Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027
NICARAGUA lost to MEXICO 72-99 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. MEXICO won by a 27-point margin. Jared Ruiz led all scorers with 26 points. NICARAGUA shot 39.4% from the field while MEXICO managed 48.6%. NICARAGUA collected 39 rebounds and MEXICO grabbed 36. This game was played as part of the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027 season in World Championship. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
NICARAGUA
72 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | * Jared Ruiz | 32:03 | 26 | 8/15 | 4/7 | 4/8 | 6/7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 | * Eden Ewing | 31:21 | 12 | 6/13 | 6/9 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 4 | * Teddy Parham Jr | 24:47 | 5 | 2/10 | 1/3 | 1/7 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 |
| 11 | * Andy Perez | 21:53 | 8 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 4/6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 35 | * Jensen Campbell | 16:21 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Francisco Garth | 21:07 | 5 | 2/8 | 1/5 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 42 | Kevin Vivas | 15:13 | 5 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Andy Hodgson | 11:48 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Ponce Furgeson | 09:47 | 1 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | Juan Herrera | 08:55 | 5 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 22 | Wilson Batista | 04:35 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Rodrigo Sierra | 02:10 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 72 | 26/66 | 17/38 | 9/28 | 11/15 | 26 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 79 | |
MEXICO
99 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | * Gabriel Giron | 26:51 | 16 | 6/13 | 3/5 | 3/8 | 1/1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | * Paco Cruz | 24:50 | 16 | 5/13 | 1/4 | 4/9 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 4 | * Paul Stoll | 20:33 | 4 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 31 | * J J Avila | 17:06 | 12 | 4/6 | 0/1 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | * Fabian Jaimes | 16:31 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | Karim Rodriguez | 20:58 | 8 | 3/5 | 1/1 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Moises Andriassi Quintana | 19:20 | 11 | 4/6 | 1/1 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Gael Bonilla | 19:00 | 13 | 5/12 | 5/9 | 0/3 | 3/4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 25 | Israel Gutierrez | 18:19 | 5 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 14 | Victor Alvarez | 07:21 | 10 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 15 | Jorge Camacho | 04:35 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 |
| 44 | Daniel Amigo | 04:35 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 199:59 | 99 | 35/72 | 16/32 | 19/40 | 10/11 | 27 | 9 | 33 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 131 | |