Guyana national basketball team

Guyana Guyana
FIBA ranking T-94 Steady
Joined FIBA 1961
FIBA zone FIBA Americas
National federation Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF)
Coach Darcell Harris
FIBA Americas Championship
Appearances None
Caribbean Championship
Appearances 8
Medals Silver: 1994
Bronze: 1981, 2000
Uniforms
Light
Dark

The Guyana national basketball team represents Guyana in international competitions. It is governed by the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF).[1]

Its main accomplishment was the silver medal at the 1994 Caribbean Basketball Championship.

Roster

Team for the 2015 FIBA CBC Championship.[2]

Guyana men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age Ht. Club
G 4 Dave Causway 27 – (1988-04-04)April 4, 1988 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Royal Extra Lions Trinidad and Tobago
PF 5 Gordon James 35 – (1979-12-28)December 28, 1979 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Alianza Viedma Argentina
SF 6 Travis Burnett 26 – (1988-06-23)June 23, 1988 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
SF 7 Akeem Kanhai 23 – (1991-07-23)July 23, 1991 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
PF 8 Ryan Gullen 29 – (1986-05-03)May 3, 1986 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Pacesetters Guyana
SG 9 Jason Squires 29 – (1985-12-02)December 2, 1985 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
G 10 Ryan Stephney 29 – (1986-02-24)February 24, 1986 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
G 11 Shelroy Thomas 24 – (1990-12-30)December 30, 1990 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
C 12 Jermaine Slater 25 – (1989-09-06)September 6, 1989 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
PG 13 Chris Williams 25 – (1989-08-17)August 17, 1989 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
C 14 Rudolph James 33 – (1982-04-15)April 15, 1982 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
SF 15 Keron McKenzie 28 – (1986-11-19)November 19, 1986 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Atlanta Assault United States
Head coach
  • Guyana Darcell Harris
Assistant coach(es)
  • Guyana Marlon Rodriguez
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 20 August 2015

Competitions

Performance at CaribeBasket

Year Position Host
1981 3rd place Georgetown, Guyana
1984 ? Nassau, Bahamas
1987 ? Suriname
1988 5th place Georgetown, Guyana
1990 ? Trinidad and Tobago
1993 ? Bridgetown, Barbados
1994 2nd place Georgetown, Guyana
1996 4th place Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
2000 3rd place Bridgetown, Barbados
2007 8th place Caguas, Puerto Rico
2011 7th place Nassau, Bahamas
2014 5th place Tortola, British Virgin Islands
2015 10th place Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Past rosters

The side that represented Guyana at the CBC Sr. Championship 2007 was composed of:

Jersey number Position played Height Name Year of birth Club otherwise represented
15 Center 208 Antric Klaiber 1976 Eintracht Frankfurt Basketball
13 Forward 204 Lorenzo Withrite 1981 Scarlet Vilvoorde
12 Guard, Forward 193 Kevin Creppy 1987 Bethune-Cookman College
14 Forward 206 Gordon Klaiber 1983 Brooklyn Kings
7 Guard 176 Carl Benn 1980 U. of Mass. – Lowell
10 Guard 185 Robert Davis 1984 South Carolina All Stars (UMBL)
8 Guard 176 Shawn Powell 1976 Salisbury State
11 Guard 176 Michael Creepy Jr. 1985 Riverside
HC Head Coach --- Stephen Nurse ---- DC Jammers
AC Asst. Head Coach --- Larry Davis ---- South Carolina All Stars
M Manager --- Paul Haynes ---- NYU – Polytechnic University
M Manager ---- Patrick Haynes ---- NYU – Polytechnic University

Head coach position

See also

References

  1. ↑ FIBA National Federations – Guyana, fiba.com, accessed 1 Dec 2015.
  2. ↑ 2015 CBC Championship for Men, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

External links

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