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Cheetahs win National Basketball Title - May 10, 2011 Both the men and ladies National Basketball Titles will stay in the capital New Providence until the 2012 championships after the Commonwealth Bank Giants won the men's title and the Four J's Cheetahs won the women's title in the round robin tournament hosted by The Bahamas Basketball Federation on the weekend at the Kendal Isaacs Gym. The Giants found the competition stiff versus the Grand Bahama Champions who actually defeated them in their opening game on Friday night 81-80 on a buzzer beating three point shot by Clayton 'Smiley' Miller. The Giants were coming off a grueling game seven victory in the New Providence Basketball Association Championship over the Real Deal Shockers just two nights earlier. In that first match up between the Giants and Grand Bahama Jabbar Lightbourn led Grand Bahama with 24 points and the high flying Gamiliel Rose led the Giants with 26 points. In the championship match up New Providence won a thrilling game by the final score 95-89. Giants centre Jeremy Hutchinson and shooting guard Michael 'Furly' Bain both scored 18 in the victory, and Rose finished with 17 points. 'Smiley' Miller led Grand Bahama with 24 point. Quinton 'Three Ounce' Hall and Tamasieo Dames each finished with 21 points. Grand Bahama and New Providence emerged at the top of the men's division after the Harbour Island Panthers from Eleuthera were eliminated in round robin action. Grand Bahama defeated Harbour Island 82-56 led by Miller with 21 and Harbour Island got 13 points from Alvin Bullard. In the ladies division, the Cheetahs accomplished a story book ending to their 2011 season. After finally overcoming the Bomber George Angels for the New Providence Women's Basketball Association title, they advanced to the National Championship final where they held off a talented but inexperienced team from Harbour Island with 68-53 win. Cheetahs point guard Latyoya 'Lil Ting' Thompson led all scorers with 30 points. Isis Wilson and Dovester Bullard finished with 11 points each for Briland. In round robin play the Cheetahs had beaten Harbouru Island 51-41, led by forward Terrana Pyfrom (80) and centre Linda Pierre (82) with 13 points each. Wilson led Harbour Island in that game with 13 points also. The Cheetahs and Harbor Island played their way through a round robin format that included the Angels, and the Junior All-Stars from New Providence. Courtesy of www.jonesbahamas.com Cheetahs clinch first NPWBA title - May 10, 2011 Cheetahs claimed New Providence Womens Basketball Association championship title. They overcame the last years champions Bommer George Angels 3-1 in the best-of-five title series. The decisive victory came with a score of 63:59. The Angels led throughout the majority of the encounter and were still up heading into the fourth term. But the Cheetahs converted 12 free throws in the dying minutes to seal the winning outcome at the end. Anastasia Moultrie came up with 13 points and 9 rebounds to pace the winners. She was named the series MVP after the game. Latoya Thompson accounted for 13 points, while Alyse Dean (86) netted 12 points for the Cheetahs. Suzette McKenzie responded with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists for the Angels. Sharelle Cash delivered 15 points in the loss. |
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