Cayman basketball has a new dynasty.
The Home Gas Flames recently won their second consecutive national women’s championship. Home Gas completed a two-game sweep of the Dominos Lady Heels in the Cayman Islands Basketball Association 2012 national women’s league finals.
The Flames wrapped it up last Thursday with a 54-53 victory in game two at Camana Bay’s Arts and Recreation Centre. Dominos head coach Collin Anglin states the loss is tough to take.
“It’s a tough pill to swallow,” Anglin said. “The ladies did good at the end of the day. They showed heart, never gave up and they made me proud. The Flames, they earned it. La-Torae Nixon and Sade Wood earned it by putting the team on their backs offensively. Hats off to them, they worked for it.”
Nixon, who turned 15 this month, had another monster game with 27 points, eight rebounds, six steals and six blocks plus the series-clinching free-throw. Wood stepped up with 20 points (including two three-pointers), three assists and two steals.
The Lady Heels had three players in double digits. Dionne Anglin led the way with 20 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks. Hannah Parchment had 12 points, four assists and two steals though she missed the game-winning jumper. Sarah Kidd had 10 points, 10 rebounds and four steals.
Home Gas won game one 66-52 and have claimed both of their titles at Dominos’ expense. Coach Anglin states Nixon’s performance was the difference in the 2012 series.
“La-Torae stepped up big with big baskets in the fourth quarter. She showed a lot of heart in game two when they took the lead in the fourth. The goal was to contain La-Torae and Sade and we did a good job. I’m proud of my ladies because we know what we had to do to win the series.
“Two of our starters weren’t there as Kamilla Nagy was off-island and Joanne Remillard was away for the second year in a row. Dionne was also injured and Courtisha Ebanks broke her ankle. We had to rely on the bench.”
The Home Gas championship is the first for rookie head coach Bruce Reynolds, who spoke about the importance of earning the sweep.
“We didn’t want game three, everyone on the team wanted it now,” Reynolds said. “They didn’t want to practice another Sunday, I wanted to get back to dealing with my kids. Dominos fought us but we wanted to win.”
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