After steamrolling the local ladies on the opening night of their Goodwill Tour, the South Carolina Lady All-Stars team pulverized Guyana 99-50 in Game Two at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Saturday evening.
The beginning of the game was reminiscent of the two team’s first encounter but this time it was Tameke Joseph who scored a lay-up on the left after Guyana had won the jump-ball.
But the SC ladies seemed to be a bit more ready this time around countering well and also playing much better as a team at both ends of the floor.
Forward Crystal Clary once again proved the more dominant player on court and followed up her first night showing by scoring a game-high 18 points.
Her presence inside was seen as a virtual no contest.
With the former Campbell University and Lenoir-Rhyne College stand-out, along with Lenoir-Rhyne’s all time assists leader Maya Grady on the court, there wasn’t much the local ladies could have done.
At half time, the visitors were up by 30 points (54-20) but once again the locals seemed unperturbed by the ever-increasing lead.
Once again, Natasha Alder, Sonia Rodney and Nicola Jacobs were the busiest of the locals but then the trio’s supporting cast never really seemed up for the challenge.
Nothing much changed for the rest of the game as the locals could not keep up and the SC ladies who were too strong.
Apart from Clary, Grady was the visitors’ next highest scorer with 14 points while Eboni Littlejohn and India Elliott each scored 13 points.
Alder had 14 points, Rodney 10 and Kean Andrews six for Guyana.
Meanwhile, in the opening game the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) male team went down 79-97 to Pacesetters as they continued their preparations for the championships next month in Suriname.
Team captain Akeem Kanhai poured in a game-high 21 points, 15 rebounds and five steals for the IGG team and was the only player in double figures.
National player Stephon Gillis had 19, Clement Brusche 17 and Travis Burnett, 13 for Courts Pacesetters.
