THE Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) could not have asked for a better climax to its Goodwill Series between Guyana and Bermuda which concluded last Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Witnessed by what was the largest crowd at the venue in recent times, Guyana had to once again come from behind to defeat Bermuda 59-56.

With the win, Guyana clinched the series 3-0 and it marked only the third time in the country’s history that they had swept an opponent; first doing so in 1969 against Suriname and in 1997 when Trinidad and Tobago visited.
Point guard Travis Burnett was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP), despite scoring only nine points.
Ryan Gullen, who came up big with the ‘clutch’ three-pointer in game one, was the game’s highest scorer with 13 points while Shelroy Thomas had 12 points and nine rebounds.
Chris Crumpler had missed game two after picking up a knee injury, but the Bermudan shooting guard returned in the final game and scored 11, Jonathan Lowe was the team’s highest scorer with 12, his brother Jason (Lowe) had 11 and captain Sullivan Phillips netted seven.
The visitors came out looking hungry and ended the first period with a five-point advantage (18-13) and outscored the Guyanese 14-6 to close out the first half leading 32-19.
The GABF seeks to send one of Guyana’s strongest team to the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championship in Tortola in June.
Coach Darcel Harris lauded the efforts of his team and said that it was a collective effort that helped them in their historic achievement.
Harris said that the series against Bermuda was more than good enough to give him a chance to evaluate what is needed to help Guyana basketball reach the next level.