Brusches Basketball Classic: Georgetown’s Ravens, Eagles to clash in semi-final tomorrow

… following solid wins

On the heels of respective victories, the two remaining Georgetown clubs, Ravens and Eagles, will face each other in semi-final action tomorrow night (Saturday) after their respective wins on Wednesday night in the Brusches Basketball Classic Championship at the Retrieve Hard Court in the mining town of Linden.
Playing in the first game, the Ravens were pitted against Kwakwani and were up by seven points when the halftime break came, 37-30.
A good third-quarter performance, where Ravens opened a 25-14 point gap, allowed the leading City side to be in the driver’s seat at 62-44.
This cushion was enough to see them winning without a fuss at 80-61.
The player who pushed them in the second period no doubt was Emani Charles, who netted all of his 16 points in the second half, while Alroy Nurse contributed 24 points, with Akil Hodges and Nikkolai Smith each registering 11 points for the winners.

Kwakwani’s main scorer was Martin Thomas, who netted 21 points.
In the other match of the evening, Eagles staved off the challenge of Pacesetters with a comfortable 68-49 victory.
Pacesetters had taken the lead when the first quarter came to a close at 21-18, but they were unable to take control as Eagles responded to nudge ahead at half time, 34-32, and were up 42-41 after three quarters had elapsed.
That is when Eagles tightened things to soar past Pacesetters to rush home 68-49 behind Travis Belgrave’s 23 game-high points as Shetan Gillis got 14 and Zian Grey, 12.
The other teams playing in the semifinals are Linden sides Victory Valley Royals and Amelia’s Ward Jets, which will be the second game set for the Retrieve Hard Court tomorrow night (Saturday).