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New Caledonia defeated Solomon Islands 73-50
Led by #8 Marguerite Trocas with 29 points New Caledonia were just too strong for the Solomon Islands team. They won the rebounds 62 to 40 with32 offensive rebounds giving them second chance opportunities to score. Solomon Islands were led by Maya Van Den Heever with 17 points and 5 rebounds.
Tahiti v Guam 67-54
Guam needed to win this game to stay in contention for gold but were unable to hold off a much determined Tahiti team focused on keeping their 100% win record going through the round games. Tahiti were led by #13 Alizee Lefrance with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Guam were led again by #10 Destiny Castro (168-SG-97) with 20 points and 5 rebounds but unfortunately the loss puts them out of the top 4 and they will need to contend for 5 position with New Caledonia, Nauru and Solomon Islands.
Fiji defeated American Samoa 81-73
This was the game of the day with both teams vying to finish the rounds in number one spot in Pool B of the women's competition. Valerie Nainimia captain for the Fijian team was in great form with 31 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. She will be the key to whether Fiji can go all the way through to the gold medal game and with her experience and knowledge will be called upon to lead her side during crunch time. America Samoa was led by #1 Rheina Ale with 21 points and 5 rebounds and well supported with 4 of her team mates in double figures but still not good enough to take the win.
Courtesy of: Pacific Games
