Source: www.guardian.co.tt
Point Guard Melissa Guerero saved her best performance for last as she scored an outstanding 33 points helping T&T to secure the silver medals after defeating the Dominican Republic 82-76 in the final match of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championship on Sunday. Another guard Jowan Ortega netted 17 points while forward Chenel Harris netted 13 in T&T’s highest points total of the tournament which was staged at the Sir Kendall Isaacs Gymnasium in Nassau, Bahamas. Following T&Ts opening loss, to the eventual gold medal winners Cuba, results began to improve with victories coming in the final four straight matches in which the point totals steadily inclined. On Wednesday, the opening day of the championship, T&T failed to challenge Cuba and were easily beaten 80-32.
On day two, T&T were faced against the hosts, the Bahamas and displayed a more credible performance taking a 49-45 win. Subsequent respectable wins against St Vincent (73-59), and the Virgin Islands (76-68) on Friday and Saturday saw T&T soar into second place, a position they would maintain into the final day of competition. T&T then sealed their second place finish in the competition with a surprise win over the Dominican Republic, which may have been regarded as favourites to the neutral going into the match. Cuba, the outright favourites, won all of their matches without scoring less than 80 points in either of the five. The Virgin Islands finished third winning three and losing two of their matches. Dominican Republic placed fourth with two wins and a draw. Bahamas were fifth with one win and four losses while St Vincent finished last place without a win.