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SHAMAR BURROWS

#By RENALDO DORSETT

#Tribune Sports Reporter

#rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

#SHAMAR Burrows concluded the first semester of the Atlantic University Sport basketball season with a conference-wide honour.

#Burrows was named the AUS Subway Player of the Week for the week ending December 4.

#The fourth year Dalhousie Tigers guard stuffed the stat sheet with 22 points, seven rebounds, six assists and three steals in the Tigers’ 83-53 win over the Acadia Axemen.

#Burrows is currently the conference leader in steals with 23 on the season. He scored three field goals in an opening 10-1 run and led 26-10 at the end of the first. They continued to lead 43-32 at the half and 79-43 headed into the fourth quarter.

#Dalhousie will be off for the next few weeks until they return on December 29 at the Rod and Joan Shoveller Memorial tournament. Their next regular season game will be January 7 against Memorial.

#The Tigers continue to be ranked No. 10 in Canada’s U Sports men’s basketball poll at 6-3.

#Burrows is averaging 14.9 points and a team-leading 7.7 rebounds per game thus far this season.

#The Dalhousie Gazette profiled Burrows’ emergence in a leadership role with the programme following the departure of its two leading scorers from last season. He credited head coach Rick Plato’s free flowing offence for a breakout junior season.

#“Coach Plato [gave] me more leeway to play the game that I like to play,” Burrows said.

#“Being a veteran and coming to understanding the plays more, understanding how systems work, the defensive scheme, it gave me the opportunity to actually blossom.”

#The Tigers concluded their 2021-22 season with an AUS championship and fifth place finish overall at the U Sports Men’s Basketball Final 8.

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Indiana Pacers guard Buddy Hield (24) drives on Minnesota Timberwolves guard D’Angelo Russell (0) in the third quarter of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King)

As of Thursday, December 8, 2022

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#By BRIAN HALL

#Associated Press

#MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — D’Angelo Russell had 15 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter. Anthony Edwards scored 26 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves held on to beat the Indiana Pacers 121-115 last night.

#Rudy Gobert added 16 points and 20 rebounds for Minnesota, which blew a 23-point lead and had to overcome an eight-point deficit.

#The Timberwolves — who had 23 turnovers — won for just the second time in six games.

#Buddy Hield scored 26 points and hit 7 of 11 from 3-point territory for Indiana, which has lost four of five and couldn’t follow a victory Monday night in Golden State.

#Tyrese Haliburton added 26 points and 15 assists for the Pacers.

#Jordan McLaughlin tied it at 90 for Minnesota with a buzzer-beating jump shot to end the third quarter.

#With Russell leading the way, the Timberwolves built their lead back to nine but had to hold off another Indiana comeback.

#Myles Turner, who had 23 points for the Pacers, hit a pair of 3-pointers, including tying the game at 115 with 50.5 seconds left. Gobert was fouled and hit a pair of free throws and then followed with a block of Hield at the rim with nine seconds left. Edwards added two free throws to put the game away.

#Two wild swings set up the decisive fourth.

#Minnesota started the game with a dominant first quarter, leading by 19 as Edwards scored 14 points. Indiana shot just 4 of 14 from the field in the opening quarter.

#Minnesota’s lead grew early in the second before the Pacers came alive. The Wolves led 47-24 when Russell hit a 3-pointer with 8:16 left in the second.

#Hield found his touch from 3 and the Pacers outscored Minnesota 37-16 to end the half. Hield had 13 points in the second quarter and hit five 3s in the first half.

#Turner provided Indiana its first lead of the game early in the second half and the Pacers started the half on a 14-4 run capped by a Haliburton 3 for a 76-67 lead. From Russell’s 3 and a 23-point lead, Indiana outscored the Wolves 51-20 ending with Haliburton’s 3.

#The eight-point advantage was the Pacers’ largest of the game.

#TIP-INS

#Pacers: Haliburton returned to the lineup after missing two games with a sore left groin. Myles Turner was back after missing a game with a hamstring injury. … Jalen Smith was ruled out with a sore right knee. … Indiana finished the team’s longest road trip (seven games) since the 1985-86 season.

