Lions roar over Philipinos in latest BVI Basketball Federation action
The first game of the night saw Lions coming up against Philipinos. Lions maintained the lead throughout the four quarters of the game to take the win with a score 81-45. Lions' Laurus Nicholas was the top scorer with 23 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 assists.
Also scoring double points in the game were Tyrone 'Pope' Tyson with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Romano Peters was deemed the best player of the game with 12 points, 17 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 steals and 4 assists.
Of the 45 points scored by the losing team, Philipinos' Louie Poblete scored 15 points, 7 rebounds, 1 block, 2 steals and 3 assists.
Rebels, who received strong support from Hon. Julian Fraser, RA were up against some strong competition from the Skulls in the second game. Despite their valiant efforts, the team out of the Third District struggled and continued to be the chasers from behind as Skulls held firm to the lead.
Under 3 minutes in the 3rd quarter, Rebels made a fighting come back and narrowed the margin to trail by 1 point at which stage the game was 53-52 but pulling a free throw seconds after brought them the equaliser with 53-53. They were locked again with 55-55 in the early minutes of the 4th quarter and failed to take advantage of the opportunity at a lead having missed on a free throw with less than 8 minutes left in the game. The game was locked again 57-57 with 6:30 mins. remaining.
Skulls demanded the full respect from Rebels as they refused to step back. They pulled forward to take control of the remaining of the 3rd quarter, which ended at 55-53 then straight on the ending of the 4th quarter to win with a score of 76-68.
Rebel's Sandy Nadal was the lead scorer for the game with 29 points, however, the most valuable player turned out to be Skull's Shamar George who got 11 points, 6 rebounds, 4 blocks, 1 steal and 2 assists.
Rebel's coach, Mr Rajah Smith, launched a protest at the end of the game, alleging that the referees were not neutral and were guilty of dictating the game. "There is much to say about the unjust behaviour of certain members of the federation but I will hold on that for now," coach Smith said. He, nonetheless, did the mature thing of extending congratulations to the winning team, Skulls.
The final game for the night saw Hawks, with 57 points, falling to Heats who whooped them with a solid 82 points. Tyler Cameron was the MVP for that game with 16 points, 15 rebounds, 3 blocks, 1 steal and 3 assists. Hawk's Kadeen was a keen contender who got 17 points, 6 rebounds, 1 block, 4 steals and 4 assists.


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