{"id":20976,"date":"2024-07-02T13:41:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20976"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:42:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:42:14","slug":"linden-technical-institute-claims-ybg-tertiary-basketball-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/linden-technical-institute-claims-ybg-tertiary-basketball-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Linden Technical Institute Claims YBG Tertiary Basketball Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Tyriq Walters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Linden Technical Institute (LTI) secured the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Tertiary title after defeating the University of Guyana (UG) in a thrilling final at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UG started strong, establishing a 21-12 lead in the first quarter and maintaining their dominance throughout the first half with a 42-36 advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After halftime, LTI mounted a comeback, narrowing UG&#8217;s lead and setting the stage for a tense final quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite three players fouling out for LTI compared to one for UG, LTI managed to take the lead in the dying minutes of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final whistle sealed LTI&#8217;s victory with a score of 79-70, crowning them champions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kemol Grimmond, captain of Linden Technical Institute, was named MVP of the tournament and expressed his team&#8217;s resilience and determination in securing the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Warren Wilson, Head Coach of UG, commended his team&#8217;s effort despite the hard-fought loss, noting the improvement from their previous encounters with LTI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The YBG Tertiary Basketball League, sponsored by G-boot Guyana and Beharry Limited, showcased intense competition and sportsmanship among the tertiary institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tyriq Walters The Linden Technical Institute (LTI) secured the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Tertiary title after defeating the University of Guyana (UG) in a thrilling final at the National&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20976","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\/20976","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=20976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20978,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20976\/revisions\/20978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}