#Timberwolves: Karl- Anthony Towns (right calf strain) missed his third straight game and Taurean Prince (right shoulder subluxation) missed his sixth in a row. … Edwards had a career-high seven steals, the first player in the NBA with seven-plus steals this season.

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4TH CARIBBEAN BASEBALL CUP

As of Thursday, December 8, 2022

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#By RENALDO DORSETT

#Tribune Sports Reporter

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#For the second consecutive game, Team Bahamas fell behind early and a late inning rally fell short at the 2022 Caribbean Cup Baseball Tournament.

#The Bahamas fell to 1-2 in the opening round after a 9-3 loss to Cuba last night at the Andre Rodgers National Stadium.

#Trailing 9-0 headed into the ninth inning, Ellison Hanna hit a solo home run to right field for The Bahamas’ first run of the game.

#After Kashon Conliffe drew a walk, Duane Stuart singled to left for the second time on the night to move Conliffe into scoring position.

#Yeshua Saint followed with a two-RBI triple off the right field wall.

#Stuart finished 2-4, Kristin Munroe went 1-3 with two stolen bases, Ural Forbes went 1-3 and D’Shawn Knowles went 1-4. Gio Tomlins was tagged with the loss after going 4.1 innings and giving up six hits, five runs and two strikeouts.

#Cuba outhit The Bahamas just 7-6 but scored several runs on walks or wild pitches.

#They scored the game’s first run in the bottom half of the first on a wild pitch.

#Forbes got the second inning started with his double to left field but was eventually thrown out on a base running error to third after Munroe hit into a fielder’s choice.

#Defensively in the second, Jay Knowles and Grant turned a double play and Tomlins closed out the inning with a strikeout on the final out for the second consecutive frame.

#The defensive highlights continued in the third inning for The Bahamas when D’Shawn Knowles came up with a diving catch in centre field to rob Cuba of a base hit.

#Moss fielded a weakly hit ground ball and made a throw across the diamond to Saunders who picked it at full extension for the final out. The Bahamas had one of its best scoring opportunities of the game when Stuart singled to left field and Grant was hit by a pitch to place runners on first and second with no outs.

#But Team Bahamas was unable to capitalise.

#Cuba exploded with six runs in the seventh inning.

#The loss now sets the stage for a pivotal final game of the opening round against Puerto Rico at 7pm tonight.

#Puerto Rico comes in at 1-1 after a 6-0 win over Cuba on Tuesday night.

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ANNA Camille Vlasov and Gulliver du Saint-Chene beat the clock to capture the 1.40m Grand Prix.

As of Thursday, December 8, 2022

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CELEBRATING in a victory gallop.

A VISIBLY emotional Vlasov stands at salute to hear the Bahamian national anthem being played.

#DECEMBER 4 was a fun day for Anna Camille Vlasov and her Belgian Warmblood gelding Gulliver du Saint-Chene as they blazed to victory in the 1.40m Grand Prix competition on the final day of the Mediterranean Equestrian Tour in Oliva, Spain.

#Vlasov and Gulliver were only one of two pairs to ride double clear rounds over French course designer Eddy Castillon’s challenging track. A crisp first round in 74.23 seconds put them atop the leaderboard after the first round.

#A fast, careful effort in the jump off kept them there, as Vlasov went clear in 39.40 seconds to hold off the only other double clear combination – Great Britain’s Joanne Whitaker, aboard Meriarta – beating them by just 0.98 seconds. Carlos Borho Gifon and Esprit de L’Esprit Z of Spain were third.

#Vlasov will continue to compete in Europe over the next few months as she prepares for her next goal – to represent The Bahamas at the CAC Games in 2023.

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As of Thursday, December 8, 2022

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DEYTON Albury

PAUL Greene

#By RENALDO DORSETT

#Tribune Sports Reporter

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#THE Chipola coaching staff has raved about the contributions of its Bahamian stars as the team has continued its undefeated season and risen as high as no.4 in the national junior college rankings.

#Deyton Albury and Paul Greene led the team to wins in the first three games of their five-game road trip over South Georgia Tech, Henry Ford College and no.13 Monroe College.

#Chiploa is 13-0 on the season, their best start since the 2012-2013 team (18-0) and the coaching staff have been high on Greene’s impact in his first year with the programme.

