Captain Dominice Vincente led the scoring for the Ravens
North Ruimveldt Ravens fell victim to the dangerous and powerful De Arend, out of Suriname, with their ability to convert baskets at regular intervals on Saturday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue in the Guyana Basketball Federation’s (GBF) international tournament.
Coming to the contest with power in the first quarter, the team managed to penetrate their opponents’ defence while displaying an ability to utilise every opportunity to score. They thus grabbed an early 19-10 lead that set the game’s tempo.
The second quarter saw the Dutch outfit continuing to show their ability to penetrate their opponents’ defence, and they scored 22 points in that session to elevate their score to 41 points. In contrast, the Ravens scored only 18 points to take their total to 30 at the end of that quarter.
Third-quarter action saw the North Ruimveldt outfit keeping their composure as they minimised De Arend’s lead. As the Ravens managed to come out on top of proceedings, they scored 17 points, elevating their score to 47, while the Dutch outfit were restricted to 14 points and their total to 55 points at the end of that quarter.
The fourth quarter saw the Dutch side securing their massive victory as they rained buckets, managing to convert 19 points, to bring their final score up to 79 while the Ravens were limited to 11 points and a final score of 58.
