THE University of The Bahamas men’s basketball team slowly warmed up against The Zulu Media Marketing Great Whites in New Providence Basketball Association action Saturday night at The A.F. Adderley Gym. And just like the previous two straight wins, The Mingoes finished strong to pick up the 81-64 win – the team’s third straight win.
Delano Armbrister led The Mingoes with 24 points (including four three-pointers) in the win. Gabriel Styles came off the bench to dump in 17 points and pull down 11 rebounds. Erquantae Edgecombe scored 11 points and had 11 rebounds. Theodore Grant led the team with seven assists to go with 10 rebounds.
“We came out and did what we had to do to get the win, ” said Styles, who posted his highest score for the season with 17 points.
“We fought hard on the boards and we got the ball out fast.”
The Mingoes scored 33 fast-break points and had 17 points off turnovers.
This is the third straight win for The Mingoes after defeating The Rebel 87-66 (February 11) and Sand Dollar 68-58 (February 25). “We had a really good game last week and we came into this game with a lot of confidence especially after practicing all week,” said Armbrister, who also posted his highest point production this season with 24 points.
“We practiced hard and we came and we wanted to play fast and move the ball well and play great defence. We did all of that and picked up the win.”
Armbrister’s previously highest score was January 16, 2023 against The Discount Distributor Rockets with 23 points.
The Great Whites took a nine point lead with 3:22 to go in the first quarter off a layup from Demetri Mackey to go up 22-13. The Mingoes didn’t let that last for long.
The Great Whites ended the first quarter up 27-20 but The Mingoes came out strong in the second quarter led by Delano Armbrister and Gabriel Styles. The duo combined for 11 points in the first two minutes of the second quarter to give The Mingoes the 31-30 lead with 6:42 on the clock. The Mingoes never looked back.
Selwyn McKenzie led The Great Whites with 16 points and seven rebounds.
The Mingoes (6-6) next play The Leno Regulators (7-5) at 8pm on March 11 at The A.F. Adderley Gym.
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