#“The thing that I think is unique and special about Paul is that he’s not a guy that requires the ball to get stuff done, he rebounds, he does gritty stuff for us, he’s good in our press, he gets steals and he’s coachable every day so I think that’s valuable when you have that in a programme,” said assistant coach Lane Below.

#“We’re pleased with Paul so far and I think he’s getting better and better.”

#Greene leads the team in rebounding at 6.9 boards per game and scored 8.5 points per game in 13 games with six starts.

#“Paul has been exceptional,” head coach Donnie Tyndall said. “He’s a guy that deflects balls, he gets steals, he tips the ball in, he rotates over and gets the charge, all the gritty little winning plays and that’s been great to have from him.”

#In his second year with the programme, Albury is second on the team in scoring at 13.5 points and second in rebounding at 6.3 rebounds per game.

#“Deyton brings it every single day,” Tindall said.

#Assistant coach Jaren Harris said Albury has been the catalyst of the programme’s early success.

#“We’ve got a bunch of tough guys in our locker room but I think every one of our guys will say he’s the toughest guy in our locker room,” Harris said.

#“From his dedication, to his willingness to be a great teammate, from his selflessness – he does everything on the floor for us. He’s a defender, he’s a rebounder, he’s a scorer, he’s a distributor, and he brings it everyday on the practice floor too so I think Deyton has definitely been one of our guys that has stepped up for us.”

#In the 69-64 win over the South Georgia Technical College Jets, Albury finished with 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Greene had six points and five rebounds in 16 minutes off the bench.

#At the TCC Classic, Chipola took down the Henry Ford College Hawks 80-55.

#Albury had 10 points, four rebounds and four assists while Greene had nine points, five rebounds and three assists.

#On the second day of the TCC Classic, the Indians used a strong second half to pull away from Monroe (10-2) in battle of the NJCAA’s top 10 teams.

#Albury had 10 points and seven rebounds while Green had nine points, five rebounds and a game high four steals.

#Next weekend, the Indians will play two games in the FCSAA Shootout in Melbourne, Florida on the campus of Eastern Florida State College.

#They will take on St Petersburg College on Saturday before wrapping up their road trip with Florida SouthWestern State College on Sunday.

#After a slow start to the season, Rolantae Knowles and Oswald Meadows have led the Butte CC Road Runners to a 6-6 record.

#Knowles had his fifth double double of the season last night in Road Runners’ 86-81 win over Cosumnes River. He finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds while Meadows added nine points and eight rebounds.

#The win concluded a three-game winning streak over the last week that began with an opening round win at the Cabrillio Tournament, a 101-66 win over Alameda.

#Meadows finished with 17 points, four rebounds and three assists while Knowles had 16 points, seven rebounds and four assists. They followed with a 72-63 win over San Mateo. Meadows had a season high 24 point, six rebounds, five assists and two steals and Knowles finished with 11 points and eight rebounds.

#The Bahamian duo also lead Butte in both scoring and rebounding. Knowles tops the team in both categories at 16.3 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. Meadows is second on the team in both categories at 13.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.

#In their freshman seasons, Knowles averaged 13.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game while Meadows averaged 6.4 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.

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Khai Rhees was victorious in the Boys 16 Doubles. Khai, along with partner Ricardo Espaillat, captured the championship.

William McCartney also advanced to the Boys 14 Singles semifinals.

Khai Rhees advanced to the semifinals of the Boys 16 singles.

Winning the Boys 10 Green Doubles was the no.1 seeds Kingston Rees and partner Daniel Levine.

#THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) congratulates Khai Rhees, Kingston Rees and William McCartney on their performances at the Lil Mo/Big MO Competition in Palm Beach, Florida.

#Khai Rhees was victorious in the Boys 16 Doubles. Khai, along with partner Ricardo Espaillat, captured the championship. They received a bye in the quarterfinals and won in the semifinals over Garcia and Oliviera 8-5.

#In the finals, Khai and his partner won over the #1 seeds the Shalom Brothers 8-2. Khai also advanced to the semifinals of the Boys 16 singles. Khai, who was seeded no. 4, won in the R16 over Sommer 4-6 6-2 10-7. In the quarterfinals, he won over Pinto 6-1 6-0. He fell in the semifinals to the no.1 seed Shalom 1-6 2-6.

