One Guyana Basketball League: Renegades, Pacesetters bag 20+-point victories
…as Colts upset Jets by 15 points
The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) on Sunday was filled with exhilarating and nail-biting wins for the Bounty Colts, Berbice Renegades, and Pacesetters in the Guyana Basketball Federation’s One Guyana Basketball Premier League.
The Berbice Renegades were eager for their first points after their previous loss, with the first game of the night seeing the Renegades battling the East Coast All-Stars. The Renegades established an early two-point lead as they scored 13 points against the All-Stars’ 11.
The Renegades maintained their lead in the second quarter as they managed to put up 18 points while the All-Stars were limited to 10 points, for 31-21 scoreline.
Scoring 19 points were the Renegades as they continued to separate themselves from their opposition, who were limited to 12 points. The Renegades went into the last quarter with a 17-point lead and the All-Stars needed a miracle to come out victorious, as they trailed 55-37.
A glimpse of basketball play between Pacesetters (green) and the Flames
The Berbice Renegades went away from the court with smiling faces as they secured their first points with a 25-point victory over the All-Stars 64-50.
The second game of the night was filled with experience and youthful basketball action as the Linden side Jets came up against Bounty Colts. The Colts dominated from the jump, accumulating an early five-point lead, with the score 23-18 at the end of the first quarter.
The Jets recovered in the second half and managed to give Bounty Colts a fight, outscoring them 18 points to 15 points, but the lead was still in favour of the Colts 38-36.
With a very powerful attack, the Bounty Colts maintained their lead in the third quarter, scoring 19 points while the Jets only scored 17 points for a 57-53 scoreline.
Going home on the winning side of the stick were the Bounty Colts as they seal a 15-point victory, 84-69, and they minimised the qualification status of the Jets into the playoff stage.
Then the Pacesetters sent the Linden side Flames back to their hometown after a 23-point defeat with the score 76-53, as the Pacesetters cemented their position as one of the teams gunning for the title. The Flames are yet to record their first point.
