PIITBULLS 3.0, Team Smooth and Plaisance Ballers last Friday received their ‘spoils’ for the November 9-10 Rawle Toney/Mackeson 3X3 Basketball Classic, at the Burnham Basketball Court.

Playing undefeated throughout the tournament, Ryan Gullen, Ryan Stephney, Jermain Slater and Travis Belgrave went on to make ‘light work’ of Team Smooth in the final, winning 22-12 and picking up the event’s $300 000 first-place prize, compliments of Ansa McAl under their Mackeson brand.

For their effort, Team Smooth pocketed $100 000, while Plaisance Ballers, who defeated Ion Know 22-20 in a thriller for third place, collected $50 000.

Stephney was outstanding in the final and was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) and received $25 000, compliments of FireSide Grill and the Andrew Ifill Trophy.

Gullen, the team’s captain, said the tournament provided the much-needed spark to help revive the game of basketball in Georgetown, and asked that it is held at least twice a year.

Meanwhile, organiser Rawle Toney said that the players are the ones that made the tournament a major success, adding that the objective of the tournament has been met, since it brought fans back to the game and explored the possibilities of giving 3X3 basketball a prominent place among the other shorter formats of various sports in Guyana.

This event was sponsored by Distribution giants Ansa McAl under their Mackeson brand, Chung’s Global Enterprise, FireSide Grill, Guyana Lottery Company’s Let’s Bet Sports, ‘STUFF’, National Sports Commission (NSC) and Trophy Stall.