The Dominican Republic’s national selection team faces off against Belize’s team today at 5 pm in the first round of play in the 1999 Central American and Caribbean Basketball Tournament ("Centro-basket 1999"). The Tournament is being held in La Havana, Cuba. The DR is expected to easily defeat Belize, despite the loss of one of its starting players, Franklin Western. Western has been suspended by the Dominican Basketball Federation from participating in the national selection team for 60 days for failing to report in this past weekend as required. Tomorrow the DR plays Costa Rica at 3 pm, and then the tough Cuban team on Thursday.
