SPG2007: Day 6 Results - Fiji and Am Samoa to play for the Gold

Fiji and American Samoa will face each other in the South Pacific Games Gold medal game. Both teams will play a preview of this game tomorrow, in the last day of the pool phase. Papua New Guinea will face Tahiti in the Bronze medal game. The host nation Samoa was pushed out of the medal race after a one-point loss against American Samoa. New Caledonia registered its first win of the tournament but will only play in the 5th place game.

Day 6:
Samoa - American Samoa: 59-60
Latoya Wily 16pts 5/9FG - Derisa Taleni 20pts 6/9FG
Fiji - Tahiti: 81-58
Valeria Nainima 27pts 7/16FG - Vera Yansaud 11pts 4/4FG
New Caledonia - Solomon Islands: 73-59
Yolande Luepack 16pts 5/10FG - Joycelyn Basia 26pts 6/13FG

Day 7 schedule:
Fiji - American Samoa
Tahiti - New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea - Solomon Islands

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


Fiji (white) vs Tahiti (red) (photo: SPG2007)