SPG2007: Day 1 & 2 Results

No surprises in the first two days of competition in the 2007 South Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa. Fiji and Samoa seems to be the strongest team for the Gold medal. The fijians easily defeated Papua New Guinea while Samoa Crushed a Soana Lucet-less New Caledonia team. The two best teams of the pool phase will play in the Gold medal game, the winner of this final game will play in the Oceania Championship in September against Australia and New Zealand.

Day 1:
Tahiti - Solomon Islands: 93-38
Alizee LeFranc 21pts 10/13FG - Jocelyn Basia 10pts 4/7FG
Samoa - New Caledonia: 76-43
Anny Soliai 17pts 8/12FG - Seilala Folituu 12pts 5/7FG
American Samoa - Papua New Guinea: 70-49
Derisa Taleni 17pts 8/18FG - Nape Waka 15pts 6/19FG
Day 2:
Fiji - Papua New Guinea: 96-46
Mikaelar Whippy 25pts 10/13FG - Emily Koivi 11pts 4/7FG
American Samoa - Tahiti: 60-45
Derisa Taleni 21pts 8/11FG - Maea Lextreyt 11pts 5/13FG
Samoa - Solomon Islands: 79-52
Latoya Wily 19pts 6/8FG - Lysa Wini 13pts 5/15FG

Standings:
1- Samoa 2-0
2- American Samoa 2-0
3- Fiji 1-0
4- Tahiti 1-1
5- New Caledonia 0-1
6- Papua New Guinea 0-2
7- Solomon Islands 0-2


Team Samoa (photo: SPG2007)