The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

SHANTELL Rolle came up with a big basket and Suzette McKenzie completed one of two of her free throws as the defending champions Johnson’s Lady Truckers continued to roll in the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association.

Rolle’s basket came with just 22 seconds left on to clock to break a 66-66 tie and after missing the first charity shot, McKenzie canned the other to seal a close 69-66 triumph for the Truckers over the Super Value Cybots Queens at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Saturday night.

The Lady Truckers have not lost since their season opening defeat at the hands of the Bommer G Lady Operators, while the Lady Operators stayed undefeated as they pounded the Career Building Lady Cheetahs 73-45. The win came after their impressive 108-51 rout over the hapless first year Englerston Elite on Thursday night.

• Here’s a summary

of the two games:

Lady Truckers 69,

Cybots Queens 66

Chantell Rolle, playing 35 minutes and 45 seconds, finished with 14 points, 10 rebounds and four steals to help the Lady Truckers as they improved to second place in the standings. Suzette McKenzie, in 33 minutes, had 13 points, nine rebounds and four assists.

Glenda Gilcud, playing 25 minutes and 38 seconds, had a game high 17 points with five rebounds, four assists and one steal and a block, while Latoya Rolle contributed 12 points and a game high 16 rebounds as she played all but six seconds of the game.

The Cybot Queens took an early 19-14 lead at the end of the first quarter that they extended to 34-31 at the half. However, the Lady Truckers turned things around in the third to go up 53-47 at the end of the third. The Cybot Queens responded by out-scoring the Lady Truckers 18-16 in the fourth, but the three-point difference in the win came from Rolle’s basket and McKenzie’s foul shot.

The Cybot Queens out-rebounded the Lady Truckers 65-59, but they committed three more turnovers, 17-14.

Vernisha Moss, in 36 minutes, had 19 points and a game high 19 rebounds to lead Super Value. Taneil Poitier had 11 points, nine rebounds and three assistsm Deandra Cunningham had nine points and 12 rebounds, Latonya Brown had seven points and four assists and Tiffany Wildgoose added six points.

Lady Operators 73,

Lady Cheetahs 45

After playing evened at 10-10 at the end of the first quarter, Career Building didn’t have any answers for Bommer G as they went on a 23-15 tear in the second quarter to post a 33-25 half-time lead. By the end of the third, the Lady Operators extended their margin to 56-35 at the end of third. Both teams scored just 10 in the fourth, but the game was already out of reach.

Bommer G used a 53-36 rebounding advantage, while the Lady Operators had a 23-17 difference in turnovers.

Phylicia Kelly, playing 35 minutes., had 16 points and 12 rebounds with three assists and two steals to lead Bommer G. Chrishandra Rahming had 12 points and eight rebounds, Ruthann Simms had 20 points and nine rebounds, Sherelle Cash had nine points and four rebounds, Antenique Young had eight points and five rebounds and Diasti Delancy chipped in with seven points and three assists.

Shelly Australe had eight points and six rebounds to pace the Lady Cheetahs. Tanae Bowleg also had eight points, while Tiffany McKenzie had seven points and five rebounds, Christine Sinclair six points and 10 rebounds and Anastacia Moultrie six points and six rebounds.

The NPWBA is slated to be back in action on Tuesday when the Super Value Cybots Queens take on the Elgerston Elites at 7:30pm.