The HaiCo World Indigenous Basketball Challenge a unique and culturally significant Basketball Tournament got underway at the Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Bermuda opened up their tournament play recording a 101-87 win over a very good Vancouver team.
Bermud coch Roderick Spencer said, “We have not played a team that shot the ball from 3 point distance as well as they could in a very long time”.
Bermuda were outscored 18-8 in the 3rd Quarter, this carried into the 4th Quarter and with only 6 mins to play Bermuda had first taste of being behind.
A few time outs by Coach Spencer got the guys refocused and Bermuda was able to finish the game on a 21-8 run for the win.
Bermuda were led by their seasoned players with Chris Crumpler who hit seven 3 pointers for his 35 points, Sullivan Phillips added 18 points, while Jason Lowe scored 15 points, youngster Te'Jour Riley chipped in with 10 hard earned points.
Spence concluded, “With all the scoring it was defensive rebounds and attention to detail in our half-court defense that proved the difference”.
