IN the second weekend of the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF), blowouts were the order of the day in the three matches played. The first game featured Marian Academy taking on St Stanislaus College in a U-14 matchup, with Marian being the clear favourites from the outset.
Packed with four national players, Marian Academy stormed their way to a 38-12 win. Jahleel Young and Jether Harris led the way with 9 points apiece and were supported by Joshua Brazao with 6. For St Stanislaus it was Nicholas Nemas with 4 points leading the way in a losing effort.
The second game saw an U-19 matchup between Linden Technical Institute and JC Chandisingh with LTI dominating 51-26.
For the LTI side it was Tahquille Johnson who led the way with 13 points. Akinn Wilson and Daniel Lee offered support with 10 and 9 apiece. For JC it was Osafo Profitt who was the lone fighter with 12 points.
The final game of the day proved to be a good game with Plaisance Secondary not backing down to the oversized Georgetown Technical Institute (GTI), who were the eventual winners 53-41. For the East Coast side, coaching decisions proved to be the ultimate letdown.
For GTI national guard Nathan Saul led the way with 21 points with Malcolm Dondol turning in 9 points for help. On the Plaisance side, Terrence Daniels, despite being injured, hit 3 three-pointers on his way to 15 points.
The grit of Plaisance kept them in the game up to the 4th minute mark in the 4th quarter. However, Saul would not be denied as he led his team home while throwing down two dunks in the process.
The tournament continues today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall from 16:00hrs and is sponsored by Banks DIH, Beharry Group of Companies and Digicel.