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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2025
Jonquel: ‘I try to box out or get a rebound and it’s a foul on me’ By JONATHAN BURROWS Tribune Sports Reporter jburrows@tribunemedia.net
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onquel Jones and the fifth-seeded New York Liberty were eliminated in the first round of the WNBA playoffs as they faced off
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Jones and New York Liberty eliminated in first round of the WNBA playoffs against the fourth-seeded Phoenix Mercury. In the best-of-three series, the Liberty fell to the Mercury 2-1. The Liberty won game one in a 76-69 overtime win, where Jones recorded seven points and 12 rebounds, with three blocks, shooting 2-4 from the field in 35 minutes of action. In game two the Liberty fell 86-60 in a blowout game where Jones recorded seven points and 13 rebounds with two blocks, shooting 3-9 from the field in only 22 minutes of play because of foul trouble. The Liberty would lose two in a row in game three where Jones struggled from the field shooting 1 for 10 as she recorded three points and eight rebounds with one blocked
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JONQUEL Jones (35) shoots over Mercury forward DeWanna Bonner, left, during the second half of Game 3 in the first round of the WNBA playoffs on Friday, September 19, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
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BGDBA PLAYOFFS: PANTHERS AND CRIME STOPPERS IN THE WIN COLUMN By JONATHAN BURROWS Tribune Sports Reporter jburrows@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas Government Departmental Basketball Association (BGDBA) second-round playoffs continued on Saturday at the A.F. Adderley Gymnasium with two tightly contested matchups. In the first game, the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture Panthers avoided elimination with a dramatic comeback win over the Nassau Flight Services Ballers. The Panthers rallied late in the fourth quarter to secure a 75-73 win, cutting the Ballers’ series lead to 2-1 in the best-of-five series. Brandon Strachan led the Panthers with 25 points and seven rebounds. League MVP frontrunner Abel Joseph, however, struggled for the Ballers. Joseph finished with only 12 points on 5-for-26 shooting. The Ballers will now look to regroup as the Panthers fight to extend the series further. The second game was also a nail-biter as the Police Crime Stoppers beat the Bain and Grants Town Cybots 77-76 to advance to
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‘NO MEDALS. NO PROBLEM’ By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net TOKYO, Japan — No medals, no problem. There were a number of significant performances from the 15-member team that made up for Team Bahamas’ appearance at the 20th World Championships. The memories from the biggest global track and field
competition outside of the Olympic Games was cemented by three finalists in the hurdles and sprints, an eighth-place finish in the decathlon and the rise of some new faces to take The Bahamas through in the future. Head coach Tito Moss couldn’t help to reflect on what he described as a memorable championship, an understatement that vibrated throughout the Japan National
Stadium that was jam-packed just about every night, including Sunday’s grand finale with the downfall of the rain. “We’re really pleased with the performance of Team Bahamas,” said Moss, whose coaching staff included Daron Lightbourne and Corrington Maycock, while May Miller served as the manager, assisted by Sharon Gardiner. “We had another finalist in Kendrick Thompson, who
ended the meet for us by finishing eighth in the world. He joined two other finalists, two semifinals and we also had three women who made it to the championships, as well as a male and female javelin thrower and a triple jumper.” Moss called it the “changing of the guards” with younger athletes stepping up and taking over in the absence of the country’s two most successful athletes still competing,
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quarter-milers Shaunae MillerUibo and Steven Gardiner. “We’ve seen what we can call the changing of the guards, so I think it bodes well for us as we move into 2026 when we have the Commonwealth Games, Pan Am and the inaugural ultimate World Championships in Budapest in September,” Moss said.
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