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The Home Of Basketball in The Cayman Islands
The national Women’s team pulled off their first win of their 2019 Island Games run with a decisive victory over Jersey.
The Cayman team has a lot of potential and are improving with each passing game. It will be important for the team to stick together over the coming years to continue to build chemistry.
Photo take with Cayman’s Minister of Sports – the Honourable Julianna O’Connor-Connolly
Today, Sunday July 7th, Action Starts for Cayman basketball when the Women take on their rivals, Gibraltar at 10:15 AM Cayman Time.
Then Cayman’s National Men’s team take on Isle of Wight at 12:30 pm Cayman Time. The National Men are expected to easily win this game as the IOW has never defeated the Cayman team in the tournament’s existence.
To watch the Games live please visit: https://www.facebook.com/GibraltarBasket/
Cayman’s National Men and Women’s Teams are off to the Island Games! After months of preparation, Cayman’s best are ready to lay it all on the court as they compete for basketball prowess. To keep up with the teams click Here
There’s a lot of excitement around the upcoming Youth Basketball Festival featuring Cayman, Port Arthur Texas, Bermuda and Trinidad & Tobago.
Fans are looking forward to seeing the Cayman’s Top Basketballers take on their neighbours in some intense but exciting basketball action.
Fans can get their tickets now via Event Pro and save! Click HERE
The tournament will be from July 18-20 and showcase 11 total games between boys and girls teams.
Prices are as follows:
CI $15.00 at the gate each day or:
CI $10.00 Per day via Event Pro (Download the app from the apple or android play stores).
CI $25.00 For an All Tournament Pass via Event Pro (Save nearly 50% off the gate value and 20% off the day pass value).
Get your tickets today!
Proceeds go towards Cayman’s National Youth Development Program.
The Sol Blazers have again been crowned as the CIBA National Division 1 Men’s Champions for the 4th consecutive year.
Defending Champions Sol Blazers, swept IRG Astros 83 points to 78 points, in an off your seat, nail biting and thrilling final in the second game of the best of 3 series, to become once again the National Men’s Basketball Champions for 2019.
This will be Blazers’ 7th title and 4 straight Championship.
Sol Blazers:
· Samuel O’Garro – 28 pts, 8 rebs, 4 as, 2 sts
· Kevin Maxwell – 15 pts, 16 rebs, 1 bl
· Ben Jacobson – 14 pts, 14 rebs, 4 as, 2 sts
· Shaad O’Garro – 12 pts, 12 rebounds, 8 as, 4 sts, 4 bls
IRG Astros:
· Jerome Narcisse – 28 pts, 6 rebs, 3 as, 3 sts
· Davion Cotterell – 16 pts, 10 rebs, 6 as, 2 sts, 2 bls
· Jake Whittaker – 10 pts, 9 rebs, 1 as, 2 bls
Cayman Islands National U19 Basketball player Justin Collins has received and accepted a Basketball Scholarship to attend NCAA Division II Cal State LA University located in Los Angeles.
Collins, a 6-foot, 2-inch guard, was named the Heritage League Most Valuable Player of the year as a senior as well as numerous awards throughout his career in Santa Clarita Christian High School in California and he helped lead the team to a state championship as a junior.
Justin was coached by Head Coach James Mosley and started at the guard position for 4 years.
The Bodden Town native announced his decision to attend California State University on social media.
Cal State LA’s head coach is Jim Saia, formerly head coach at Cal State San Marcos and Fresno Pacific.
Saia has 14 years of coaching experience at the NCAA Division I level, including seven years as the top assistant coach at UCLA and one year at USC, where he served as the interim head coach for most of the season.
Saia has helped more than 17 players onto rosters of National Basketball Association teams, including Baron Davis, Dan Gadzuric, Earl Watson, Jason Kapono, Nick Young and Matt Barnes.
By Dionne Anglin
The Tribal Tattoo Lady Warriors have made history as the winningest team in Women’s basketball. After their 2-0 Series win over the Women of Valor Alumni, the Lady Warriors became the first team in women’s basketball history to win 5 consecutive titles and a total of 8 titles in the past 10 years.
