11122018 SPORTS

Page 1

SPORTS SECTION E

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Bay Street Mile draws over 700 competitors By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net ore than 700 competitors, including three of her training partners, showed up on Saturday to participate in the second annual Shaunae MillerUibo Bay Street Mile. The early morning riser from the straw market on Bay Street to the beach soccer complex at the foot of the Sir Sidney Poitier Bridge saw competitors compete in the various age groups from under-9 to open. American high hurdler Jason Richardson, Great Britain’s quarter-miler Matthew Hudson-Smith and Jamaican Natoya Gould joined Bahamian 400m hurdles national record holder Jeffery Gibson in supporting Miller-Uibo in the event that was designed to give back to the Bahamas Coaches Association. “This displays love and unity,” said association president Shaun Miller, the father of Miller-Uibo. “We are going through the mix of an election right now where we have our own sides to choose from. But there is still strong brotherly love displayed out here, even though we are at war ends with each other. This is what united is all about. We go deep.” Miller was referring to the fact that despite the factions heading into the BAAA elections on November 24, the campaign was pushed aside as they all came together to ensure that the second Shaunae Miller-Uibo Bay Street mile was a tremendous success. There was one major hiccup and that came at the end where race organiser David Ferguson tried to use a computerised system to determine the various winners. But as there were some flaws with competitors not competing crossing the line, they had

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

SEE PAGE 4

NPBA: GIANTS, BUCKETS AND STINGERS IN WIN COLUMN

SHAUNAE MILLER-UIBO, at top in action, shares a special moment with a few of the young female competitors during the 2nd annual Shaunae Miller-Uibo Bay Street Mile on Saturday. Photos: Terrel W Carey Sr/Tribune Staff

NCAA Division I Basketball: Bahamians take spotlight By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net SEVERAL 20-point performances highlighted the play from

SEE PAGE 3

Phoenix Suns center

VOTING FOR IAAF FEMALE ATHLETE OF YEAR CLOSES TODAY ALREADY named the North American and Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Female Athlete of the Year, Shaunae Miller-Uibo said it would be a “feather in her cap” if she is selected as the International Amateur Athletic Federation’s Female Athlete of the Year. The IAAF is expected to narrow down a list of 10 athletes to the final five when the voting process closes today. The IAAF Council and the IAAF Family cast their votes by email, while fans voted online via the IAAF’s social media platforms. The IAAF Council’s vote will count for 50 per cent of the result, while the IAAF Family’s votes and the public votes will each count for 25 per cent of the final result. The Male and Female World Athletes of the Year will be announced live on stage at the IAAF Athletics Awards 2018 in Monaco on Tuesday, December 4. “It was a real feeling, to be able to win such an award,” said Miller-Uibo of being the recipient of the NACAC award for women on November 6, alongside Jamaican discus thrower Fedrick Dacres. “It was a great achievement for myself as I look towards next year and see how things because overall, it’s

M

SEE PAGE 2

NFL, Page 5

Bahamians over the weekend in NCAA Division I basketball. Charles Bain posted a careerhigh while Lashann Higgs and Travis Munnings exhibited the senior leadership their respective programmes expect them to sustain over the course of the season. Bain scored 25 points as his Robert Morris Colonials concluded a two-game road trip to open its 2018-19 campaign with a 74-60 loss to Missouri State at JQH Arena as part of the 2018 National College Basketball Hall of Fame Classic. The sophomore forward shot 8-18 from the field, was 3-8 from three and added five rebounds and two blocked shots in 31 minutes. He scored 14 of the Colonials’ 29 points in the first half as they trailed by just four.

“We got a sense early that Bain would have some favourable matchups, and I thought he came out with really good focus,” Colonials head coach Andrew Toole said. “He was basically our offence in the first half. He made a lot of really nice plays and made some really good decisions. The energy was there with Charles. We just need that consistency from more guys.” As a freshman last season, Bain averaged 5.3 points and 2.9 rebounds in just over 17 minutes per game. Higgs opened the season with the fifth 20-point game of her Longhorns career as the No. 11/8 Texas women’s basketball team defeated Duquesne 78-41 in their season opener at the Frank Erwin Center.

She finished with 20 points on 9-16 shooting in just 23 minutes. It was a career high 16 field goal attempts and she also added five rebounds, four assists and two steals. Higgs got off to a quick start, scoring the first five points of the game for the Longhorns, as Texas jumped out to a 24-7 lead by the end of the first quarter. Texas entered the locker room at halftime with a 25-point lead (37-12) and cruised to the win. Travis Munnings finished with a game high 23 points and nine rebounds en route to leading the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks to a 94-52 win over Millsaps College at Fant-Ewing Coliseum.

SEE PAGE 4

THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season action with a triple header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Saturday night as the Commonwealth Bank Giants, Aliv Buckets and PJ Stingers all emerged victorious. The Giants held off the Discount Distributors Rockets 94-90, the Buckets dumped the Breezes High Flyers 97-93 and the Stingers stung the Fort Charlotte Defenders 125-74. • Here’s a summary of the games played: Giants 94, Rockets 90 D’Shon Taylor went to the free throw line twice in the last 15 seconds and converted three of his four charity shots to propel Commonwealth Bank to victory. With 13 seconds left, he canned a pair of shots to put the Giants up for good 93-92 and with three seconds left, his first of two foul shots completed the final score. Taylor finished with 26 points in 36 minutes and 13 seconds to pace the men’s division one defending

SEE PAGE 4


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.