The expected spectacle between number 1 Ballers Club Wanica (BCW) and number 2 De Arend did not materialize in the women’s main league of the Surinamese Basketball Association (SBA). The top match turned out to be a one-sided display. De Arend dominated its rival and triumphed 60-37 on Sunday afternoon in the Ismay van Wilgen Sports Hall.
Text and image Terence Oosterwolde
It was remarkable that BCW played with only six players. “It is a very big problem within our main league branch: cancellations in the last hour, players who have canceled before the season, players who have not shown up all season. So we have to make do with our youth, but I am not going to put youth players on the bench who cannot do anything. Hence the poor turnout,” coach Rian Jambo said when asked. the True Time.
“We have to keep things serious and we have to play businesslike”
The Arend coach Mitchell Zeefuik
Despite the major defeat, he was satisfied with the result effort of the six players. “It can of course be better, but as a trainer you usually don’t have much control, especially not in amateur basketball.”
This match marked the start of the third round. For the second half of the regular season – there are four rounds – Jambo hopes that the attendance at BCW will improve. “Because you can prepare a lot, but if the players cancel very late, you as a trainer cannot do anything.”
Serious and businesslike
It was the second consecutive big victory for De Arend. A week ago – April 19 – archrival Yellow Birds was overrun 74-48. Even though the team was doing well on Sunday, coach Mitchell Zeefuik urged his players several times to continue playing seriously. “The moment you know that you have already won that match, you have to start looking at other things where your players are falling short. That is why I insisted: ‘keep playing seriously’, ‘keep passing the ball’. Because this match I was fifteen, sixteen, seventeen points ahead, but another time it may happen that I am two or three points ahead or behind. That is why we have to remain serious and we have to play in a businesslike manner.”
He found it positive that there were a lot of them at certain times ball movement was, “which got us open and got free shots.” Zeefuik was also pleased with the defense. “BCW played on Shakya (Peroti,… ed.). If she can’t driven and dishes, can’t do anything else. My ladies could walk a lot at certain times and that’s why we have some fastbreak points scored.”
Yet De Arend coach did not call speed his strongest weapon. “If I have to compare with other associations, I am not number 1 in terms of speed, because BCW has a few fast ladies. But I am a little bit stronger in finishing.”
Fine-tuning
For the rest of the third round and the fourth round, Zeefuik will be “refining anyway”. One of the points of attention will be shooting from outside. “Because if we can shoot, it will be driven a little easier. When my ladies can shoot reasonably well, the opponents’ defense – almost all women’s teams defend the zone – has to come out and then I have the drive. I have one of the best centers in Simone Esaias; he can score very easily. And I have the tallest person in Morena Leter. So it must be possible. The moment the associations go outside, then I have inside,” he reasons.
Zeefuik is therefore now really busy shooting from outside. “And also a little bit with knowledge of the game, skills – when do you run, when do you pass, recognize what the opponent is doing and so on.”
Dominant
The defending champion, who is the new leader with twelve points from seven games, defeated the opponent in three of the four games. quarters below ten points. The foundation for the dominant performance was laid in the first period.
After Peroti BCW made a free throw to make it 3-6 with 5:35 to go, the team last scored at 3:19. From one three pointer Melnija Paal made it 6-9. De Arend then had an 8-0 run and closed this phase with 17-6.
The second period became the quarter by Mirelva Marica. After more than three minutes without scoring, her teammate Cindy-Jane Vianen made the first basket: 19-6. Then Marica took over. She scored twelve of the next fourteen points, including one three pointermaking it 33-13 at halftime.
With half a minute to go, Jambo was punished by referee Dino Piqué with a technical foul for acting out. Marica missed the awarded free throw, but was able to make the final basket of the period with 2.4 seconds left.
Second half
Halfway through the third quarter After a 10-3 run, with Chelsea Slagveer accounting for six points, De Arend had its largest lead – 44-20 – after a basket by Esajas with 5:03 left. In the remaining time, BCW seemed to recover somewhat. The team scored ten of the last twelve points, ending the period with a 46-30 score. With 3:58, De Arend’s bench received a technical foul from referee Piqué. Lakenya Bel converted the free throw.
The last ten minutes were characterized by: turnovers and quite a few misses, included airballs by Leter and Marica. However, De Arend’s lead was never in danger, as BCW had difficulty getting the ball through the ring. After a basket by Amelia Jambo with 8:21 and two free throws by Peroti with 7:48 to play (34-49), the team would not score for more than 7.5 minutes.
“You can prepare a lot, but if the players cancel very late, you as a trainer cannot do anything”
BCW coach Rian Jambo
Halfway through quarter Leter went crazy when she saw a… three pointer made: 53-34. At 2:10, teammate Anita Tolud also hit a three-pointer, which was De Arend’s last basket. With six seconds Peroti determined from one three pointer the final score at 37-60.
Marica (one three pointer) led De Arend with fifteen points. Slagveer had eleven and Tolud (one three pointer) ten points. Peroti (four three pointers) ended with a gaming high twenty points at BCW, while Jambo had eleven points.
Restore Yellow Birds
After consecutive big losses – 48-74 against De Arend on April 19 and 40-68 against BCW on April 12 – Yellow Birds recovered by beating the Social Cultural Association Uitvlugt (SCVU) 77-48. Chiniqua Pengel from Yellow Birds looked like a ‘one woman army’. She single-handedly scored as much as SCVU collectively, at 48 points, including four three pointers. She was the only Yellow Birds player in double figures. Jolaine Nijman and Almaira Emanuels (one three pointer) scored fifteen to fourteen points for SCVU.
Yellow Birds – just like De Arend – has twelve points from seven matches, but is in second place due to the mutual result and the goal difference. BCW is third with eleven points, while bottom SCVU has seven points. On May 3, De Arend will play against SCVU (4:00 PM), followed by Yellow Birds against BCW (5:45 PM).