#William also advanced to the Boys 14 Singles semifinals. In the round of 32, William – seeded no.2 – received a bye into R16 where he won over Campbell-Smith 6-2 6-0.

#In the quarters he won over Balamurugan 6-3, 7-5. In the semis, William fell to Teadesco 5-7, 4-6. William also teamed up with Milana Ronert to advance to the semifinals in mixed doubles. The duo received a bye into the round of 16 where they won 8-3 over Morales and Gallardo. In the quarters they won 8-5 over Dobrovosky and Marinova.

#Winning the Boys 10 Green Doubles was the no.1 seeds Kingston Rees and partner Daniel Levine. The duo won in the quarterfinals 8-3 over Duong and Jiang. In the semis they won over Herdoiza and Valerio 8-4. The pair would emerge victorious in the finals over Delfin and Leal Ferre 8-4.

#Kingston Rees also advanced to the Mixed Doubles finals where he lost with partner Shabli 9-8 over Levine and Binkley.

#Kingston and Shabli won in the quarterfinals 8-2 over Jiang and Compofelice and in the semis over Vidal and Van Onselen 8-0.

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Photo courtesy of Robert Dunkley.

Photo courtesy of Robert Dunkley.

Photo courtesy of Robert Dunkley.

Photo credit Craig Ferguson.

#AMIDST the majestic sight of A, B and C Class sloops in Montagu Bay last weekend, there were two other boat fleets out on the water, most of which were being sailed by junior sailors aged 17 and under.

#For the first time ever, The Best of the Best Regatta included an all – junior line up in the E Class which was spearheaded by Dallas Knowles of Exuma Sailing Club.

#Meanwhile, on Saturday and Sunday, the Sunfish Junior and Open National Championships took place, providing a colourful display of multi-coloured sails out in the bay.

#Many of the junior participants showed off their sailing versatility in both class fleets. Of the 11 E Class, six were Exuma boats, all of which made the seven-boat final.

#Despite their strong lead in the qualifiers, Joss Knowles and Keshaune Hutchinson in Lady Kayla came in second in Sunday’s final to Andros boat Captain Peg sailed by Mary Jac Nash and Eliza Denning of Lyford Cay Sailing.

#Alvington McKenzie and Trevor Brown Jr came in third in Exuma’s Miss Agnes.

#The Sunfish Nationals began on Saturday afternoon after the E Class had finished their morning race, enabling the visiting sailors (nine from Exuma and three from Grand Bahama) and Craig Ferguson of The Bahamas National Sailing School to switch out their boats and rig up a Sunfish.

#A total fleet of 23 boats headed out onto the course, 19 juniors and four adults.

#Very breezy conditions of 16-18 knots with higher gusts made things tricky for the less experienced, a couple of whom had to retire early.

#However, two races were completed that day and a further four followed on Sunday after the E Class final had ended.

#Overall winner in the Sunfish Open Championship was Paul de Souza, former Junior Sunfish world champion and head coach with the National Sailing School.

#A fantastic performance in second overall and first in the junior fleet, was 15-year-old Craig Ferguson, beating Donnie Martinborough of The Nassau Yacht Club, a multiple time world champion in the class.

#Ellieanne Higgs, 14, of the Royal Nassau Sailing Club, finished second and Alvington McKenzie of Exuma came in third in the junior fleet.

#An awards presentation followed at the Nassau Yacht Club, from where both the E Class and the Sunfish had launched and where the sloops had been moored over the days of the event.

#Emma Tinkler, director of The Bahamas National Sailing School, said: “It has been wonderful to see our Family Island friends back in Nassau again since the disruption to our programmes due to COVID. The Exuma Sailing Club has extended an invitation to all the Nassau junior sailors to join them next April for The National Family Island Regatta in Georgetown for some more exciting E Class action”.

