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 | Commonwealth Bank Giants clinch the NPBA title | |
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by Eurobasket News - Mar 26, 2008 | |  | Commonwealth Bank Giants edged the Electro Telecom Cybots in the fourth game of their final best-of-five series to claim the New Providence Basketball Association title. The Giants overcame the Cybots 90:87 to complete their nearly perfect season in style. The Giants got to a flying start of the title series. They stretched their season winning run to 18 games and looked very confident against the Cybots. But the perfect rally was snapped by the Cybots in Game 3 as they trimmed the series deficit and revived the intrigue. Brian Bain (190-G) exploded with game-high 36 points for the Cybots to keep them alive in the series. He also accounted for go-ahead free throws with the time ticking out to bring the Cybots to an overall success. Mark Hanna responded with 33 points for the Giants. The Cybots were missing Delvonne Duncombe and Tyrone Sands due to injuries. Another blow for the Giants was the injury of one of their leaders Jeremy Hutchinson (-C-80).
However Hutchinson recovered partially and entered the court for Game 4. He nailed 19 points in a winning effort and propelled his team to another NPBA title. Michael Bain fired 35 points for the Giants in the Game 4 and was later named the series MVP. Brian Bain answered with 24 points for the Cybots. Delvonne Duncombe had 19 points in a loss. The Giants will now represent New Providence at the BBF National Round Robin Championships. |
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| Trouble in Bahama Pro Show team | |
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| | | Local Bahamanian media "Nassau Guardian" tells that coach James Price decided to leave the Ricardo Smith's Bahama Pro Show ABA team, and like him four players too left the team. The teams was not so well organized, but the main reason of the Price's decision seems the lack of support from the Bahamas Basketball Federation (BBF), that never backed the team and spoke out about the league, which initially tipped off in The Bahamas. One of the main reasons, of course, was the bad relationships between the BBF and the same Ricardo Smith, who was suspended from the Federation in the past. At this point, however, the Bahama Pro Show lacks of the coach and some players, and it seems that the ABA lost another piece..... |
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| Winning Debut For The Bahama Pro Show | |
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| | | The Experienced Bahamanian Clayton Miller, nicknamed "Smiley", scored 39 points to lead the Bahama Pro Show to the win in the inaugural game of the team's ABA season.
The Pro-Show was defeated on the road the Georgia Gwizziles, 109-89 in Lincoln, Georgia.
Local media finally reported about this team, run by owner/general manager Ricardo B. Smith, despite poor support from the Bahamas Basketball Federation executives. In our opinion the emergence of the Bahama Pro-Show basketball team could showcase some of the local talent at pro level and is an interesting development for Bahamanian basketball. |
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| COB Intercollegiate Play In Basketball Scheduled | |
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by Eurobasket News - Oct 26, 2007 | | | College Of The Bahamas Athletic Director Greg Harshaw has informed that the new basketball season is schedule to begin this coming Friday at the Kendal Isaacs Gym.
The College's sports programme under Harshaw has been revitalized and this season begins participation in the men's division of the Florida Sun Athletic Conference. The COB women team will see action in New Orleans and Puerto apart from the local schedule.
"We're on the right road. Uplifting the level of competition is what we are all about," Harshaw said recently during an interview when discussing the involvement in the Sun Athletic Conference.
In a short period, Harshaw and his assistants have developed the COB athletic programme into bona fide status, comparable to colleges and universities in the United States.
The local season opener for the men will have them facing Johnson and Wales University, a Miami-based institution. The game will be one of history, COB's first intercollegiate game in The Bahamas. In the second game on opening night, the COB ladies will meet the LadyTruckers.
"COB is building intercollegiate athletics as part of its university programme. We feel this programme will provide additional opportunities to improve the performances of our national teams.
"With the recent NAIA agreement, the COB men and women basketball teams will play an extensive NAIA schedule this season. The men will focus on competition in the Florida Sun Athletic conference while the women will travel to New Orleans and to Puerto Rico for play in the NCAA Diivision II.
"The men's programme is headed by Mr. Sean Bastian while Dr. Linda Davis heads the women's programme," informed Harshaw.
Harshaw sees his efforts and those of others at COB as the "building of the foundation of intercollegiate athletics in The Bahamas."
The COB programmes include a number of disciplines, inclusive of track and field, golf, soccer etc. Recently the soccer season concluded with the COB men finishing 2-4-1 while the ladies compiled a record of 1-6-1. The budding programmes showed great promise however, according to observers.
