{"id":19751,"date":"2024-05-20T16:06:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T16:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19751"},"modified":"2024-05-20T16:06:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T16:06:15","slug":"lti-and-gti-kick-off-tertiary-basketball-league-with-victories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/lti-and-gti-kick-off-tertiary-basketball-league-with-victories\/","title":{"rendered":"LTI and GTI Kick Off Tertiary Basketball League with Victories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Travis Seymour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tertiary Basketball League commenced with a bang as Linden Technical Institute (LTI) and Government Technical Institute (GTI) secured impressive wins in the Youth Basketball Guyana competition at the National Gymnasium on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the opening match, LTI displayed dominance against New Amsterdam Technical Institute, clinching a comfortable 81-45 victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kemol Grimmond led the charge for LTI with an outstanding performance, scoring 22 points and grabbing 19 rebounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He received strong support from Neil Marks and Colin Phillips, who contributed 12 points each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second game of the day, GTI emerged victorious against Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) with a final score of 72-62. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin Edwards was the standout performer for GTI, leading the scoring with 23 points and five rebounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jamal Mercier added 15 points and eleven rebounds, while Peter Langevine showcased his skills with 14 points, 12 rebounds, and six steals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite a commendable effort from Shannon Wilson, who scored 23 points and secured 15 rebounds for GSA, the team fell short in their pursuit of victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alwin DeFreitas and Dennis Prince also made significant contributions to the scoreboard for GSA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, the tournament will continue on Sunday, May 19th, with exciting matchups scheduled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University of Guyana will face off against GSA, Upper Corentyne Combined will take on Linden Technical Institute, and New Amsterdam Technical Institute will battle Government Technical Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tertiary Basketball League promises to deliver thrilling action every Sunday, leading up to the final on June 17th at the National Gymnasium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Travis Seymour The Tertiary Basketball League commenced with a bang as Linden Technical Institute (LTI) and Government Technical Institute (GTI) secured impressive wins in the Youth Basketball Guyana competition&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19751","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\/19751","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=19751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19753,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19751\/revisions\/19753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}