One Guyana Basketball Premier League…Bounty Colts and GDF take comfortable wins
Colts Dexter Walcott scoring for his team
Colts Dexter Walcott scoring for his team

CLUB basketball outfits Bounty Colts and the Guyana Defence Force played well to come out on top when they battled in the One Guyana Basketball Premier League on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Former club basketball powerhouses Bounty Colts battled against Plaisance Guardians.

Charles Williams led Colts with 17 points as they took a 13-11 point lead in the first quarter which they extended to 32-28 at the break.
Guardians skipper Trenton Woolford was their best scorer with 15 buckets with 12 from Joel McPhoy and 11 from Kwame Fox but they could put up a good enough challenge.
They trailed at the end of the third 44-41 before losing by 13 points 57-54.

Meanwhile the Guyana Defence Force had superb shooting night from Ronaldo Rowe who dropped 30 points as they overwhelmed Black Caiman 76-43.
Troy Glasgow also chipped in with 12 points as he dominated the offensive black board.

GDF led 16-14 in the first period and made it 34-23 at half before having a monster third period where they outscored Caiman 51-34 to take a runaway lead.
Quivon Bourne played some good minutes for Caiman to end with 24 points with 16 from Ronald Kisson and 15 from Akeem Miggins.
However Caiman’s combined effort proved not enough as GDF’s Ronaldo Niles and Raffon Griffith scored 11 points each making all the difference as they took the three point victory.
The league is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport, and National Sports Commission.

The League is set to conclude in May and features 22 teams evenly split in the Jaguars and Harpy Eagles conference drawn from all across the country battling for bragging rights, top dollars and the coveted trophy.

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