8th Annual Gillian Brazier Basketball Shoot-out Result of Final

8th Annual Gillian Brazier Basketball Shoot-out Result of Final

Big Banana Lady Express successfully defended their title of the Gillian Brazier shoot-Out, for the third consecutive year, defeating new-comers to the tournament, Guyana, 47pts - 24pts. In the first quarter, Lady Express led 7pts - 2pts, and 23pts - 17pts at the half. At the end of the third quarter, Lady Express pushed the score to 34pts -
23pts, but with 3:55 remaining in the game, Guyana had to concede the title to Lady
Express because of a design flaw of the JSC gymnasium, which allowed rain to blow
into the building, causing a dangerous slippery surface under both baskets.
USA officials Darryl Lamps and Cliff Hinton commented on the design of the building and suggested the installation of a overhang to prevent the rain from blowing into the building.
However, local officials said they have advised the Ministry of Sports on numerous
occasions, but such advise seemed to have fallen on deaf ears or the preference of
erecting multiple fences, lights and beautification instead of improving the structure of the gymnasium. According to one official, 'What's the sense of spending all that money on the surroundings and the games still can't play when it rains'.
Nevertheless, Tyesha Lake and Amanda Edwards dominated for Lady Express with
12pts and 10pts, respectively.
For Guyana, Natasha Nader shot 10pts while Nyota Peters contributed 6pts. The first encounter for 3rd place, between St. Kitts and La Femme Braves was also conceded to St. Kitts, in the first quarter, after a La Femme Braves player got injured on the slippery surface.
At the end of Finals, the presentations of trophies were awarded to the winning teams
and outstanding players.
Big Banana Lady Express dominated the awards:

Most points: Amanda Edwards .......Big Banana Lady Express
Most Assists: Dalia Clarke '
Most Offensive Rebounds: Kebra Nanton '
Most Defensive Rebounds: Dalia Clarke '
Most Steals: Amanda Edwards '
Most Block Shots: Dalia Clarke '
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER (MVP): Dalia Clarke - Big Banana Express
MOST OUSTANDING ROOKIE: Nichola Jacobs - Guyana

The MVP and Rookie were also awarded a two year scholarship each, to the Antigua/Barbuda International Institute of Technology.

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Amanda Edwards .................Big Banana Lady Express
Dalia Clark .........................Big Banana Lady Express
Kebra Nanton .....................Big Banana Lady Express
Charmaine Wetherill .............Big Banana Lady Express
Tyesha Lake ......................Big Banana Lady Express
Leandra Cotton .................. St. Kitts
Amanda French .................. St. Kitts
Shacarma Warner ............... St. Kitts
Natasha Nader ................... Guyana
Michaela Burnette ................ Guyana
Nyota Peters ...................... Guyana
Nichola Jacobs .....................Guyana

The 8th Annual Gillian Brazier Basketball Shoot-Out was mainly sponsored by DETTOL, agents, O.D.Brisbane/Hutchinson (Antigua) Ltd., ALLUMINAT, ABIIT, ANICO & American Airlines.
The 9th Annual Gillian Brazier Basketball Shoot-Out is scheduled for November 26 -30, 2008.