Guyana lose nailbiter to DC Jammers

Glen Stokes (#1) of the DC Jammers goes into his dribble against Travis Burnett (centre) and Akeem Kanhai (extreme left) during the All Star game. (Orland Charles photo)

So close but yet so far was the unfortunate result for the Guyana national basketball team which lost to the Washington DC Jammers in a nail-biting encounter at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) Saturday evening when the National Community Basketball League (NCBL) tipped off its first International All-Star Weekend.

Highly entertaining and probably more competitive than the almost packed CASH crowd would have thought, Guyana came out playing like a team possessed with seemingly only one aim which saw them leading at the end of the first quarter.

Ryan Gullen, who kept the home team alive in the first quarter, went cold in the second which saw the Dc Jammers taking over the