Guyana Basketball Federation’s One Guyana League: Kobras demolish Mambas by 8 points
With the new year of 2025 upon us, McDoom/Prospect Kobras secured the inaugural win of the year and lone win of the night against Black Mambas in the Guyana Basketball Federation’s One Guyana League on Saturday at the National Gymnasium.
With the Black Mambas’ powerful attack, they established an early five-point lead in the first quarter, leading from the jump ball with a powerful offence guided by Cosmo Evans. The scoreline illustrated that, 14-9.
Both teams showed their class in defence as the second quarter saw both teams frequently failing to convert, buckets but it was the Kobras who outscored the Mambas 14 points to 12. However, the Mambas managed to maintain their lead, 26-23.
Elijah David was one of the top performers for McDoom/Prospect Kobras
In a fantastic show of class, Kobras turned the three-point deficit into a two-point lead when they came back from the halftime break with a spectacular display of accuracy, putting the ball through the hoop for 13 points while the Mambas were limited to eight points for a total score of 34-36.
McDoom/Prospect Kobras in the fourth and final quarter of the game handed Black Mambas their fourth defeat with an eight-point victory, 48-56, with their offence guided by Elijah David and Trevon Smith.
The “One Guyana” tournament commenced with 27 teams in the Harpy Eagle and Jaguar Conferences, and with a projected 56 to 63 games to be played. The teams are expected to play teams from their conference twice, with the top four teams qualifying for the playoffs. The number one-ranked team play the fourth-ranked team, and the number two team play the third-ranked team. Winners of the playoff games would then advance to their conference finals, where the winners of the best two of three games would advance to the National Finals.
The tournament-winning team will receive $1 million along with trophies, while the runners-up will receive $500,000 plus trophies.
The One Guyana League ignited the Retrieve Hard Court on Sunday in Linden as Kings battled winless Black Caimans while Victory Valley Royals came up against Jets. Details will be in tomorrow’s edition of Guyana Times.
