DOMINICA NATIONAL TEAM TO TOUR ST.KITTS - Oct 20, 2011 (by Greg)
Basketball City, St.Kitts (October 19, 2011):-Basketball in St.Kitts-Nevis is definitely seeing a resurgence as the conclusion of an exciting 2011 season has only opened the appetite of basketballers and basketball fans alike. To satisfy this appetite the SKABA President has already announced that two leagues catered to youth ballers will be launched in November with the U20 Junior and High Schools Basketball Leagues [read more]
Basketball City, St.Kitts (October 19, 2011):-Basketball in St.Kitts-Nevis is definitely seeing a resurgence as the conclusion of an exciting 2011 season has only opened the appetite of basketballers and basketball fans alike. To satisfy this appetite the SKABA President has already announced that two leagues catered to youth ballers will be launched in November with the U20 Junior and High Schools Basketball Leagues. In addition to the youth leagues SKABA President Romel Tobias has also announced that the Dominica National team will be touring St.Kitts in mid November.
Tobias revealed that the Domnicans will be visiting St.Kitts on November 11th to 14th where they will be engaged in a series of match-ups against local teams including a SKABA Select Team.
The Dominica team will first play the A Division Champions Exodus on their homecourt in Challengers on Friday November 11th. The visitors will then play National Champions Ghuat Bucs on Saturday 12th and the SKABA SelectTeam on Sunday 13th. The latter games will be held in Basketball City.
The SKABA Select team players and Coach will be announced over the next week and will begin practice by the first week in November , said SKABA President Tobias.
The SKABA Select team is expected to feature the top players from the past season and will no doubt be an indication of a St.Kitts-Nevis National team.
Although no Coach has been announced for the SKABA Select Team it is being widely speculated that Dave Sutton , Coach of the recently crowned Champions Ghaut Bucs , will be given the nod to lead the select team against the Dominican nationals.
The Dominica National Basketball Team as pictured includes:.Standing left to right in Front are Mickey Joseph {Coach}, Earl Mathew, Ricky Toussaint, Yamada (Mardi) Parker, Davidson (Guinee) Toulon, Simon (Toto) Joseph, Bernard Mills, Joni Riviere, Ryan Anslem (Ast, Coach).
Standing Left to Right Back are Johnny Alfred. Ramal Carbon, Joseph Hypolite, Garth Joseph, Peter Ricketts,Junior Isles, Jeffrey Joseph and Derek (Deedee) Alexander (Ast. Coach).
Ghaut Bucs wins 2011 SKABA Title..Tambie named MVP - Oct 17, 2011 (by Greg)
Basketball City (October 16th 2011):- The Ghaut Bucks are the 2011 SKABA League Premier Division Champions. A massive crowd turned out to Basketball City to see The Westbourne Ghuat Based team play their hearts out to beat the defending champions Rams Energizer Hitters to win their first SKABA Title.
After losing game 4 most basketball pundits declared that Ghuat Bucs will have a very difficult task in winning Game 5 against the much more experienced Hitters [read more]
Basketball City (October 16th 2011):- The Ghaut Bucks are the 2011 SKABA League Premier Division Champions. A massive crowd turned out to Basketball City to see The Westbourne Ghuat Based team play their hearts out to beat the defending champions Rams Energizer Hitters to win their first SKABA Title.
After losing game 4 most basketball pundits declared that Ghuat Bucs will have a very difficult task in winning Game 5 against the much more experienced Hitters. However the bucs proved all the pundits wrong when they came out and outplayed and out scored the Hitters in almost every quarter.
Bucs led at the end of the 1st quarter 22-17 then again at the half 42-34. The 3rd quarter saw Bucs increase their lead to a fairly comfortable 65-48 advantage. The Bucs entered the 4th quarter brimming with confidence after building themselves an impressive 17 point lead. However Hitters showed true mettle and resilience when they clawed themselves back to within striking distance of then Buc when they trimmed the Bucs lead from 17 to 5 with less than 2 minutes remaining in the game.
Ghaut Bucs handled the Hitters run well and was able to keep their composure and stave off the Hitters late 4th quarter onslaught. Despite key players Dwight Mac 11 Jacobs and Tamboura Tambie Caines fouling out late in the 4th quarter the Bucs were still able to resist the Hitters run and win the game much to the delight of the hundreds of Ghaut Bucs and basketball fans that jammed Basketball City.
The final score saw Ghuat Bucs beating the defending champions Rams Hitters 86-80
Ghuat Bucs top scorer Tambora Caines (186-F-80) was named Finals and Regular season MVP.
Top Performers in the SKABA 2011 Finals Game 5 include:
Hitters force Game 5. Skywalker saves the day - Oct 14, 2011 (by Eurobasket)
The atmosphere at Basketball City could only be described as electric as game 4 of the exciting 2011 Rams Hitters vs Ghuat Bucs SKABA Finals series took place in front of hundreds of fans.
Hitters entered the game with renewed vigour as overseas based player Marvin Skywalker Davis (193-F-84, college: Barry) entered the line-up [read more]
The atmosphere at Basketball City could only be described as electric as game 4 of the exciting 2011 Rams Hitters vs Ghuat Bucs SKABA Finals series took place in front of hundreds of fans. Hitters entered the game with renewed vigour as overseas based player Marvin Skywalker Davis (193-F-84, college: Barry) entered the line-up. Despite a horrid offensive night and fouling out late in the 4th quarter Davis gave the 19 time Champions Hitters the boost they needed against a hungry, exciting, talented Ghaut Bucs team. Unlike Games 1 and 3 where Ghaut Bucs dominated from start to finish this game was much more keenly contested with both teams trading leads throughout. Ghuat Bucs enjoyed a very slim 2 point 23-21 advantage at the end of the first quarter despite a huge output from Hitters forward David Longman Dowell who had 11 of Hitters 21 first quarter points. Bucs forward Kimo Liburd had 7 early points in the first quarter as well. The 2nd quarter was much of the same with both teams literally trading baskets and ending the quarter with each team scoring exactly 14 points to end the half with Ghuat Bucs on top 37-35. Hitters began the 3rd quarter very confident, despite being down 2, behind the exceptional play of Marlon Jah Love Powell who scored nine 3rd quarter points to lead Hitters to a 26-21 3rd quarter advantage. The final quarter began with Hitters enjoying a very slim 3 point advantage. Marlon Jah Love Powell continued his offensive onslaught and led Hitters with 7 fourth quarter points. Despite a huge 14 fourth quarter points from Dwight Mac 11 Jacobs the Ghuat Bucs fell just short with Hitters holding on for dear life to a slim 84-81 victory. Free throws definitely made the difference in the game as Ghuat Bucs converted only 5 of 20 while Hitters converted 21 of 34. Despite leading the game in turnovers Marlon Jah Love Powell was still no doubt the key factor in the Hitters victory and was once again the player of the game with 22 points and 3 assists and 2 block shots. Teammates Ansel Revan and David Dowell had 22 and 17 points respectively with Dowell grabbing 11 rebounds. Tmaboura Tambie Caines had a Game High 9 assists to go with a team leading 22 points and 4 steals. Teammate Kimo Liburd had 17 points , 14 rebs while Dwight Mac 11 Jacobs had 18 points and 14 rebs. Game 5 takes place on Sunday with the winner taking home the 2011 SKABA Championship Trophy
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