Four tickets to Edmonton, Canada for the FIBA World Tour went the way of Carolina out of Puerto Rico on Sunday night when the \u201cOne Guyana\u201d 3\u00d73 Tournament came to a close at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH), Homestretch Avenue. The final game saw Carolina defeating the Dominican Republic\u2019s Distrito Nacional 21-15, with the Dominican side playing with one athlete short due to injury.<\/p>\n
Carolina\u2019s Antonio Ralat reflected on their win, sharing what the accomplishment means to his team. \u201cLike I said before, we got a lot of talent here, we played a lot of tough teams. Obviously, we played against a great team, Dominican Republic, they\u2019re our brothers in rivalry. So, it was a really tough competition, but thank God we had the victory,\u201d Ralat told Guyana Times Sport. He continued, \u201cEvery game for us, we want to play hard, as hard as we can with passion and win every game, so every game we treated the same.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s super big. I\u2019ve been in the World Tour before; these three guys haven\u2019t been in the World Tour, so it\u2019s a really good competition, a really good level to get there and I\u2019m really proud of our guys, we did a good job,\u201d Ralat shared on what the win means to him and teammates.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
On the other hand, Distrito Nacional\u2019s Sadiel Rojas expressed his contentment with their performance in the final, despite being a player down.<\/p>\n
Rojas shared, \u201cThe final game, it was pretty much, I think, about stamina. We only had three people against one of the top teams in the world. All I can ask from me and all my guys is to go out there and fight and give it our all. That\u2019s what we did, we arrive to the final with three players, we fought and we lost by six points. So, I\u2019m happy for my guys, we\u2019ll look to get our guy healthy and keep battling.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe strategy was not to let them shoot three\u2019s but Puerto Rico being one of the best three-point shooting teams, they hit a couple of tough contested three and it kind of hurt. If we wouldn\u2019t have let them shoot threes, if they had to pay against us with not as many threes made, we would\u2019ve had a chance \u2018cause we\u2019re bigger than them, we could attack them, damage them on the boards and the attack,\u201d the Distrito Nacional player went on to opine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Earlier on Sunday, Carolina got the better of Guatemala\u2019s PSN 21-10 in the quarterfinals while Switzerland\u2019s Lausanne got past USA\u2019s NY Soundview 21-18.<\/p>\n
The last of the Guyanese teams in the competition, Renegades suffered a 21-14 loss at the hands of Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s Maloney Pacers in that round and Distrito Nacional downed SKN Sugar Boyz in the last fixture. In the semi-finals, Carolina again won their encounter with Maloney Pacers 21-15 while Distrito Nacional had booked their spot in the final with a 21-15 win over Lausanne.<\/p>\n
As such, Carolina secured the US$5000 grand prize and a spot in the World tour while Distrito Nacional had to settle for a US$2000 cash prize. Carolina\u2019s Bryan Gonzalez Colon was adjudged the tournament\u2019s Most Valuable Player (MVP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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