Bermuda, after briefly giving up the lead in the second half, upped its preliminary round record to 1-1 during the 2015 Caribbean Basketball Confederation Men’s Championship with a 74-65 victory over Guyana, at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex in Road Town, Tortola.
Bermuda led 15-9 after the first quarter, and after a Keron McKenzie three-pointer tied it for Guyana at 4:08 mark of the second, Bermuda closed out the half on a 9-2 run to lead 32-23 at halftime.
Gordon James then gave Guyana its first lead since midway through the first quarter with a three-point play to make it 38-36 with 5:06 left in the third. But Bermuda went on a 5-0 run of its own to retake the lead. A three-pointer by Jason Simons with :40 left in the third stretched the lead to seven before the quarter ended with Bermuda up 50-45.
James got his team to within two with another three point play at the 7:01 mark of the fourth, making the score 52-50, and then to within four at 61-57 with 4:19 to play, but Guyana would get no closer, scoring just two points over the next 2:19.
Sullivan Philips led Bermuda with 24 points and 11 rebounds, while Christopher Crumpler scored 16, and TeJour Riley added 11.
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