Bishops’ High, UG win Titan Bowl, tertiary tournament

The 11th edition of the Titan Bowl and the Tertiary Knockout Basketball tournament culminated under lights at the National Gymnasium as The Bishops’ High School and the University of Guyana respectively emerged as champions.
In the first seconds of the first game, both teams looked tense. LTI’s attack was persistent, and that paid off as it was LTI’s Lerone Joseph securing the first point of the game. Bishops’ showed their class as they went ahead up 11-6 with their first timeout being requested. LTI then looked to minimise Bishops’ lead with the scoreline reading 13-11 at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter was unwavering and had spectators on their feet as Bishops’ managed to continue dominating the playfield 33-27.
The LTI came out in the third quarter as they looked to conquer Bishops’ defence. With the help of Carmelo Mansonhing, however, the latter managed to come out on top with the scoreline reading 51-40 at the end of the third quarter.
With a series of threes raining, Bishops’ went on to secure the championship title in the fourth quarter with the scoreline reading 67-48 at the end of the game.

Mansonhing, in a Most Valuable Player (MVP) performance, managed to score 29 points, 4 assists, and seven rebounds and his team-mate, Matthias Arrindell with 27 points, 7 assists and rebounds.
In an interview with Guyana Times Sport, Bishops’ High School Coach Timothy Richmond emphasised the need for the mental aspect of the game and the amount of work put in to secure this win.
“Well, it was a well-deserved win, because the team has been playing together for quite some time and they have been working tremendously hard over the past three months since the school opened in September and thus the team has had a case of mental breakdown, which is the mental aspect of the game … was 60 per cent while the game is 40 per cent physical and they lacked the mental aspect and they’ve been working on that in the classroom rather than on the court,” Richmond expounded.

In the second game, the University of Guyana managed to come out on top once again as they secured the third consecutive Tertiary Basketball League conquering New Amsterdam Technical, with UG’s Captain, Jether Harris dominating the field with his ability to score points. He secured 14 points to carry UG’S score to 64 while the New Amsterdam Technical Institute were limited to 47 points.
The Titan Bowl XII and the Tertiary Knockout dual tournaments have received the generous support of the following community partners- Banks DIH LTD, ENET, John Fernandes, Starlite Trading, Pizza Hut, Thai Express, P & P Insurance Brokers, Praetorian Executive Protection, Real Value, Housty Design, KW Guyana, GTT, Ronald Burch Smith, and NSC.