Trojans looking to extend winning Streak against Guardians

…Kobras looking to maintain form over Pacesetters

With the action continuing in the 2018 Rainforest Water/Malta Supreme/Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Under-23, First and Second Division League at the Burnham Hard Court the Ug Trojans will have to face the unstoppable Plaisance Guardians, while the Kobras will look to upset the Pacesetters in the Under 23 division.
In the last match up for the Plaisance Guardians they were set to face the Kobras. With the Guardians riding a wave of terrific form, it was a foregone conclusion that they would easily emerge winners. However, the script was written otherwise, and the Kobras prevailed to leave the shell-shocked Guardians staring incredulously at a score of 63-60 in favour of the Kobras. For the Trojans they pummeled the out-of-form Pepsi Sonics as they became the first team in the tournament to pass 100 points. As per norm, the Sonics played in a lackluster manner, failing to convert opportunities into baskets and having one too many passes stolen from them. The Sonics were not able to take the lead in any of the quarters as all thanks to the efforts of Jabari Joseph, who had 24 points while Kadeem Peterkin and Damani Thomas had 19 points each, defeating them 111-30. The Trojans are expected to win this matchup as they have been in impeccable form and will look to feed off of the defeat of the Guardians.
For the Kobras defeating the Guardians was a huge boost of confidence even if it was by three points as the game ended 63-60. Scoring for the Kobras, Akeem Morrison led with an impressive 20 points, supported by Akil Hughes and Justin Algu with 14 and 11 points respectively. For the Pacesetters who were looking to get revenge against the Eagles in their last game failed miserably as they were defeated by a mere point – 96-95 thanks to Captain Shamar Huntley who led his side with 30 points, the ever-consistent Sherland Gillis and Nickcocie Allicock both contributed 21 points. But, the Kobras should still have a watchful eye as when the Pacesetters had lost to the Eagles George Yearwood top scored with a massive 34 points which was the highest for the night. The match can go 50-50 as both teams have exemplary players but the Kobras are expected to win as the Pacesetters at times tend to depend on one player majority of the times and somehow manage to fall away from playing as a team.
If the Trojans and Kobras are to win they must play as a unit and make conversions of every opportunity given to them and be tactical in their offense and defense, but it will require intense training that will push them to their limits. (Timothy Jaikarran)