– Two overseas-based players included
The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) yesterday named the senior national male team for
Kerron McKenzie
the 2015 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Men’s Championships, scheduled for this weekend in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
A release from the GABF said that the team leaves Guyana on Saturday, and will play Antigua & Barbuda on Monday, June 15. The other three teams in Guyana’s group are Bahamas, Bermuda and Suriname.
“In preparation for the Caribbean Championship, Guyana hosted Bermuda in an Invitational Series in March; Guyana won that series 3-0; then in early May, Guyana lost a Challenge Series in Suriname 1-2,” the release indicated.
The national federation stated that Guyana is seeking to improve on its fifth place at the 2014 CBC Championships, where the Guyanese finished ahead of Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The national senior team include: Guard/forward: Akeem Kanhai (Captain); Point Guards: Dave Causway, Travis Burnett, Jason Squires; Shooting Guards: Shelroy Thomas, US-based Kerron McKenzie, Chris Williams and Ryan Stephney; Forwards: Jermaine Slater, Ryan Gullen, Europe-based, Gordon James and Rudy James.
The team’s management include: Darcel Harris (Head Coach); Marlon Rodrigues (Assistant Coach), Troy Greene (Manager) and Junior Hercules (Assistant Manager).