Vassallo and Puerto Rico move to 2-0 with win over Cuba

Virginia Tech guard A.D. Vassallo scored six points, had two assists and grabbed two rebounds in Puerto Rico’s 103-90 win over Cuba in the second game of pool play in Group B  at the 2008 Centrobasket Tournament on Thursday night in Cancun, Mexico.

Puerto Rico led 62-42 at the half and never trailed in the second half. Puerto Rico’s Jose Juan Barea of the Dallas Mavericks, led Puerto Rico with 19 points.

Vassallo is playing for the Puerto Rico national team in the tournament, which includes the top eight countries in the Carribbean and Central America. Puerto Rico will play Panama on Friday in the five-day tournament. The top two teams in each of the two pools will advance to the semifinals and those four teams will qualify for the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship.