{"id":27420,"date":"2025-11-13T20:06:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=27420"},"modified":"2025-11-13T20:13:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:13:54","slug":"coach-avent-ramlall-reflect-on-guyanas-dominant-win-over-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/coach-avent-ramlall-reflect-on-guyanas-dominant-win-over-bahamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Avent, Ramlall reflect on Guyana\u2019s dominant win over Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Tyriq Walters<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana begun their strong start to the FIBA Caribbean Women\u2019s Basketball Championship with a commanding 102\u201375 victory over The Bahamas on Wednesday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The win was powered by a 33-point performance from Amisha Ramlall, as the hosts put together a balanced offensive display and solid defensive execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana jumped ahead early with a 32\u201325 first-quarter lead and maintained control throughout, outscoring the Bahamians in every period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dd246fd8-8d8b-4096-832f-65a2fea1210d.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dd246fd8-8d8b-4096-832f-65a2fea1210d.jpeg 590w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dd246fd8-8d8b-4096-832f-65a2fea1210d-300x166.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aisha Ramlall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ramlall said representing Guyana has been a dream fulfilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cObviously we have some amazing players from across the world. It was an amazing opportunity to play with such talented players. Everyone contributed, and it was a really good start to the tournament and I can\u2019t wait to compete against other teams with my teammates,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruth Adams added 22 points, while Arshia and Ashna Ramlall each contributed 13 and 12, respectively, and Joy Adams-Brown registered a double-double with 12 points and 10 assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, U.S.-based head coach Kenny Avent praised the team\u2019s discipline and balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/5c08ea92-582c-442f-9488-551aa9589ff0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/5c08ea92-582c-442f-9488-551aa9589ff0.jpeg 830w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/5c08ea92-582c-442f-9488-551aa9589ff0-300x171.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/5c08ea92-582c-442f-9488-551aa9589ff0-768x438.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Head Coach Kenny Avent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe played well we shot the ball really well and defended hard,\u201d Avent said. \u201cThe plan was to limit them to one shot per possession. We\u2019ve got great balance with the Ramlall sisters who were able to stretch the defense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana will return to action tonight at 20:30h when they face the U.S. Virgin Islands, while The Bahamas take on Suriname at 16:30h in the day\u2019s opening fixture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tyriq Walters Guyana begun their strong start to the FIBA Caribbean Women\u2019s Basketball Championship with a commanding 102\u201375 victory over The Bahamas on Wednesday night at the Cliff Anderson&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[433],"class_list":["post-27420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-basketball"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27420","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27420"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27425,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27420\/revisions\/27425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}