{"id":25684,"date":"2025-01-20T17:19:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25684"},"modified":"2025-01-20T17:19:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:19:39","slug":"dominic-vincente-gears-up-for-fiba-3x3-americup-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/dominic-vincente-gears-up-for-fiba-3x3-americup-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominic Vincente Gears Up for FIBA 3&#215;3 AmeriCup 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Tyriq Walters<\/em><br><em>December 12, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dominic Vincente, a key player for Guyana\u2019s number one basketball team, the Ravens, is excited to represent his country on the international stage as part of Team Guyana for the FIBA 3&#215;3 AmeriCup 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This weekend, he will compete in San Juan, Puerto Rico, marking his first national call-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vincente, who has led the Ravens to two consecutive titles, expressed his excitement in a recent interview. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a surreal feeling because I\u2019ve been working year in, year out, doing the little things that make a difference\u2014winning tournaments, pulling my teammates together, and just overall being a better person,\u201d he shared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m elated about this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having played local 3&#215;3 basketball with most of his teammates, Vincente is confident in their team chemistry heading into the tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be great because we all have a feel for each other,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe know basketball, and because we want to win, we\u2019ll do whatever we can on and off the court\u2014communicating, talking over game plans. I think we have a good chance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With his passion and basketball IQ, Vincente hopes to bring what was missing in past tournaments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team will be led by veteran Nikkoloi Smith, and includes Vincente, Travis Belgrave, and Harold Adams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana will face the Cayman Islands, Aruba, and Haiti in the qualifiers from December 12-15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tyriq WaltersDecember 12, 2024 Dominic Vincente, a key player for Guyana\u2019s number one basketball team, the Ravens, is excited to represent his country on the international stage as part&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25684","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\/25684","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=25684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25685,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25684\/revisions\/25685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}