The lady Warriors executed a very specific game plan to overcome the leagues scoring champion Khailan O’Connor and her supporting cast. The goal was to keep the ball out of O’Connor’s hands an apply stifling defense when she didn’t have the ball. O’Connor’s every move was met with help defense. On offense, the Lady Warriors attacked the WOV’s 1-1-3 defense with a 2-1-2 offense, making it difficult for the Women of Valor team to trap as planned.
In the 4th quarter of game 2, the Lady Warriors were able to finally pull away from their opponents to seal the game in emphatic fashion and add more hardware to their shelves. The only question now is: ill anyone be able to break up this dynasty before they all retire? Only time will tell and there are certainly some players that are eager to do so.
Finals of Division 1 & 2 Men’s best of 3 Series
Division 2 – Defending Champions Celltronics defeated Heat 83 points – 72 points
Winners:
· Daniel Mowatt – 29 pts, 4 rebs, 1 as, 6 bls
· Conroy Campbell – 15 pts, 7 rebs, 2 as, 1 st
· Damion Powell – 9 pts, 7 rebs, 4 as, 1 bl
Losers:
· Daniel Cash 26 pts, 19 rebs, 1st, 1 bl
· Jamaal Miller – 15 pts, 6 rebs, 3 as, 2 sts, 1 bl
· Kael Leslie – 9 pts, 7 rebs, 4 as, 3 sts, 1 bl
Division 1 – Defending Champions Sol Blazers defeated IRG Astros 96 points – 86 points
Winners:
· Samuel O’Garro – 37 pts, 11 rebs, 4 as, 4 sts, 1 bl
· Shaad O’Garro – 11 pts, 17 rebs, 10 as, 3 sts, 6 bls
· Peter Grant – 18 pts, 6 rebs, 4 as, 3 sts, 1 bl
· Ben Jacobson – 14 pts, 11 rebs, 6 as, 3 sts, 1 bl
· Kevin Maxwell – 10 pts, 11 rebs, 3 as, 1 st, 4 bls
Losers:
· Davion Cotterell – 22 pts, 5 rebs, 4 as, 3 sts, 1 bl
· Darrell Paddyfoot – 20 pts, 15 rebs, 1 as
· Jerome Narcisse – 20 pts, 10 rebs, 5 as, 5 sts
· Jake Whittaker – 11 pts, 11 rebs, 1 as
The finals continue on Sunday May 26 at JGHS:
5:30pm – Division 2 – Celltronics v Heat7:00pm – Division 1 – IRG Astros v Sol Blazers
After defeating “Creole”, Fix It Celltronics will take on the Heat in a grudge match! Defending Champions Sol Blazers, marched past the Burger King Warriors in a series-winning Game 3, and will face the IRG Astros.
Game details are below and take place at the John Gray Gymnasium:
Thursday May 23– Men’s Finals begin
6:30pm – Div 2 – Celltronics v Heat
7:45pm – Div 1 – IRG Astros v Sol Blazers
There is excitement around the upcoming Youth Basketball Tournament which will showcase Cayman’s local youth talent. The tournament takes place during July 18-20 and will feature boys and girls teams. All four countries will be represented in the boys category and Cayman vs Port Arthur will have a 3 game series in the Girls Category.
Pastor Wanda Bodden – Founder of Bringing Back the Glory Tournaments – had a vision 3 years ago to give children of Port Arthur Texas, who had been devastated by hurricane Harvey, an opportunity to get international exposure and a glimmer of hope despite their current circumstances. She then reached out to the CI Basketball Association & Department of Sports about having a tournament with Cayman, given Port Arthur’s rich history with Caymanians who had settled and started families in Port Arthur many decades ago.
Despite a few challenges, this dream has now become a reality. Cayman will get to showcase some of its high school talent, many of whom will be performing on home soil for the first time; Port Arthur, a city of 50,000 people, will live up to its reputation of athletic prowess, and now with the additions of Bermuda and Trinidad & Tobago, it has turned out to be quite a tournament indeed.
Tournament schedule will be released soon.