By Daniel Haynes

THE Guyana girls lost once again in the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) U-16 Female championship. This time they fell to Barbados who, with the win, extended their winning streak.
The game finished with Guyana losing by 11 points, 40-29.It was the defensive presence of the Barbados side as well as the inability of Guyana to hit shots that led to the visitors victory.
The first quarter of the game saw both teams struggle from the floor on the offensive end. Barbados scored eight points to Guyana’s 4. The quarter showed improvement for Guyana who had not scored in the first quarter against the BVI.
In the second quarter Guyana managed only 2 points while Barbados collected 10 points taking the total to 18-6 in favour of Barbados.
The second half saw Guyana clamping down on their defensive matchups while managing to convert on some attempts. However, the surge was too little too late since the Barbados team had done their work early on.
Guyana lost the match but took solace in Jada Mohan’s 18-point performance. For Barbados Tower Lorde was instrumental with a double-double of 14 points and 14 rebounds.
Tower stated it was just about doing what she had to for her team that made the difference.
“Our team chemistry is also very high and right now we are confident that we can make the final,” the young athlete concluded.