Moe, Rose shine but Guyana falls again
Stanton Rose (#11) being pressed by Adrian Mike during Guyana's 87-107 defeat to Jamaica in El Salvador. (Photo compliments: GABF/FIBA)
Stanton Rose (#11) being pressed by Adrian Mike during Guyana's 87-107 defeat to Jamaica in El Salvador. (Photo compliments: GABF/FIBA)

– lose 87 – 107 to Jamaica; to face El Salvador tonight in must-win game

Guyana went down once again in El Salvador, this time losing 87 – 107 to Jamaica last evening at the Gimnasio Nacional Adolfo Pineda.
It was the second defeat in as many outings in San Salvador for the Guyanese, after losing 73 – 84 in their opening FIBA 2023 World Cup Pre-Qualifiers campaign against Nicaragua on Thursday. Anthony Moe led all ‘GT scorers’ with 25 points, 16 of which came in the first half. Captain Stanton Rose Jr had another good night shooting the basketball, hitting six of his 11 attempts from ‘deep’ to finish with 19 points. Delroy James, who was quiet in the first half, (only scoring four points) finished with a well-rounded 18, while also pulling in four rebounds and dishing out five assists. Despite Coach Junior Hercules shedding some concerns about Guyana’s ‘wild’ three-point shooting against Nicaragua where they only scored 13 of their 46 attempts (28.3%), last night, against Jamaica, nothing changed. Guyana shot nine from 29 (31.03%).

Guyana’s Anthony Moe dunks on three players during Guyana’s 73-84 defeat to Nicaragua at the FIBA 2023 World Cup Pre-Qualifiers. (Photo compliments: GABF/FIBA)

Moe scored 16 points in the first half, while Rose had 12, as Guyana trailed Jamaica 42 – 47. However, Jamaica held Guyana to 15 points in the third period, while piling on 31 of their own, led by Omari Johnson (26), Marcel Robinson (21) and Romaine Thomas (18). In the fourth stanza, starting with a 21-point deficit, Guyana, behind James and Rose, began to chip-away at the lead but the ‘Reggae Ballerz’ went inside the paint where they scored 52 of their total and regained control for the ball game. Guyana, though showing some fight when Hercules injected Nikolai Smith (4) and youngster Israel Yaw (2) and Deylon Bovell who had an impactful presence on the game.

The Berkeley College point guard scored 12 points (seven in the first half), hauled in six rebounds, two assists and a steal, and his energy, coupled with Rose and James’ scoring, shed a glimmer of hope for a Guyana come-back. But, “not today” said the ‘Yardies’. The men from the Land of Wood and Water never looked troubled after regaining control as they picked up their second win in the tournament. On the opening day, Jamaica came away with a narrow 69 – 67 win over Costa Rica. Meanwhile, with three teams advancing to the next round in July, Guyana will now have to win their remaining games in the tournament. Tonight, from 21:00hrs, Guyana will face host El Salvador and they will close things off on Saturday against Costa Rica.

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