Maloney Pacers set sights on FIBA 3×3 World Tour qualifiers in Guyana
…20 teams from 16 countries register for One Guyana 3×3 Quest
Maloney Pacers, one of the most experienced basketball squads in the Caribbean, will represent Trinidad and Tobago at the One Guyana 3×3 Quest, where they will be among 20 teams from 16 countries competing for a chance to qualify for the FIBA 3×3 World Tour in Edmonton, Canada.
Trinidad and Tobago’s top-ranked 3×3 player Tyrese Fields would be joining forces with history-makers Moriba De Freitas, Chike Augustine and Ahkeel Boyd to contest the tournament, set for April 5–6 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue in Georgetown.
Maloney Pacers are expected to face fierce competition from teams representing Ecuador, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, St. Maarten, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, the USA, the Cayman Islands, Grenada, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, and Suriname.
(L-R) Tyrese Fields, Chike Augustine, Ahkeel Boyd and Moriba DeFreitas at FIBA AmeriCup 2024 in Puerto Rico
The One Guyana 3×3 Quest marks the first time an English-speaking Caribbean nation is hosting a 3×3 Quest event with World Tour implications, and some of the world’s best 3×3 talent would be heading to Guyana to participate. The Trinidadian ballers are no strangers to this level of competition, De Freitas, Augustine and Boyd having made history at the 2023 Pan American Games, where they finished in third place to pick up the first-ever podium finish by an English-speaking Caribbean team since 3×3 was added to the Pan Am Games in 2019.
While Fields wasn’t part of that historic run in Santiago Chile, his 3×3 resume speaks for itself. He joined Augustine, Boyd and De Freitas at the Central American and Caribbean Games, where they showcased their chemistry on the court. The quartet have also represented Trinidad and Tobago at the FIBA AmeriCup 3×3 in 2022, 2023, and 2024, among other notable international tournaments; and their fourth-place finish at the 2022 AmeriCup in Miami set another milestone, making them the first English-speaking Caribbean team to crack the top four at the tournament.
Widely regarded as Trinidad and Tobago’s top four 3×3 players, these ballers are key members of Maloney Pacers – a club led by legendary coach Christopher Jackson, who has praised the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) for organizing a much-needed event in the region.
Confident in his squad’s ability, Jackson is eager to see his team match talent against familiar foes from Central America, having battled many of them in past tournaments; and he believes Maloney Pacers have what it takes to book their ticket to their first-ever FIBA 3×3 World Tour – an achievement that would be monumental for Trinidad and Tobago.
