORLD CUP U17 2026 season in World Championship. Statistics sourced from official game reports.

Game leaders

Points Leader
30 Dwight Gaines Dwight Gaines PG 17 yrs (2009) 5'10″ - 1.78m
Efficiency Leader
24 Dwight Gaines Dwight Gaines PG 17 yrs (2009) 5'10″ - 1.78m

Box score

PUERTO RICO 85 PTS
# Player MIN PTS FG 2FG 3FG FT Reb Def Reb Off AST STL TOV BLK Blk Rcv PF Fouls Rcv Efficiency
2 * Dwight Gaines 36:20 30 9/28 3/11 6/17 6/6 3 0 4 7 2 1 0 2 3 24
1 * Jeremy Willmore 21:32 8 3/8 3/5 0/3 2/2 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 10
20 * Darell Rodriguez 18:02 6 2/5 0/3 2/2 0/0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 8
11 * John Arroyo 16:55 4 2/4 2/2 0/2 0/0 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 6
21 * Luis Rosado 16:54 4 2/4 2/3 0/1 0/4 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 4
0 Jodereck Torres 21:39 10 3/10 3/9 0/1 4/5 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 4 10
12 Alexis Fuentes 19:58 7 3/10 2/5 1/5 0/2 1 5 3 0 1 0 0 5 2 6
5 Eduyn Albino 16:04 9 3/11 2/6 1/5 2/2 4 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 12
10 Ivaniel Lopez Arache 13:41 2 1/3 1/3 0/0 0/0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
13 Yaddiel Sanchez 08:12 2 1/3 1/3 0/0 0/0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3
3 Jomar Alejandro Rodriguez Rivera 07:50 3 1/5 0/1 1/4 0/0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
15 Michael Portilla 02:52 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
Team totals 199:59 85 30/91 19/51 11/40 14/23 27 23 15 15 11 4 0 26 19 88
NEW ZEALAND 77 PTS
# Player MIN PTS FG 2FG 3FG FT Reb Def Reb Off AST STL TOV BLK Blk Rcv PF Fouls Rcv Efficiency
7 * Tawhiri Cate 36:03 9 3/11 2/9 1/2 2/3 10 1 8 0 9 0 0 2 3 10
12 * Marco Sula 29:06 15 5/14 3/4 2/10 3/6 0 1 5 1 4 1 0 2 3 7
0 * Jayden Cecil 22:22 22 6/12 3/5 3/7 7/13 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 5 11
8 * Zach Rampton 20:36 4 1/1 1/1 0/0 2/2 8 2 1 0 1 4 0 3 3 18
3 * Liam Anthony Keogh 18:18 6 3/6 3/6 0/0 0/0 4 0 1 2 3 0 0 4 3 7
1 Lawson Pryor 18:58 0 0/2 0/1 0/1 0/0 4 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 2 2
11 William Patten 15:27 6 1/2 1/2 0/0 4/4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7
5 Jackson Couper 15:18 14 5/5 2/2 3/3 1/2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 13
4 Noah Duncan 08:36 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/2 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 6
35 Matayas Thomson 07:17 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
9 Daley Pohio 06:48 0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
20 Malakai Tuimalealiifano 01:10 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals 199:59 77 24/54 15/30 9/24 20/32 38 5 19 6 28 6 0 20 25 81

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