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Colts trample Suriname’s Yellowbirds
By Edison Jefford
Colts’ Basketball Club ran a set of successful offensive plays in the last of two 20-minute halves Saturday night against Suriname’s Yellowbirds Club that returned some pride to Guyana at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The touring six-man Yellowbirds had defeated Pepsi Sonics Friday night in their first of the two-game tour, but Colts constantly broke down the tiring Surinamese team with top pick and roll plays that opened up guards, Shelroy and Sheldon Thomas.
CAN’T TOUCH THIS! Seems to be the words on the mind of Colts’, Sheldon Thomas, who goes aerial against the Surinamese ‘big men’ in the paint to finish an up-and-under layup Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The result was a 48-39 win for Colts in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) goodwill exchange fixture. Shelroy had 16 points while Dave Causway finished with 10 points and Sheldon nine points for Colts.
Amil Cooman led the Surinamese with 15 points, while Jahmal Henar scored 14 points in the game that was reduced to two 20-minute halves owed to time constraints. Colts went for the up-tempo game from jump ball in a clear strategy to wear-down the Surinamese in the contest.
The result was a 24-22 lead at the end of the first half for the Guyanese, even though Cooman and Henar had combined for 18 points in the half, compliments of fundamental and otherwise basic power-plays in the paint.
The second period was all Colts as a few classic offensive sets that opened up their back court led to easy points. On the defensive end, Colts ran back and pressed, which also led to fast-breaks that tired the six-man Surinamese team.
Shelroy continuously broke down the Yellowbirds defence in the paint, while Causway nailed the big shots whenever the defence collapsed on either of the Thomas brothers. It was a pick-and-roll and fast break clinic for the Surinamese.
The visitors were outscored 24-17 in the half and their shortage of resources on the bench was completely exposed. Shelroy scored 10 points in the last 10 minutes of the game that really sealed the deal for Colts and continued their march upwards.
In the earlier female game, Suriname’s Yellowbirds made it 2-0 against Guyanese teams with a 39-24 win against Pepsi Sonics. Tricia Struiken scored 16 points and Chayenne Naarden contributed eight points in the win.
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