A balanced effort in the box score with five Team Bahamas players in double figures was overshadowed by a single individual effort by one of the country's top junior backcourt players.

Mikhail Rolle's dynamic triple double helped the Bahamas open the 2011 U-17 Centrobasket Tournament for men with a 98-79 win over Belize.

He finished with 18 points, 12 assists and 12 steals to lead the Bahamas to the win in the opening game of the event in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, yesterday.

Adney Bethel led the Bahamas with a game high 22 points, Lourawls Nairn added 15, Tavario Miller added 14 and eight rebounds, while Dwight Coleby pos ...

By RENALDO DORSETT
Sports Reporter
rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

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