FOLLOWING their eight-point (58-50) loss to Linden on opening night, Georgetown bounced back to macerate Berbice 116-42 on Sunday evening, when action in the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Inter-Association Championship continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. 

Laced with some of the best players Guyana has to offer, Georgetown were certainly too strong on both ends of the floor for their Berbice counterparts.
Showing some signs of fatigue from their duel with Linden the previous night, Georgetown seemed average on the floor against the men from the Ancient County.
Playing without Akeem ‘The Dream Kanhai, the city men were held to a 20-14 points lead at the end of the first quarter.
As the game progressed, Georgetown, led by their point guard Dominic Vincente, Travis Burnett and Shelroy Thomas began not only an offensive onslaught, but also restriction of the Berbice side to a subpar score to close out the first half.
The scoreboard at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall showed 49-27 in favour of the home side but things didn’t really get better for Berbice in the third stanza of the game, as Georgetown had only just begun to shake off the bauxite dust from the previous night.
Burnett, who finished with a game-high 29 points, scored most of his points in the third period to lead a 14-0 run by Georgetown but Randy Richardson tried to keep the Berbicians relevant in the game that was watched by a fair-size crowd at the premier indoor venue.
Thomas (17) was a thorn in the flesh of the Berbicians, as the former U-19 standout was aggressive in the backcourt on defence, along with his teammate Dave Causeway (14) to restrict their competitors to only six points in the period while they in turn piled on 26 points (75 – 33).
Once again, the Berbicians were allowed very little or no chance at scoring and only managed nine points. Georgetown, on the other hand, probably wanted to make a statement, scoring 41 points to close their game out.
Richards was the only Berbician to score double figures with 16 points while Keron Emanuel had six points.
The win for Georgetown now sets up a potential championship decider with arch rivals Linden on Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Meanwhile, in the supporting games, Third Division Ravens got the better of Pacesetters 69-57 and Nets got the better of the GABF U-19 team 61-59.