GABA Rainforest/Malta Supreme League…
Basketball action continued over the past weekend at the Burnham Hard Court in Georgetown, where the Rainforest Water/Malta Supreme/Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s (GABA’s) First, Second and Under-23 division leagues were staged.
The Pepsi Sonics bowed out the Eagles in the U-23 Division, then the Colts defeated Sonics’ 1st Division team on Saturday. Sunday saw the Pacesetters lose to Plaisance Guardians in the 2nd Division match, while the Division 1 Pacesetters squad scored a win over the Nets. Pacesetters managed to win one of their two games to end their night on a high.
In the first match of the night, Pacesetters succumbed to Plaisance Guardians 60-72 in a high-intensity show. At the half, the Guardians led 32-17, after which the game looked like it could be anyone’s game. In the third, it was more of the same. Even though Pacesetters were a bit more accurate, they were still outscored 15-21.
In the fourth, Pacesetters tried hard to fight their way back from the 21-point lead, but it was a little too late for them, and they lost by 12 points.
Pacesetters’ Troy Davids put up 23, while Mark Rose supported with 13 points and George Yearwood, 10.
Guardians’ win was attributed to team effort, with Torrence Daniels top-scoring for his side with 18.
The final match of the night saw the Pacesetters off to a shaky start, the Nets being neck and neck with them, but the former prevailed 89-84. Scoring for the Nets, A Austin was excellent with 31 points, and he received support from Pelham Doris (17) and Hoydhayl Stewart (16). However, their efforts were not enough, as the Pacesetters, showing unity, were able to convert more opportunities given to edge them out.
Pacesetters’ Michael Turner had 18, while Dave Causway put up 15 and Nathan Saul had 14.
On Saturday, the Eagles flew away with the match against the Sonics, winning 83-54. Captain Lemuel Grant was the only one who put up some fight with 12 points; the Sonics were outplayed in every department. Eagles showed their superiority as they flexed their muscles on the opposition. Sherland Gillis top scored with 18, while his captain Shamaar Huntley assisted with 14.
In the other match, the 1st Division Sonics side were searching for a highly unlikely win, but they followed in the tracks of their U23 counterparts and lost to the Colts 62-51.
Sonics led 20-14 after the first quarter, but the opposition’s defence got better as the game progressed. Sonics were then outscored in the next three periods 10-15, 10-17, 11-16 respectively, to proverbially snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Colts’ Sheldon Thomas and Shane Webster had 12 and 13, while Sonics’ Jason Samires top scored with 19.
