Romain D. Minnot, who played for champions Pure Playaz in the 2019 Hon Julian Fraser Save the Seed League, was the highlight player for Ice Connection against LDB Explorers, throwing down a series of dunks and three pointers to end with 25 points and 10 rebounds. Photo: VINO/File

Ice Connection (yellow tops) against LDB explorers at the North Sound Basketball Court on Friday, February 14, 2020. Photo: Team of Reporters

Ice Connection (in yellow) are now the team to beat in the Winston Jagpat Memorial Basketball League on Virgin Gorda. Photo: Team of Reporters

LDB Explorers (green tops) put up a strong challenge against GameTime and nearly pulled off a win but failed to sink a crucial bucket at the death. Photo: Team of Reporters

LDB Explorers (green tops) and GameTime battle in the Winston Jagpat Memorial Basketball League at the North Sound Basketball Court on Friday, February 14, 2020. Photo: Team of Reporters

Their latest win was against LDB explorers, 90-64, at the North Sound Basketball Court on Friday,  February 14, 2020.

Romain D. Minnot was the highlight player of the night, throwing down a series of dunks and three pointers to end with 25 points and 10 rebounds.

Dwayne Stoutt also go into the scoring fest, dropping in 24 points and grabbing 7 rebounds.

The hapless LDB Explorers were no match for their Tortola counterparts, with Avery Felician (16 points and 10 rebounds) and Kasean Wylie (15 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals, putting up some resistance.

Young Ballers record 2^nd win against VG Crusaders

The opening game on Friday was a rematch between Young ballers and VG Crusaders.

The two teams last met on February 8, 2020 when Young Ballers won 72-69.

Young Ballers controlled the tempo in the rematch game until the fourth quarter when VG Crusaders attempted a comeback but fell short once again.

The final score was 58-52.

Dimari Parillon top scored for Young Ballers with 17 points and 6 rebounds while Jadique Winchester assisted with 11 points, 9 rebounds and 3 steals.

The game high score; however, was held by T’Khoy Richardson, who netted 19 points for VG Crusaders.

Back to back defeat for LDB Explorers

Play continued on Saturday, February 15, 2020 with LDB explorers looking to rebound from their defeat the night before.

They put up a challenge for GameTime and nearly pulled off a win; however, Jaylon Levons failed to execute the final shot with 6.6 seconds left in the game.

The final score was GameTime-71, LDB Explorers- 69.

Daryl George top scored wiith 21 points and 12 rebounds for GameTime. His teammate,

Deondre Rymer, netted 17 points and grabbed 15 rebounds.

The main scorers for LDB Explorers were Shakeem Smith (17 points, 8 rebounds) and Avery Felician (14 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists 2 steals and 2 blocks).

A game involving the 40 plus teams from VG and Tortola had to be rescheduled to this Saturday, February 22, 2020, due to bad weather preventing the team travelling from Tortola.