THE QUARTET of Akeem ‘the Dream’ Kanhai, Ryan Stephney, Jermaine Slater and Ryan Gullen, going by the alias ‘Pitbulls’, yesterday received the winner’s purse of $500 000 for this year’s Ansa McAl Mackeson ‘King of the Rim’ tournament that wrapped up last weekend. 

Pitbulls, who had claimed the tournament last year and won the $1M attached to it, defeated Pacesetters ‘A’ 17-15 in a come-from-behind victory.
The quartet owed their victory to point guard Ryan Stephney who scored almost half of the team’s total, including the last five baskets of the game when Pacesetters were threatening to dethrone them.
Stephney was later named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) and took home the beautiful silverware and $25 000, while for their effort and finishing as runners-up, Pacesetters ‘A’, made up of Royston Siland, Stephan Gillis, Travis Burnett and Naylon Loncke, collected $300 000.
For being named joint Georgetown Zone winners, the company awarded both teams with an additional $25 000, even as Mackeson brand representative Jamal Douglas congratulated both teams for reaching the final and Pitbulls for winning the tournament for the second successive year.