After giving up the lead in the fourth quarter, Barbados was able to use a late 13-0 run to hang on for a 78-73 win in the 2015 Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championship 7th Place game over Bermuda at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex in Road Town, Tortola.
Barbados controlled the game early, jumping out to an 11-2 lead, finishing the first quarter ahead 21-18. Bermuda pulled to within one at 33-32 with 2:00 left in second period, but Barbados ended up leading at the half, 39-34.
In the third quarter, Bermuda pulled ahead briefly at 57-56 with 1:43 to play on a TeJour Riley free throw. John Jones, however, gave Barbados the lead back at 58-57 with a basket at the 0:12 mark.
The two teams exchanged the lead several times early in the fourth before Chris Crumpler put Bermuda up 68-60 with back-to-back three-pointers with 7:06 to play in the game. Again, Barbados responded--this time, with a 13-0 run that was capped off by an Akeem Marsh putback dunk with 2:41 to play.
Bermuda got back to within two at 75-73 on a bucket by Sullivan Phillips with 0:52.9 remaining but they would get no closer.
Keefe Birkett led Barbados with 21 points, while Marsh had 20 points and 13 rebounds. Jones pitched in 11 points. Bermuda was led by Crumpler who scored a game-high 27 points. Jonathan Lowe and Steven Simons each added 11, and John Lee grabbed ten rebounds.
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