Guardians too strong for Pacesetters & Eagles

GABF League Championships 2017…

The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association continued the hype of the League Championships 2017 on Thursday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH), Homestretch Avenue with both Guardians team demolishing their opponents as three more exciting matches concluded.

In the first match of the night, Plaisance Guardians U-23 made light work of Pacesetters U-23 thanks to Anton Fileen (12 points), Terrence Daniels (16 points) and Jared Sears (13 points) who steered their team with an 80-53 victory.

In the first period, Guardians were on another level as they amassed 22 points, 15 points more than their opponents. The second half was no different as the score line read 42-16 at half time.

The interval worked for the Pacesetters who scored 13 points in the third period but the Guardians maintained a sizeable lead after the third quarter which ended 48-29. Pacesetters needed a big final period to secure a victory that seemed unlikely, but having registered their best quarter with 24 points, they succumbed to the pressure put on by Guardians as they again scored 19 points to comfortably win the match.

In the second match, the growing crowd at CASH saw the University of Guyana Trojans suffering defeat at the hands of Bounty Colts in the senior match of the night. Shelroy Thomas led the troops with a match high 29 points as his team raced away to a 69-55 win. Akeem Kanhai tried to save his team with a 17point game.

Colts took the first period comfortably 11-5 and extended that lead by two more points in a high scoring second period. The third period saw both teams evenly matched with 16 points in that quarter but Colts were still eight points ahead. UG rolled over in the final quarter to surrender the game, going down 21-15 to lose by 14 points.

Nikkoli Smith, 27 points and three assists and Kwame Fox, 20 points stunned a depleted Eagles senior team as Plaisance Guardians trashed them 108-67.

The contest got off to a flying start with both teams scoring double figures but still the Guardians were leading by 13 points and continued that momentum throughout the match. The second half saw Eagles slip further behind with an 18-23 second quarter but the Eagles were completely shot out of the match as Guardians registered a massive 33-point period, extending the lead further to 32 points, a gap far out of redemption for Eagles.

Eagles were unable to reduce the deficit by scoring just 16 points, but Guardians sunk 25 points to sail home and cap off a good night for the club.

Three more games are expected to be played at the same venue on Sunday as Colts clash with Pacesetters and Eagles play Guardians in the Under-23 contests and Ravens taking on Nets in the open category.