Domestic Summer League Champions, Legs were crowned Champions of Champions on Saturday September 21, 2013 at the Multi Purpose Sports Complex following a 85-72 defeat of St Thomas. Photo: Paul 'On the Ball' Hewlett

The Inter-Island Championship featured St Croix Kings, St Kitts Falcons, St Thomas and hosts Legs. Photo: Paul 'On the Ball' Hewlett

The first quarter in the final between Legs and St Thomas ended with the Legs up by 2 points and only up by 6 at the half despite vociferous home town support. Photo: Paul 'On the Ball' Hewlett

The Inter-Island Basketball Championship was held at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex. Photo: VINO

Some of the elated Legs players with their championship trophy. Photo: Paul 'On the Ball' Hewlett

The visiting St Kitts Falcons (in orange) also played against a Save The Seed (STS) All Stars but were defeated 64-67 at the Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duffs Bottom on Sunday September 22, 2013. Photo: VINO

The Tournament, a brain child of President of the BVI Basketball Federation Byron Hodge and his Committee, featured teams from St Kitts, St Croix and also St Thomas all going head to head to see who could rightfully be crowned as Inter-Island Champions.

To reach the final, the Legs had seen off a spirited challenge from St Croix Kings before going on to a 100 – 73 rout, thanks largely to Kelvin Samuel with 20 points and Ray Victor with 19. Jasin Edwin added a double of 11 points and 10 rebounds, whilst Khalid Gerrard scored 13 points and Kennedy Bass 11 with 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 5 assists.

The Kings were led by 19 points from C. Williams, 16 from J. Nathaniel and 14 from W. Williams.

St Thomas had earlier seen off the challenge of Fruta Falcons out of St Kitts with a narrow 73-67 win. Julien Baa notched 33 points whilst Malik Hodge hit 19 points with 3 rebounds, 4 blocks and 2 assists. S. Peters scored 13 points and Mike Leonce added 9 rebounds and 3 blocks to the team effort.

For the Falcons, Javal Hodge finished with 22 points, Lyle Brown 20, Taslin Hodge 14 and Karim Burke picked up 11 rebounds.

The final proved a pretty even affair with both team showing strong defense.

The first quarter ended with the Legs up by 2 points and only up by 6 at the half despite vociferous home town support.

The third quarter saw St Thomas pull it back to a 4 point difference at 53-57 to the legs before a late spurt from the 2013 Summer League Champions saw them home in some comfort and a little style.

Gerrard was named Tournament MVP as he contributed 17 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists to his first game performance. Edwin top scored with 18 points, went 5 for 5 from the free throw line and picked up 5 rebounds while Victor added 15 and Bass 10 with 6 rebounds.

For St Thomas, Hodge scored 11 points with 5 rebounds, Ricjards 7 points and 7 assists, Peters 19 points and both Steve Gadnor and Mike Leonce 10. The latter also picked off 10 rebounds to finish with a double.

Before the final, the St Croix Kings met the Falcons and handed out a 100-78 defeat to the Kittians led by C. Williams’ 30 points and 12 rebounds. D.Pryor scored 23 points with 7 rebounds and both K.Castillo and W.Williams scored 16. The ‘Williams’ also both added 5 assists.

For the Falcons, Taslin Hodge top scored with 17 points. Burt finished with a double of 14 points and 10 rebounds, whilst Brown hit 15 points, Javal Hodge 14 and Stephan Piadkins 10.