Courtesy of: www.jonesbahamas.com |
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| Probesee Leo commits to Bucknell University | |
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by Eurobasket News - Oct 21, 2007 | | | Probesee Leo, the son of Antone and Marcell Leo, has committed to play college basketball at the prestigious Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, while Dwight Miller visited Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Leo, who has been playing basketball seriously for only one year, has a 3.9 grade point average while attending St. Pius X High School in Houston Texas. He is another product of the Frank Rutherford Foundation Elite Athlete Development (FREAD) Program that develops young Bahamian talent into NCAA Division One scholarship athletes. In one year, the "FREAD" Program has made Probese into one of the hottest recruited big men in the state of Texas.
Standing at 6-foot-9 inches, 220lbs in statue and with Rice University, Furman University, and San Diego State in tow, Probese chose Bucknell because it is a private school with a high academic standard and a great basketball program. Bucknell plays in the Patriot League with Holy Cross, Lafayette University, American University, Army, Colgate, Lehigh and Navy. Leo will sign a four year scholarship in which he will pursue a degree in Rocket Science. His dream was to get a NCAA Division I basketball scholarship so that he could get a college degree and thanks to Mr. Peter Andrews of Bahamas Waste Management and the Frank Rutherford Foundation his dream has come through. Small forward, Miller, takes his first visit to Rutgers University in New Jersey. Rutgers, for many years has been a basketball power in the Big East Conference, but, in recent years they have fallen off, where Pittsburgh, Georgetown, Syracuse, and St. Johns have dominated.
Miller, who is being heavily sought after, has more than 25 scholarship offers from Rutgers, Illinois, Arkansas, St. Johns, University of Pittsburgh, Temple University, University of Nebraska, Bradley, Cincinnati, UCONN, Arizona State, Tulane, BYU, SMU, and University of Virginia, just to name a few. He is narrowing his top five schools, that will include Rutgers and Illinois. He visits Illinois the weekend after he returns from Rutgers. Miller, together with Leo, will lead the St. Pius X Panthers to their second run to a TAPPS State Championship this season. Both young men will sign NCAA Division I scholarships before the season is finished. This is the essence of what the Frank Rutherford Foundation is all about developing young Bahamian talent to enable them to get a free college education.
Courtesy of: www.thenassauguardian.com |
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| BGDBA carries out playoffs | |
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by Eurobasket News - Sep 25, 2007 | | | The Bahamas Government Departmental Basketball Association's (BGDBA) is now enjoys playoff stage of its season. Round one matchups were scheduled to play in a best-of-three format. The defending champions Real Deal Rangers secured their second round birth. They overwhelmed the Bahamas Union of Teachers 60:44 in the second game of the series and advanced to the next round. Kevin McPhee delivered 20 points in a winning effort. Real Deal Rangers will face the Police Aces in the second round. The Police Aces easily edged the Police Royals 87:58 in the respective series. Mark Hanna topscored for the Aces with 18 points.
BTC became the third contestant of the semifinal series. Chevy Simmons netted 20 points to lift BTC over Airport Security 75:37. BTC opponents in the semifinal series are yet to be decided as Cybots tied the series against Crimestoppers. Cybots won the second game 59:57 and leveled the action at 1-1.
The BGDBA best-of-three playoffs continue this Wednesday, September 26 with two games. The Aces and Rangers will commence their second round best-of-three series, while the decisive round one playoff game between the Crimestoppers and Cybots is scheduled to start later in the evening. |
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| Barr back in Houston | |
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by Eurobasket News - Sep 14, 2007 | | | We've all heard the name Jeremy Barr (206-F-86) before and the reviews the Androsian got when he moved to Houston, Texas to become a part of the Frank Rutherford Elite Development program. Barr later moved on to the University of Southern California (USC) to play for former Chicago Bulls' head coach Tim Floyd and the USC Trojans, but since then, the basketball standout has moved on again. Barr has not dropped off the basketball radar, but in fact the 6'9", 264-pound forward is now playing for the San Jacinto College Central Ravens, a junior college program in Houston, Texas. So yes, Barr is still playing basketball and will be a starting member of the college's team. His mentor, Frank Rutherford confirmed yesterday that the young inspiring professional basketball player will continue his career with the Ravens for a year, before moving back into a NCAA Division I program. "Jeremy Barr, like many other young men, sometimes falls into some adversities," said Rutherford. "Based on those adversities he had to transfer out of USC into Nebraska but those adversities continued to follow him. Now he is given a third chance to try and rectify some of those adversities at a junior college level for one year.