#“This past week has been a wonderful example of inter-island sailing camaraderie. It has also proven how, while all boat classes have their own unique traits and parameters, a basic understanding of sailing principles can be applied to sail many types of boat. Several of the current top Bahamian sloop sailors, for example, began their sailing careers in a little Optimist training boat and we have seen how the talented Craig Ferguson, an accomplished Optimist sailor, transferred his sailing know-how smoothly this weekend from Sloop to Sunfish, as did Alvington McKenzie, Tanaj Manos, Carmen Forbes, Aiden Musgrove and the many other Exuma and Grand Bahama sailors. For more information about junior learn-to-sail programmes in Nassau, Exuma and GB, please visit the Bahamas National Sailing School’s website www.bahsailingschool.org, Exuma Sailing Club www. exumasailing.club. Grand Bahama Sailing Club can be found on Facebook.

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 Home|Sports|Tennis nationals less than two weeks awaySports

The Nassau GuardianSend an emailDecember 8, 2022 152 1 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email

The Bahamas’ only national championship in the month of December, the tennis nationals, is about a week away.

The Giorgio Baldacci Open National Championships is set for December 19-22 at the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s (BLTA) National Tennis Centre.

The entry deadline for the tournament is Monday, December 12 at 6 p.m. and the open draw will be done via Zoom on Friday, December 16 at 6 p.m.

The tournament will be held in a single elimination format, played to a best-of-three tiebreak sets.

The BLTA is sending out notice that all participants must conduct themselves in a dignified and responsible manner and show sportsmanship while on court or within the tournament site. All players are subject to the BLTA code of conduct.

A 15-minute default rule will be enforced for all matches. The finalists in both the men’s and women’s draws will qualify to compete in the 2023 Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup competitions.

Seeding will be based on Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)/Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings, International Tennis Federation (ITF) world rankings, 2022 Davis Cup/Billie Jean King Cup positioning, national (Open) rankings, and any other relevant information.

Players must complete the tournament to be eligible to receive ranking points and be eligible to play on the 2023 Davis Cup/Billie Jean King Cup teams. Players are responsible for checking the website https://blta.net for daily orders of play and match times.

Decisions are final as per the tournament referee.

Players are subject to the age restrictions indicated on the entry form, and only persons able to represent The Bahamas at international events are eligible to enter the tournament.

Entry forms should be emailed with the player’s name included in the subject line of the email, and proof of payment of entry fees should be emailed to tournament@blta.net before the entry deadline on Monday.

All tournament information and updates, including draws and daily orders of play, will be posted on the BLTA’s website http://blta.net/giorgio-baldacci-open-nationals/. Draws and daily orders of play will not be sent by email, and players are responsible for checking their draws and match times online.

Players and parents must agree that they will not hold the BLTA and/or the BLTA’s National Tennis Centre responsible for any injury and/or accident that may occur as a result of taking part in this tournament.

The entry fee for the tournament is $20.

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 Home|Uncategorized|Hield is second fastest to 1,500 made three-pointersSports

Simba FrenchSend an emailDecember 8, 2022 182 2 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email

Bahamian professional basketball player with the Indiana Pacers Chavano “Buddy” Hield is in elite company, having become the second-fastest player in National Basketball Association (NBA) history to reach 1,500 made three-pointers. He accomplished that feat on Monday in an 112-104 win for the Pacers over the Golden State Warriors.

Ironically, the fastest player is Warriors guard Stephen Curry, the most prolific three-point shooter in NBA history. It is a great measuring stick for Hield. Hield is ranked at number 43 on the all-time list for made three-pointers. He has exactly 1,500 made three-pointers in 492 games. Next on the list is current Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love with 1,506 three-pointers. Once Hield remains healthy, he should crack the top 40 by the end of this calendar year. The sharpshooter ranks at number 16 on the active players list and is the only player on the active player top 20 list that has played under 600 games.

Hield’s 1,500th three-point shot came from the top of the arc in the fourth quarter of their game against the Warriors. There was 8:39 left on the clock. It gave the Pacers a 95-93 lead at that point of the game. Hield finished with 17 points, nine rebounds and five assists.

Hield was the fastest player to 1,000 made treys, accomplishing that feat on March 1, 2021. He did it in his 350th career game when he played for the Sacramento Kings. They lost that game 127-126 to the Charlotte Hornets.

After averaging 15.6 points per game last season, the shooting guard is up to 16.9 points per game this season. He is making 3.5 three-pointers per game on 9.5 attempts and he averages 31.6 minutes per game. He is averaging 4.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists to go with one steal per contest.

