{"id":14862,"date":"2024-01-02T18:30:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T18:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14862"},"modified":"2024-01-02T18:30:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T18:30:29","slug":"shane-websters-dominance-secures-victory-for-guyana-in-international-basketball-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/shane-websters-dominance-secures-victory-for-guyana-in-international-basketball-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Webster&#8217;s Dominance Secures Victory for Guyana in International Basketball Friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a thrilling international basketball friendly over the weekend, Guyana&#8217;s Shane Webster showcased an outstanding performance, leading his team to a 77-62 victory over neighboring Suriname at the National Gymnasium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The highly anticipated clash began with Suriname taking an early lead, with Michael Ton-A-Tsiren contributing 19 points, giving them a 20-16 advantage at the end of the first period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suriname&#8217;s Eorrin De Rambne and Archinio Pro-ido continued their solid play, recording 12 and 11 points, respectively, maintaining an eight-point lead (41-33) at halftime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana&#8217;s Shane Webster emerged as a dominant force in the third quarter, demonstrating strength on both offensive and defensive fronts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His remarkable performance helped narrow the gap, with Guyana trailing 53-50 by the end of the third quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the final quarter, Nicholai Smith played a crucial role, registering 18 vital points for Guyana, and they outscored Suriname 21-9 to secure a 77-62 victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Veteran national player Shelroy Thomas contributed 9 points to the team&#8217;s success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The friendly match, organized by the Guyana Basketball Federation, serves as part of the country&#8217;s preparations for the Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championship scheduled for the next year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Suriname Basketball Association (SBA) will also host games in Paramaribo in January, featuring French Guiana, providing essential game practice ahead of the regional tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a thrilling international basketball friendly over the weekend, Guyana&#8217;s Shane Webster showcased an outstanding performance, leading his team to a 77-62 victory over neighboring Suriname at the National Gymnasium.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14864,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14862\/revisions\/14864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}