SPG2007: Day 6 Results - Start of the medal round

There are only six teams remaining in the medal race in the South Pacific Games in Samoa. Samoa and Fiji made an important step toward the Gold medal with two great wins over Guam and New Caledonia. In the other medal round game, the Solomon Islands pulled out a surprising win over American Samoa.

Medal Round:
Solomon Islands - American Samoa: 61-56
Waiges Turueke 20pts 5/20FG - Ata Perese 16pts 7/14FG
Samoa - New Caledonia: 89-57
Trenson Akana 21pts 5/8FG - Felix Kilikili 14pts 5/12FG
Guam - Fiji: 70-71
Andrew Borja 15pts 5/14FG - Marques Whippy 16pts 5/8FG

Standings:
1- Fiji 3-0
2- Guam 2-1
2- Samoa 2-1
4- New Caledonia 1-2
4- Solomon Islands 1-2
6- American Samoa 0-3

Classification round:
Cook Islands - Samoa Invit.: 73-74
Peter Teiti 20pts 7/13FG - Manuele Bourne 24pts 10/16FG
Tahiti - Palau: 87-65
Rahitiarii Teriierooiterai 16pts 7/10FG - Yutaka Gibbons 7/23FG


Guam (white) against Fiji (black) (photo: SPG2007)