The Dominican Republic men’s basketball team defeated Panama in their game 2 of the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship taking place in Puerto Rico. The game ended 100-87 in favor of the Dominicans.
The DR had lost game 1 to Brazil, 68-86. The DR squad has yet to play Venezuela and Argentina to move on to round two against the winner of Group A. Group A contenders are Virgin Islands, Uruguay, Mexico and Puerto Rico.
The DR matches Venezuela at 6:30pm on Saturday, 29 August, and then Argentina at 6:30pm on Sunday, 30 August.
The four best teams qualify for the FIBA World Championship to take place in Turkey in 2010.
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