Ravens oust Colts 61-58 en-route to final

Ravens sored a 61-58 victory over the Georgetown top ranked club Bounty Colts while Amelia’s Ward Jets upended the current number one ranked club in Linden Victory valley Royals on a night of shock wins to decide the finalists for this year’s Brusches Classic invitational basketball championship Friday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club hard court.
The first semi-final game between Colts and Ravens was expected to be a thriller and the ravens topped them after trailing 12-15 before moving into a 33-30 lemon time advantage. Colts however were able to wrest the initiative going into the fourth and final period when they were ahead 49-46 but a late surge by the Ravens was enough to knock the sails out of the Cots as the Ravens prevailed by a 61-58 victory.
Travis Burnett had 15 points with Jermaine Slater 14 and Ryan Stephney 13 for the ravens while Dave causeway and Shane Webster each netted 13 points and Dellon Larioe got 12 for the Colts.
In the other semi-final Jets were able to outpace the Royals to claim a 72-60 win as the first quarter saw leading 32-30 and by the end of the pivotal third quarter period it was the Jets who were in control 51-45.
However, despite their best efforts , with Stanton Rose and Shelroy Thomas missing, it was tough going.
Guest player for the jets Nathan Saul had a good showing for the Jets with 17 points while Donnel Benjamin got 14 and Akeem Kanhai and Adrian Webster both got 10 points.
The Royals best players were Chris Williams and Trevor Profitt with 13 points each while Harold Adams hit in 12 and Yannick Tappin seven points.