GUYANA’S women’s basketball team completed a clean sweep of their two-match series with Suriname on Monday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The Guyanese won the contest, 65-57, after another overwhelming showing by the local women’s outfit.

Asha Ramlall led the scoring with 21 points, with 19 each from Amisha and Arshia Ramlall as the Ramlall siblings’ scoring ability was on show for a second time on home soil, to dismiss the opposition.

The games were tight for two quarters, as Surname sought to bounce back
from their series opening loss, trailing by one point, 18-17, at the end of the
first quarter, while at the end of the half they were down by 2 points, 36-34.

However, by the third quarter, the tide would start to turn as the locals
outscored their South American counterpart, 18-10, in the third to lead, 54-
44, before closing it out, 65-57, for the win.

In the first exhibition clash of the evening, Georgetown came up against Linden combined.

Georgetown would take the win, 83-75, with Jaden Simon leading the cause
with 19 points, and Domintre Rankin also scoring 17 points in the win.

Anish Ramlall led Linden in scoring with 28 points, with 12 from Stephen
George in the victory.