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Mar 14, 2015 Sports
-Bulldoze Bermuda in second of three-game series
By Edison Jefford
The annals of Guyanese basketball history are unkind; they refuse to give favourable evidence
to support Guyana’s sweeping of a top-ranked Caribbean Basketball Confederation team in a three-game series. Perhaps it has never happened, which brings tonight’s third and final Guyana versus Bermuda international basketball game into sharper focus.
For the record, Guyana go into the game tonight 2-0, having won game two Thursday night 66-55 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Guyana are on the verge of a historic climax in a series they had clearly entered as underdogs given Bermuda’s track record.
As he had done in Guyana’s 76-73 win in game one Wednesday night, Travis Burnett was once more at the helm with 16 points, three steals and three assists. Akeem Kanhai had 14 points, and grabbed seven rebounds and with five steals. Shelroy Thomas also supported with 13 points, five assists and four steals.
For Bermuda, Jason Lowe shot his way to a game high 23 points inclusive of five three-pointers, six rebounds and five steals. Sullivan Phillips massive presence led to 14 points with Dean Jones adding 11 points for the visitors, who out-sized Guyana.
National Coach, Darcel Harris, sensing that the huge Bermudians may not be physically inclined to play up-tempo basketball, unleashed his guards in a steady triangular offence that broke down Bermuda. They simply had no answer to the Guyanese running at them.
Down 30-29 coming out of the halftime break, Guyana employed a full court press defence that
tormented Bermuda. The tactic kept Bermuda to merely five points in the third quarter, while the Guyanese scored 20 points in a high conversion ratio. Guyana closed the third period up 49-35 in an impressive all-round display.
The Guyanese guards, Kanhai, Thomas and Burnett were then untied in the final quarter and the ensuing result was a high-paced offence that silenced Bermuda. Lowe and Jones managed to cut the lead to single digits 50-58, but that was as close as they got.
Ryan Gullen, the hero from game one, came alive in crunch-time again, with a jumper with 4:46 remaining in regulation time. Thomas and Dominic Vincente combined to assist in a responsible clock management tactic that ensured Guyana their second win.
Before the featured encounter, Trinity Grid Holdings (TGH) Pacesetters defeated Republic Bank Nets in an exhibition game. Guyana plays Bermuda in the third and final game tonight, pursuing a feat that was perhaps never accomplished in Guyana’s basketball history – the clean sweep of a higher ranked regional team.
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