CaribeBasket 2014 at Tortola, BVI (July 1 - July 4)

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7th Place: Antigua 109 St. Vincent 81
5th Place: Guyana 79 Barbados 58
3rd Place: USVI 102 BVI 68
Championship: Bahamas 75 Cuba 62

Bahamas win the Caribbean championship for the first time since 1995. Cuba and the USVI also move on to Centrobasket.

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Semifinals
Cuba 62 USVI 60
Bahamas 84 BVI 65

Cuba and Bahamas qualify for Centrobasket, while USVI and BVI play for the third spot tomorrow. USVI almost came back from down 11 in the fourth quarter but missed a shot to take the lead in the final seconds.

5th-8th place
Barbados 83 Antigua 70
Guyana 86 St. Vincent 72

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St. Vincent 93 Antigua 92
Barbados 80 Guyana 69
Bahamas 77 Cuba 71
USVI 89 BVI 60

A day after their huge win against the Bahamas, Antigua fell behind St. Vincent by 18 points in the fourth quarter, came back to take the lead, but couldn't hold on, opening the door for the Bahamas to beat Cuba and advance to the semifinals.

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Cuba 86 St. Vincent 58
USVI 95 Guyana 75
Antigua 90 Bahamas 68
BVI 81 Barbados 77

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Entertaining local announcers on the stream.

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Bahamas 84 St. Vincent 53
Cuba 82 Antigua 56
USVI 66 Barbados 53
BVI 99 Guyana 63

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Guyana article:

http://guyanachronicle.com/guyana-begin-cbc-title-quest-tonight-against-bvi/

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No Julius Hodge for Antigua this time:

http://www.antiguaobserver.com/overseas-based-players-present-for-cbc/

Sharife Sargeant, Raviel Burton, Ernest Scott, Clinton Joshua, Jerome Richardson and Beijon Warrington have all been brought in to strengthen the senior squad.

They will join locally-based Lennox McCoy, Kareem Meade, Chaz Samuel, Neville Martin, Kevin Francis and Kevari Francis.

Sharife Sargeant--reserve at Stephen F. Austin
Raviel Burton--Missouri Valley College, 10.7 ppg, 1.9 blocks per game
Clinton Joshua--various minor leagues in the US
Beijon Warrington--played at D3 SUNY-Purchase
Ernest Scott--played in NBDL and various leagues, most recently in New Zealand
Jerome Richardson--minor leagues in US

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Barbados article and roster:

http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/fresh-faces-but-bajans-out-to-make-mark/

Squad: Jeremy Gill, Andre Lockhart, Keefe Birkett, Rahiim Gibbons, Stefan Clarke, Ramon Simmons, Junior Moore, John Jones, Kregg Jones, Charles Vanderpool, Akeem Marsh, Mark Bridgeman, Nigel Lloyd (head coach), Derek Browne (assistant).

John Jones--Illinois State
Kregg Jones--Cal St Bakersfield
Andre Lockhart--Essex Leopards in England

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Rawle Marshall apparently going to play for Guyana.

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Bahamas team training/tryouts at Colorado State:

http://www.csurams.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/062014aaa.html

Name Height Position
C.J. Hines 6-0 SG/PG
Marvin Grey 6-0 PG
L.J. Rose 6-3 PG
Mychel Thompson Jr. 6-7 SG/SF
Mitchell Johnson 6-4 PG/SF/PF
Kadeem Coleby 6-9 C (
Bennet Davis 6-9 PF
Chicken Knowles 6-10 SF/PF
Magnum Rolle 6-11 PF/C
Anwar Ferguson 7-0 C
Ray Rose 6-1 SG
Archie Rose 6-4 SG/SF
Eugene Bain 6-6 SF/PF
Michael Carey 6-5 SG/SF
Dwight Colby 6-9 PF/C
Kentwan Smith 6-8 SF/PF
Scottie Ferguson 6-7 PF
Rony Cadot 6-4 SF
C.J Smith 6-4 SF
Tavario Miller 6-8 PF

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Group A
Bahamas
Cuba
Antigua and Barbuda
Saint Vincent and Grenadines

Group B
US Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands
Guayana
Barbados