– As Kings get walkover win over winless Black Caimans
The Retrieve Hard Court was filled with basketball action after a long drought of basketball action as Kings and Victory Valley Royals found themselves in the winner’s circle on Sunday in the Guyana Basketball Federation’s One Guyana League on Saturday at the National Gymnasium.
The first game resulted in a walkover for the Kings against Black Caimans, resulting in a 20–point victory which would now see Black Caimans, after three games, yet to put points on the table and improve their chances of advancing to the next round.
With both teams getting their first taste of gametime in the league, Victory Valley asserted themselves as the number one team in Linden with a 10-point lead from a scoreline of 22-11. They dominated the Jets from the jump.
Yonnick Tappin was one of the top performers for Victory Valley Royals
The Jets managed to put up a fight in the second quarter, as they outscored the Royals in scoring 11 points while the Royals were only able to convert 8 points, but the lead was still in favour of the Royals with the score reading 30-25.
Coming back from the half, the Royals again pounced on the Jets’ defense, as they dominated the third quarter by bucketing 18 points while the Jets were limited to 12 points, with the Royals’ lead extending to 11 points with a score of 48-37.
Victory Valley Royals in the fourth and final quarter of the game handed Black Mambas their first taste of defeat with an eight-point victory, 64-56, as the offensive attack of Yannick Tappin with 16 points and Orlon Glasgow with 18 points led the way.
The “One Guyana” tournament commenced with 27 teams in the Harpy Eagle and Jaguar Conferences, and with a projected 56 to 63 games to be played. The teams are expected to play teams from their conference twice, with the top four teams qualifying for the playoffs. The number one-ranked team plays the fourth-ranked team, and the number two team plays the third-ranked team. Winners of the playoff games would then advance to their Conference finals, where the winners of the best two of three games would advance to the National Finals.
The tournament-winning team would receive $1 million along with trophies, while the runner-up team would receive $500,000 plus trophies.
