The quartet of Akheem and Akheel Boyd, Mikhail Phillips and Jael Lewis, advanced to the quarter finals of the 3×3 basketball tournament at the Pan Am Junior Games, after a win and a loss on Friday.
T&T beat ElSalvador 22-13 in Pool B action, before falling to the Dominican Republic 21-8.
Against El Salvador, the ‘Boyd Twins’ combined for 20 of the 22 points as Akheem or ‘Smally’ scored 12, while Akheem of ‘Fatto’ scored 8.
In the 21-8 loss to the Dominican Republic, Akheem scored 5 points, while Akheel scored 3, as T&T finish second Pool C with 2 wins and a loss, while El Salvador lost out with the 3rd spot.
Team Red White and Black will now face Chile in the quarterfinals.