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Bahamas Falls To Cuba, Still Qualifies for AmeriCup

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Bahamas Basketball reached another major milestone on the international stage – the senior men’s national team is headed to the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup.

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10 months ago

February 24, 2025

10th Year Seniors

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Bahamas Basketball reached another major milestone on the international stage – the senior men’s national team is headed to the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup.

Team Bahamas finished the third window with a 105-83 loss to the United States Sunday night at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium, but the most important thing for the program was what occurred off the court.

The team finished second in group d with a 2-4 record and totaled eight points to advance as one of 12 qualifiers to the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup, August 23rd-31st in Managua, Nicaragua.

Against the USA, Dominick Bridgewater led four Bahamians in double figures with 19 points.

Franco Miller Jr. had 18, Tavario Miller Sr. scored 14, and Lathaniel Bastian finished with 10 points and nine rebounds.

Cuba was disqualified after forfeiting their final game against Puerto Rico due to visa issues. Thus, The Bahamas and Puerto Rico both advanced out of Group D alongside the United States.

Swimming

Lamar Taylor and his Tennessee Volunteer teammates have been dominant at the SEC Championships in Athens, Georgia and closed out the meet with another NCAA record.

In the final event of the meet, Taylor and his Tennesse Vols swam 2:42.41 in the 400 free relay, nearly a full second ahead of the record set by Arizona State at last year’s NCAA Championships.

Earlier in the meet, Taylor was also a member of the 200 free relay team that set a new NCAA record on day three.

Basketball

The Hugh Campbell final tips off tonight between the defending champion C.I. Gibson Rattlers and the Tabernacle Baptist Falcons – we’ll tell you how they got there.

Twenty-five teams all came down to a pair of familiar inter island rivalries when Sunday night’s final four played out at the A.F. Adderley GymnAsium.

The Rattlers returned to the championship with a 66-58 win over the reigning G.S.S.S.A. champion, Anatol Rodgers T’Wolves.

C.I. Gibson led by as much as eight points in the fourth quarter before Anatol trimmed the deficit to two with just over five minutes left to play, but the Rattlers got several key plays down the stretch to seal the win.

Reigning Hugh Campbell MVP Tashon Butler led the rattlers with 24 points, Darius Hanna scored 15, and Condae Smith stuffed the stat sheet wIth 10 points, seven rebounds and five assists.

Ray Wodds led the t’wolves with 13 points and Derek Francis scored 12.

On the other side of the bracket – the falcons followed up last week’s upset in the G.B.S.S.A. finals with another win over the Sunland Baptist Academy Stingers, 59-55.

The Falcons trailed headed into the fourth quarter, but opened the final frame on a 11-3 run to tie the game at 46.

Anthony Missick scored the Falcons’ last four points within the final minutes to seal his team’s spot in the final.

Gianno Murray led the Falcons with 25 points, Missick scored 16, and Dylan Morris scored 14.

Jermaine Woodside led the stingers with 15 points.