Coach Harris looking for clean sweep tonight … Guyana go 2-0 in basketball series against Bermuda
Guyana’s Akeem Kanhai makes his way to the basket against Bermuda on Thursday.
Guyana’s Akeem Kanhai makes his way to the basket against Bermuda on Thursday.

CAN they do it? Can Guyana make a clean sweep of their three-game series against Bermuda? Tonight, those questions and more will be answered as head coach Darcel Harris aims to end on a flawless note. It’s the first time Bermuda will play in Guyana and the reception was not pleasing since the Guyanese now hold the advantage.

Game one ended with Guyana winning a thrilling come-from-behind 76-73 points win while in the second encounter, the home team made it look easy, defeating the visitors 66-55 in a one-sided contest.
Travis Burnett led with 16 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals. Captain Akeem Kanhai netted 14 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out five assists.
Jason Lowe poured in a game-high 21 points for the visitors; 15 of which came from down town. Sullivan Phillips had 14 and Dean Jones 11.
It was nothing short of a perfect display of basketball by coach Harris and his troops who led at the end of every interval, taking the first 21-17, 30-29 at halftime and 49-35 heading into the fourth.
According to Harris, a series sweep would give him a chance to assess Guyana’s position heading into the June 16-20 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championship in Tortola.
If accomplished, it would be the third time Guyana have defended their home court with a series sweep, having first done so in 1969 against Suriname and in 1997 against Trinidad and Tobago.
The likes of James Brush, Hawley Harry and Melroy Fitzalbert were the faces of the 1969 team while in 1997; the team was captained by Lugard Mohan and had his brother Orin, Rawlwin Loncke, Lorenzo Withrite and Lancelot Loncke.
Jump-ball time is today at 19:00hrs.

 

 

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