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B.A.I.S.S. Sudden Death Playoffs Underway

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The B.A.I.S.S. basketball playoffs got underway at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium Monday and the games were just as closely contested as you would expect from your two versus three matchups.

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February 5, 2025

10th Year Seniors

In the senior boys division, the Queen’s College Comets rallied in the fourth quarter to pull away from the Jordan Prince William Falcons for a 67-62 win.

Talon Higgs scored 10 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter as the Comets closed the game on an 8-2 run and Tayshaun Taylor led Q.C. with 22 points.

Trevon Clarke led the Falcons with a game high 27 points.

In senior girls, the St. John’s College Giants had the only lopsided win of the night with a 40-22 win over the St. Augustine’s College Big Red Machine.

Lebronique Demeritte scored 12 points to lead the Giants while Ketra Poitier scored 10.

In the junior girls division, the C.W. Saunders Cougars advanced with a 43-36 win over the Big Red Machine.

Alyssa Bain led the Cougars with a game high 18 points and Laila Lenard scored 13.

Marea Pickstock led the Big Red Machine with 17 points.

And finally in the junior boys division, the Jordan Prince William Falcons defeated C.W. Saunders, 36 – 33.

Alijah Pierre scored 21 to lead the Falcons.

The playoffs continue at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium with the one versus four matchups in all divisions.

NCAA Basketball

AJ Storr and the 16th ranked Kansas Jayhawks protected home court and put on the clamps defensively to upset the eighth ranked team in the country.

Storr finished with eight points in the Jayhawks 69-52 win over the Iowa State Cyclones at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas.

He shot 2-5 from three point range and added three rebounds in 17 minutes.

The Jayhawks limited the cyclones to just 19 points in the first half en route to the lowest point total allowed to an AP Top 10 team by Kansas since 1982.

The Jayhawks improved to 16-6, 7-4 in the big 12 and head to an in state rivalry Saturday against Kansas State.

NCAA Track and Field

A record setting weekend for Bahamian student athletes led to both conference and national recognition for those performances.

Topping that list was new women’s indoor long jump national record holder Anthaya Charlton.

The Florida Gators junior recorded the world leading mark of 6.98m at the Razorback Invitational earned her the SEC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week and USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week.

Louisiana Tech senior Oscar Smith was named the Conference USA Men’s Track Athlete of the Week.

He won the 60m hurdles at the Stan Scott Invite & multi on Saturday after posting a time of 7.82 seconds, the fastest time in CUSA and the 10th-fastest time in the NCAA Division I South Central Region.

In Division II, the Bahamian duo for the Southwest Baptist Bearcats has been rewriting the program’s record books.

Collinique Farrington and Stephanique Dean were both named Great Lakes Valley Conference Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week after consecutive meets.

At the UCM Invite, Dean won 60m in 7.57 secs, third in GLVC, she also finished first in 200-meter in 24.85 seconds, second in the conference.

The previous week, Farrington, won the 200m with a NCAA provisional time of 24.06 seconds – ranked first in the conference, third in all of Division II.

She also finished third in 60m in 7.65 seconds.

They continued their success at the PSU Wendy’s Open when Farrington won both the 400m and 200m.

Farrington’s 23.85 seconds is third in the nation while Dean finished second in 24.40 seconds.