"The junior college which Jeremy is now enrolled in is one of the top junior colleges in America so he is still in a good basketball program. After that one year he would have an opportunity to return to a Division I school. See, Jeremy's problems, which he has encountered over the years has nothing to do with basketball. "He is a young man that averaged 18 to 20 per game as a freshman at USC. He started in several games and he averaged more than eight points and nine rebounds in some of the games he played, so you can see basketball was not his problem. He had some other issues off the court which I am not at liberty to speak about. But, they were off-the-court issues that have stagnated his progress both in the classroom and on the basketball court, and which have affected his basketball court time. He has been given a chance to repatriate his worthiness of being a Division I college basketball player by understanding what that responsibility is, so therefore he is at San Jacinto College getting himself together." Before moving on to college, Barr dominated the high school ranks, propelling the Westbury Christian High School to three straight championships in Houston. Jeremy Barr averaged 19 points and nine rebounds per game, before signing on with the Trojans in 2005. At USC, Jeremy Barr played in 23 games, averaging 3.1 points and 1.5 rebounds per game. He played one season with the Trojans before moving on to Nebraska. Rutherford said: "Like I said, Jeremy's problem is not something that has to do with the physical adjustment of a big school, his adjustment was more of maturity and being a responsible young man who needed to be able to handle when he makes mistakes outside the basketball court. He needs to be able to handle the work load in the classroom and still handle the pressure of being a part of a Division I school and he just didn't do that and he didn't balance well. "So hopefully he will learn because when you go down to the junior college level, you're on your last straw so he is on his last straw. He is going to have his opportunity to shine through it. From all reports that I am hearing from coaches he has made great progress. There is no question that he is going to play high level basketball again; all is needed is he has to settle down and want it for himself. "But like I said, there are some top schools which are very interested in Jeremy and I have no doubt in my mind that he will be back on top, so we are going to work closely with each other so that he can succeed." The Ravens' season is set to open on October 6.
Courtesy of: www.thenassauguardian.com |
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| Bahamas fall just short of 2008 Centrobasket | |
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by Eurobasket News - Aug 13, 2007 | | | Cuba - Bahamas 90:88
Cuban team needed an overtime to celebrate a tough victory over Bahamas in the Bronze medals game. Cuba got to a flying start as they led 27:11 after the first quarter. However Bahamas started to crave their way back in the second frame. They cut the deficit to 36:46 at halftime. The game turned Bahamas way in the third quarter as they overwhelmed their opponents 27:17 and drew the scoreline. The final stanza never defined the winner and teams needed an overtime to decide who is going to take Bronze and qualify for the 2008 Centrobasket tournament. Cuba led by Geoffrey Silvestre (202-F/C-79) succeeded at the end. He nailed 30 points and grabbed 11 boards for Cuba. Orestes Torres (203-C-87) contributed 16 points for the winners. Magnum Rolle (208-F) had 20 points and 9 boards for Bahamas. Scott Forbes (196-F-75, college: Florida Intern.) added 15 points in a losing case.
Cuba: Geoffrey Silvestre 30+11 boards, Orestes Torres 16
Bahamas: Magnum Rolle 20+9 boards, Scott Forbes 15 |
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| Bahamas edge Guyana to finish at the second spot in Group A | |
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by Eurobasket News - Aug 11, 2007 | | | Bahamas - Guyana 91:79
Bahamas edged Guyana and climbed to the second spot in Group A. This means they became the second semifinal participant from Group A. Bahamas needed to overcome a slow start of the game as they trailed 16:26 after the opening frame. However they managed to cut the deficit to 5 points at halftime 35:40. The teams entered the final stanza all square as Bahamas closed the gap in the third frame. Guyana were out of rhythm and could not stop Bahamas en route to important victory. Quentin Hall (174-G-77, agency: Promotex, college: Gonzaga) produced 18 points and 7 assists for Bahamas. Jaraun Burrows (203-C, college: Volunteer St. CC) added 15 points for the winners. Gordon Klaiber (206-F-83, college: Fairleigh Dickinson) chipped in game-high 24 points for Guyana. Michael Creepy secured another 24 points in defeat.
Bahamas: Quentin Hall 18+7 assists, Jaraun Burrows 15
Guyana: Gordon Klaiber 24, Michael Creepy 24 |
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