HIGH powered offence, stifling defence and a comedy of errors led to Guyana’s first loss on the opening day of the Caribbean Basketball Federation (CBC) U16 Female Championships. The Guyana girls suffered at the hands of the British Virgin Islands, falling to them 54-18. The Guyana girls never got their feet under them and fell behind early in the first quarter failing to score any points to the BVI’s 11.
The second quarter saw Guyana managing to put together 9 points to the BVI’s 25.
Commanding the stat sheet for the BVI was their captain,Shauliqua Fahie, who in the entire game had 24 points, 21 rebounds and 7 assists to go with 2 blocks and 6 steals.
The Guyana girls looked out of sorts and in the first half seemed in danger of calling it quits.
The Free throw shooting that had plagued the Guyana men, seemed to have beentransferred into the female side and the team went 2 of 10 from the line in the first half. However it was Guyana’s turnovers woes that caused them to lose the game.
The BVI steamrolled to a win in the second half without any sign of being stopped.
For Guyana it was Jada Mohan who had led the charge for them before retiring injured in the last quarter of the game. She finished with 11 points and was the only one in double figures for the Guyana girls.
The game leaves Guyana with much to think about in moving forward.
Meanwhile, Suriname fell to Bahamas 54-59 and Barbados beat Antigua and Barbuda 39-36 in the other matches (Daniel Haynes).