West Gunners fire blanks as Bayside Blazers blaze to victory
The first game of the night saw Momentum rout Community One, 101-45, in a one sided miss-match of experience against youth.
Louie A. Poblete finished with 24 points and 10 steals, Shamarr George 15 points with 11 rebounds, Mark Noel 14 points with 9 rebounds, Lyndon Chiverton 13 with 10 rebounds and Juanito Diaz 10 points.
Community One showed plenty of individual skill, but failed to take care of the ball, throwing away several promising offensive moves in each quarter.
Sodiq Bramble notched 16 points, Donald Laefeie 8, Hashan Charles 6 points with 11 rebounds and Timron Nickle 6 points with 7 rebounds.
Blazers take advantage of Victor & Caleb’s absence
The crowd swelled to near capacity in time for the mouth-watering clash between the Gunners and Blazers, but with the defending champs missing both Ray D. Victor and BJ Caleb it was always going to be an uphill battle for the champions.
By the end of the first quarter, courtesy of some sustained pressure at both ends of the court from the Blazers, the Gunners were down 7 at 25-18.
D'Moi M. Hodge put some light on a darkening tunnel late in the 2nd quarter, but Dione M. Blyden and the big man from Trinidad and Tobago, Dextroy D. Manswell made sure the Blazers stayed ahead.
Down 16 at the beginning of the 3rd quarter, the Gunners mounted one last salvo, going on a 7 point run that caused the Blazers coaching staff to call a time out to regroup.
Deon J. Edwin stepped up, stopped the run, and by the end of the quarter the game was all but done at 72-55 to the Blazers.
The final period became a running slug fest as both teams piled on the points with the Blazers running out victors.
Manswell finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds, Deon J. Edwin, in perhaps his last game for a while, scored 11 points with 8 rebounds, Kyle L. Abraham scored 10 points, Blyden 9 with 10 rebounds, 7 steals and Kimani T. Stevens 8 with 7 rebounds.
For the Gunners, Kahain Minott scored 20 points, D'moi M. Hodge 17 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, Nigel Carey 13 with 13 rebounds and Rowan Victor 11 points.
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Please note the weekend schedule below:
Saturday August 27, 2016
5:00 PM Thunders vs High Speed (Junior Division)
6:30 PM Avengers vs Pure Playaz
8:00 PM Red Zone vs Next
9:30 PM Warriors vs Winning Mentality
Sunday August 28, 2016
5:00 PM Momentum vs We Dem Boyz
6:30 PM Splash Brothers vs Bayside Blazers
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