{"id":25178,"date":"2025-01-06T17:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T17:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25178"},"modified":"2025-01-06T17:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T17:16:10","slug":"kwakwani-untouchables-and-victory-valley-royals-advance-in-gbf-elite-16-knockout-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/kwakwani-untouchables-and-victory-valley-royals-advance-in-gbf-elite-16-knockout-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwakwani Untouchables and Victory Valley Royals Advance in GBF Elite 16 Knockout Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Tyriq Walters | November 21, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Basketball Federation\u2019s (GBF) Elite 16 Knockout Tournament continued on Wednesday, with the Kwakwani Untouchables and Victory Valley Royals advancing to the next round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teams from Region Ten dominated, sending the Wortmanville Pacesetters and the University of Guyana (UG) Trojans packing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first match of the evening, the Kwakwani Untouchables triumphed over the Wortmanville Pacesetters in a thrilling contest, securing a 69-66 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Game Recap:<\/strong><br>The Pacesetters came out strong, showcasing their offensive firepower by scoring 24 points in the first quarter, holding the Untouchables to just 17. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Kwakwani began to regain their composure in the second quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being down 37-31 at halftime, the Untouchables continued their rally in the second half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They closed the gap in the third quarter and managed a dominant 26-14 finish in the fourth quarter to clinch the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kimol Grimmond, a forward for the Untouchables, reflected on the game in a post-match interview with NCN Sport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Honestly, we focused more on defense tonight. We realized that we were slacking in the last game, so we knew we had to do better,&#8221; Grimmond explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Even when we were down by eight or eleven points, we just kept our composure, stayed aggressive, and didn\u2019t give up.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grimmond also emphasized the team&#8217;s need to cut down on fouls and free throw opportunities for their opponents, stating, &#8220;We still need to stop making a lot of fouls and giving a lot of free throws. We need to calm down and maintain our composure.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second game, the Victory Valley Royals defeated the University of Guyana Trojans 91-75, securing their spot in the next round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GBF Elite 16 Knockout Tournament will continue on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tyriq Walters | November 21, 2024 The Guyana Basketball Federation\u2019s (GBF) Elite 16 Knockout Tournament continued on Wednesday, with the Kwakwani Untouchables and Victory Valley Royals advancing to the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25178","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\/25178","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=25178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25179,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25178\/revisions\/25179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}