By Daniel Haynes

THE stage was set, the lights were bright and the reigning National champions Bounty Colts were expected to make the contest against the visiting DC Jammers an interesting one. However, few could have predicted the final score line, in which the DC Jammers showed their dominance finishing 93-78, pushing their winning streak to 2-0 on their Goodwill tour.
The first quarter was played at a pace that reminded of Usain Bolt on the track, with Colts outscoring the visitors by 2 points with a 23-21 margin in an up-tempo quarter.
Senior National guard Shelroy Thomas led from the back court with eight points while his brother Sheldon Thomas scored four points. Jammers forward Kevan Creppy had a huge dunk that was a foreshadowing of a more spectacular dunk that happened in the third quarter.
On the Jammers side, Stokes shot his way to eight points with two three-point shots that looked Steph Curry-like, while Farley chipped in with four points.
The tide changed, though, in the second quarter when the visitors seized control of the contest, taking the lead, as they outscored the Colts 22-13 to lead 43-36 heading into halftime.
Stokes had two more three-pointers and exposed the Colts’ weakness to defend the three-point line. At the half he had 12 points while forward Winston Robinson had six.
The Colts couldn’t stop the bleeding as the momentum remained with the Jammers as they extended their lead in the third period, at one point taking a 14-point lead with the score 58-44 and 3:47 on the clock.
It was during this stretch the dominance of Robinson showed and he put on highlights that looked like a ‘ballislife’ mixtape.
The first came on the defensive end of the floor with a chasedown block on English as he attempted a layup. The second highlight was the showstopper. Robinson caught a lob from Mickens and in true dunker’s fashion rocked the rim on English with a humongous and-one dunk.
The Sports Hall crowd erupted and some fans even held their heads. In true Tracy McGrady fashion, Robinson “… sucked the gravity right out of the arena!”
This quarter Farley top-scored with seven points and while Robinson and Semaj Inge contributed five points each. English showed his resolve scoring four quick points off two steals to close out the quarter finishing off with five ending the quarter 62-53 heading into the final quarter.
The Colts team however could not pull off the comebacks that they constantly pulled off in the Mecca Championships as the Jammers scored 31 points and restricted the Colts to 25. The game came down to a free throw contest with 2 minutes to go.
Meanwhile, in the exhibition fixture, Plaisance Secondary dismantled Tutorial High by a 88-35 scoreline.
Today, the Jammers face-off with Pacesetters and will hope to move to 3-0. They will end their campaign against Colts on May 27.