Puerto Rico lost their last game, 70-78 vs Uruguay, but have lost consecutive games only once in the World Cup qualifiers, it was during the second round of the World Cup 2019 qualifiers in September-November 2018; Puerto Rico have won seven of their eight home games in the qualifiers.
Colombia have scored 38.8 points in the paint per game in the World Cup 2023 qualifiers, the most among the teams in Americas, while Puerto Rico are one of the other three teams to average more than 35 points in the paint per game (36.3).
Braian Angola has combined 20+ points and 9+ rebounds in two of his last three games in the World Cup qualifiers, including in his last away game, in Mexico (21pts, 9reb).
Mexico lost their most recent home game in the World Cup qualifiers (89-93 v Colombia), after winning the previous five, but are yet to lose consecutive home games in the competition; they managed to score 75+ points in eight of their last nine home games in the qualifiers.
Uruguay are one of the three teams to average fewer than 10 points from fast-break situations per game in the World Cup 2023 qualifiers in the Americas (8.3) but have also conceded only 8.3 points per game from fast-break situations, only Venezuela (7.8) have conceded fewer of those points.
Bruno Fitipaldo has scored 12+ points in six of his seven games played outside Uruguay in the World Cup qualifiers (including neutral venues) but the only time he scored in single-digit in that span was in Mexico (7pts in February 2019); Fitipaldo has made five assists in each of his last two games in the qualifiers after never reaching that tally in any of his previous 12 games in the competition.
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