THE French Guiana girls took full advantage of poor defence and led the points table from the first quarter to hand Suriname their first defeat in the opening basketball game in this year’s Iinter- Guiana Games at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall last evening.

In front of a small but vocal crowd, the Suriname girls were made to work hard. But a small lead in the first quarter eventually increased to 17 points at the end of the second quarter but they never recovered.
Catherina Desir #11 made the job even harder for Suriname as she scored 17 points, while team mate Elyne Cretus #4 who was just as good finished the game on ten points.
Jemine Tuart #8 and Agida Eersteling #5 were the only two Surinamese ladies who managed to salvage some amount of pride, scoring 11 and 8 points respectively.
Basketball action will resume at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall this evening starting at 18.00hrs with Guyana Girls challenging Suriname Girls, after which Suriname males clash with French Guiana.