One Guyana Basketball League- playoffs

GUYANA’S club champions Bounty Colts led by national point Guard Shelroy Thomas and centre Shane Webster will have to pull out all the stop this evening against Kobras in game 3 of the One Guyana basketball league.

The league is taking place at the National Gymnasium’s Hard Court on Mandela Avenue.

In their best of three playoff series, Bounty Colts produced an all-round performance to dominate their opener against Kobras, winning 66-51.

However, game two saw Kobras returning with some grit and fight to force a game 3, edging Colts 78-73 despite Thomas dropping 25 points.

Colts, who won the last club championship in 2018 saw their only loss in the ongoing league come in the first game of regular season in the Jaguar conference.

Meanwhile over in the Harpy Eagles Conference Ravens and Kwakwani Untouchables are set to clash in the first match-up of their conference finals after dispatching Mambas and Pacesetters in their respective first round playoff series.

Kwakwani Untouchables had prolific numbers from Domair Gladstone with a combined 60 points in the playoff.

The Kwakwani team which has also been led by Rayon Short, Jamal Gilkes and Kadeem Dover in offence, clean swept their series with Mambas after winning 70-64 in the first game and a 104-76 hammering to close out the series in game 2.

Ravens also had a road paved with success to the conference finals as they stopped Pacesetters 74-65 and 62-52 in their best of three series.

Untouchables and Ravens will now lock horns for a chance to reach the Inaugural final of the One Guyana League.

On February 17, the most impressive team in the Stabroek Eagles, captained by national player Travis Belgrave will look to keep their flawless record from the regular season and playoffs alive when they battle the winner of Colts versus Kobras playoff series.

Eagles qualified for the playoff as the number 1 side from the Jaguar’s conference before taking on the University of Guyana Trojans in the first round of the playoffs
Belgrave and Denzel ross on the offensive end showed pedigree to get the better of UG Trojans 72-59 in their first game before eliminating them in game 2, 68-59 to reach the Jaguars conference finals.

The tournament which bounced off in august 2023 will see 2 million up for grabs with a million for the winner and half a million for second place.

The league is sponsored by Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport, G-boat Guyana and the National Sport Commission.