THE Guyana female basketball team started their campaign in this year’s inter Guyana games on a winning note after they trounced Suriname 44-34, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall last evening.Suriname made light work of the French Guiana girls on Friday evening beating them 62-41 but could not repeat the feat against Guyana after they lost control of their defence going into the second quarter with the points tied at 7-7 but was quickly changed and they could not recover from then on.
The third quarter started with the score board showing 17-15 and it was looking as though Suriname was making a comeback after a short time out meeting but Guyanese Ginelle Ifill #13 who scored 18 points quickly put the locals to a 27-22 lead at the end of play making things more difficult going into the fourth and final quarter.
As if Ifill 18 points were not enough Tamara Hunter # 6 added to the already difficult task at hand finishing with 7 points and was well supported by Kenesha Leacock # 9, Makeda Rogers # 7, Jenna DaSilva # 10 each contributing four points each and saw Guyana finishing the game with ten points ahead.
For the Surinamese girls only Agiga Eersteling # 5, and CyarahKensmil #10 really troubled the score cards for scoring 9 and 8 points respectively.
And in a men’s game last night Guyana beat French Guiana 79-68.
The basketball competition will conclude today with the Guyana females coming up against French Guiana and just after the Guyana male team will take on Suriname.

(Jadon Samuels)