UG Trojans suffer heavy loss at University Games

Aug 21, 2015 Sports

Akeem Kanhai

The University of Guyana (UG) Basketball Team, UG Trojans suffered a heavy loss Wednesday night against hosts, Panama at the University Games, despite some heroic efforts from Akeem ‘The Dream’ Kanhai.
UG Trojans lost 49-72 in their second game of the Panama tour. Kanhai led with 16 points in a game the Guyanese squandered after taking a 17-11 lead after the first quarter. The meltdown occurred in the second period.
Panama outscored Guyana 28-5 to take a 39-22 lead into the halftime break. The host increased their advantage in the third period with 22 points, restricting the Trojans to 13 points to enter the final quarter with a 61-35 lead and the game all but over.
Guyana managed to outscore Panama in the last period, but the 26-point lead proved too much to overhaul in the end. On Tuesday, Trojans went down 39-63 to Guatemala in the opening game of the tournament with Emmanuel Archibald top scoring with 16 and Kanhai adding 13 points in the game.
Guyana again had the early lead 20-10 against Guatemala. However, the Guatemalans restricted the Guyanese to just nine points in another dreadful second quarter to go into the halftime break down only 22-29, and back in the game.
The third period was even worse for the Guyanese, as they scored four points compared to 21 for the Guatemalans. At the end of the third period Guatemala was up 43-33 before going on to further outscore the Guyanese 20-6 in the final period.

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