Hield is in the top five in the league in made three-pointers this season. The seventh-year player is at number four on the list with 83 made treys. Ahead of him at number three is Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell with 89 made three-pointers, Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons in second with 93 made three-pointers, and leading the way this season is Curry with 117 made three-pointers.

The Pacers sport a 13-11 win/loss record this season and sit in fifth in the Eastern Conference of the NBA. They were in action at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last night, taking on the Minnesota Timberwolves (11-12), but the result of that game was unavailable up to press time. They will take to the court again tomorrow when they host the Washington Wizards (11-13) at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. That game starts at 7 p.m.

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 Home|Sports|Cuba drops The BahamasSports

The Bahamas plays Puerto Rico tonight; game gets underway at 7 p.m.

Simba FrenchSend an emailDecember 8, 2022 182 2 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email

Tempers flared and dugouts emptied in the bottom of the fifth inning last night, and when the dust had cleared, The Bahamas lost  9-3 to Cuba as the 4th Annual COCABE (Caribbean Baseball Confederation) Caribbean Baseball Cup continued at the Andre Rodgers National Baseball Stadium.

The Bahamas gave up six runs in that fifth inning and never recovered. There were three ejections, including Bahamian pitcher Carvin Dames and Team Manager Geron Sands. Cuban left fielder Hector Labrada was also ejected.

The host nation now drops to one win and two losses in the week-long tournament.

Cuba got the scoring going in the bottom of the first inning on a wild pitch that brought home one runner.

In the top of the fifth inning, designated hitter Dante Stuart got The Bahamas’ third hit of the night and second baseman Adari Grant got hit by pitch. It looked promising for awhile for The Bahamas, but Cuba closed the door in that inning and preserved a slim 1-0 lead.

Cuba scored two quick runs to go up 3-0 in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Bahamas switched pitchers at that point, as Carvin Dames replaced Giovante Tomlins. Dames did not last long on the mound, as he was ejected from the game in that same inning when he shoved a Cuban player who was walking between the third base and home plate during a break in play.

The visitors went on to score four more runs in that inning to make it tough for the home team to come back in the game. Cuba led 7-0 after five innings.

In the top of the ninth inning with one out, pinch hitter Ellison Hanna, in his only at-bat of the night, became the first Bahamian to hit a home run in the new stadium. He sent Yunier Castillo’s ball deep to right field and over the fence. The Bahamas trailed 9-1 at that point.

The Bahamas seemed to have found some life late as Yeshua Saint sent the ball to right field and got a triple. Saint brought home pinch hitter Kashon Conliffe from second base and Stuart from first base. With two out, third baseman Keithron Moss could not bring home Hanna, as he grounded out to end the game. Cuba stopped the late rally, winning 9-3.

Stuart led The Bahamas’ batting as he went 2-for-4 and scored a run. Catcher Ural Forbes and left fielder Kristin Munroe both went 1-for-3.

Cuba had three batters with two hits as shortstop Vicente Mateo and designated hitter Yoelkia Guibert both went 2-for-4 and Jose Aviles went 2-for-3.

The winning pitcher was Cuba’s Manuel Reyes. Castillo got the save. Tomlins was the losing pitcher.

The top two teams from the week-long tournament will qualify to compete at next year’s Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in San Salvador, El Salvador. If Cuba is among the top two, the top three will qualify for the CAC Games, as Cuba has previously qualified.

Earlier in the day, Puerto Rico denied the US Virgin Islands a run, shutting them out 6-0.

The defending champions Curacao is at the top of the table with a 2-1 win/loss record. Puerto Rico and Cuba are also 2-1. The Bahamas sits at 1-2 and the U.S. Virgin Islands is 1-3.

The Bahamas will return to action tonight when they take on Puerto Rico at 7 p.m. The early game will see Cuba taking on Curacao. That game will take place at 3 p.m.

All players in Bahamas Baseball Association (BBA) registered leagues 18 years and younger can attend tonight’s game free of charge. They must wear their league baseball jersey tops. Also, Miami Marlins’ infielder Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm Jr. will be in attendance from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. for an autograph opportunity.

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