{"id":6060,"date":"2026-08-03T14:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/?p=6060"},"modified":"2026-08-03T14:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:05:32","slug":"guyana-women-3x3-team-cruise-past-guatemala-set-sights-on-5th-place-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/2026\/08\/03\/guyana-women-3x3-team-cruise-past-guatemala-set-sights-on-5th-place-final\/","title":{"rendered":"GUYANA WOMEN 3X3 TEAM CRUISE PAST GUATEMALA, SET SIGHTS ON 5TH PLACE FINAL"},"content":{"rendered":"

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic \u2013 August 3, 2026<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 The Guyana Women’s 3×3 National Team delivered a commanding performance on Monday morning at the Malec\u00f3n Deportivo, defeating Guatemala 15\u201311 in the 5th-Place Semi-Final of the CAC Games to secure a spot in the 5th-Place Final later today.<\/span><\/p>\n

After a heartbreaking one-point loss to El Salvador in the quarter-finals, the Lady Jags responded with resilience and defensive intensity, controlling the tempo from the opening tip and never allowing Guatemala to find an offensive rhythm.<\/span><\/p>\n

De Angelique Waithe<\/span><\/strong> led all scorers with a game-high 7 points, attacking the paint with relentless aggression and drawing fouls throughout the contest.\u00a0<\/span>Ruth Adams<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0contributed a steady 4 points, providing veteran leadership and composure during critical stretches.\u00a0<\/span>Anaya Clemons<\/span><\/strong> added 3 crucial points and Jamaicy Ogle<\/strong> added 1 pt off the bench, injecting energy that shifted momentum in Guyana’s favour.<\/span><\/p>\n

Defensively, Guyana held Guatemala to just 11 points, a testament to the team’s half-court rotations, discipline on the glass, and commitment to making every possession count.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“We responded the right way.” <\/span>“The quarter-finals hurt, but this group has character. We’re not done we want that 5th place ranking, and we’ll leave everything on the floor.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The victory sets up a 5th Place Final showdown later today at\u00a0<\/span>3:30 PM<\/span><\/strong>, where Guyana will face Cuba.<\/span>\u00a0A win would secure fifth place overall at the CAC Games, a significant achievement for a young squad competing against the region’s best.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic \u2013 August 3, 2026 \u2013 The Guyana Women’s 3×3 National Team delivered a commanding performance on Monday morning at the Malec\u00f3n Deportivo, defeating Guatemala 15\u201311 in the 5th-Place Semi-Final of the CAC Games to secure a spot in the 5th-Place Final later today. After a heartbreaking one-point loss to El Salvador…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[44,43],"tags":[369,371,368,159,206],"class_list":["post-6060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3x3","category-women","tag-anaya-clemons","tag-cac-games","tag-deangelique-waithe","tag-jamaicy-ogle","tag-ruth-adams","article-list-item","animate"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cac-5smW.webp?fit=1500%2C838&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6063,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6060\/revisions\/6063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}