Linden finally found the chemistry they were searching for in games one and two to prevent a clean sweep in the third game of the male tournament Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The mining town easily brushed aside Georgetown 68-53 with less than ten players on the final roster for the game, preventing what would have been an all Georgetown sweep after the female team put Linden away 57-35.
The Linden female team did not give their fans much to cheer for as Most Valuable Player (MVP), Natasha Alder made light work of their defence ending her campaign with 21 points and 16 rebounds.
Alder was given support from point guard Rhonda Charles’ 12 points and centre Delecia Mayers in the middle with 14 rebounds. Alder and Charles were the brunt of the Georgetown offence throughout the tournament.
Sonia Rodney was the only female player in double figures for Linden with 13 points. Her male counterparts, Neil Marks, Terrence James and Jason Alonzo had good nights for the male team with 14, 13 and 10 points respectively.
Royston Siland became the second Courts Pacesetters player to cart off the MVP award in the male event following up on Alder’s performance. Courts Pacesetters swept the MVP awards.
Siland scored 11 points and grabbed nine rebounds while Stephon Gillis finally came to the fore in the tournament with 11 points. Linden completely shut down the Georgetown offence in the final game with good defence pressure on the team’s ‘point’ players.
Georgetown male coach Robert Cadogan said that he would not make any excuses for the loss but said some of the senior players in the team were complacent while the younger ones did not step up to the challenge.
“Some of the players were complacent, they did not play as they did the other two nights. I expected the young guys to come up with the goods but they didn’t,” Cadogan said.
According to the senior coach of the best team in the country, Courts Pacesetters, Linden came with an obvious plan to target Siland, Gillis, Naylon Loncke and Darcel Harris in the game but the other players fell short.
Cadogan said that the players had a good opportunity to fine-tune their abilities as they head back to their respective clubs to gear up for a Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation national first division club tournament.
The tournament gets underway this weekend at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. An official launch and release of the game schedule is expected later this week ahead of the national club championships.