Kwakwani seal Girls’ and U-16 Boys’ titles

Youth Basketball Guyana Titan Bowl X…

ꟷ President’s College cop U-18 crown

After four days of intense basketball action, curtains came down yesterday on the Youth Basketball Guyana Titan Bowl X competition, which was being held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Kwakwani emerged champions of the girls’ and male under-16 categories, while President’s College emerged winners of the under-18 category.
In the first final of the night, Kwakwani battled Marian Academy in a one-sided affair. Marian Academy knew that securing a win against one of the most dominant female sides in the competition would have been an achievement to relish, but Kwakwani flexed their muscles and punished Marian 50-29.
Kelliann Sauers led for Marian with 16 points, 8 rebounds and 5 steals in a futile effort; while Kwakwani’s Shania Sears, who was adjudged the MVP, scored 29 points and had 7 rebounds.
She was assisted by Atalia Rose, with 9 points, 11 rebounds.
Emboldened by their win of the girls’ title, the under- 16 Kwakwani side dug deep to defeat Arima Secondary in a thriller that ended 39-34 in their favour. The encounter saw both Kwakwani and Arima match each other’s style of play pound for pound, but coming down to the last few minutes, Kwakwani managed to get a few shots in to secure themselves a much needed 4-point lead, and thus the title.
Arima scorers Kelon Philips (14 points) and Jamal Lyte (8 points, 9 rebounds) were outshone by the combination of Elijah David (12 points), and Hosea Conway who was awarded MVP; he scored a valuable 6 points.
In the final, played between New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) and President’s College (PC), a mere 6 points prevented NATI from lifting the trophy. President’s College were able to defend their title 60-54, and lift the trophy.
Scoring for PC were Gabriel Lim (16 points) and MVP Jushawn Bailey (21 points). Kadeen Dover had 21 points, while Charles Williams put up 15 points, but those were not enough to save the NATI side from defeat.