Following a 58 – 50 point lost to Linden in their first game, Georgetown rebounded to hammer Berbice 116 – 42 in their second of the GABF Inter-Association Championship to set up what some are already calling a “classic in the making” tonight at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The Linden and Georgetown rivalry often brings out fans who share animosity which sometimes goes way beyond the game and tonight, with the city side already being down a game, basketball hungry fans are expected to flock the indoor venue in their numbers.

In Game one, Linden depended heavily on their stifling defence and showed that they can also score – playing at both ends of the floor with their shooting guard Chris Williams and power forward Dwayne ‘Brown Sugar’ Roberts leading the charge.

Georgetown was simply outplayed in every department and were certainly overwhelmed by their Linden counterparts.

However, a rejuvenated Darcel Harris and Junior Hercules coached Georgetown side took the court against Berbice and reminded others that they had on their team, some of the country’s best players, even doing so without Akeem ‘The Dream’ Kanhai who was rested after suffering a minor injury to his forearm in Linden.

Linden isn’t known for being a team that can score in bunches. In fact, their scoring are often scattered between a few players while the others concentrate on stifling their opponents defensively.

Williams can score in bunches, a shooter with sniper like aim who can also create his own shots and is also known to play physical in getting open.

For Roberts, his game is getting to the basket by any means but in their first game, his mid-range jumpers showed that the National forward has been working on his game and if he gets going, providing that Georgetown tries to keep him out the paint, the city team would be in for a long night.

Alwin “Shaq” Wilson is not a scorer as well, but the bulky power forward who represented Guyana under the late Phillip ‘One-Foot’ George as head coach, is a very intimidating figure for Linden in the paint.

But if Georgetown can replicate the performance they displayed against Berbice, then Linden and its supporters who are expected to invade the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, can wave the white flag and surrender any hopes of them winning.

Behind point guard Travis Burnett game high 29 points, Georgetown seemed a threat scoring the way they are capable of, but if anyone was to really break down their game against Berbice, it would show that the team from the ancient county actually outrebounded the city men.

Rudy James and Royston Siland who were selected for Georgetown were absent due to work and injury respectively and at the time of this report, Chronicle Sport could not have gotten any confirmation about their availability for tonight’s game.

Georgetown would want to ask shooter Stephan Gillis to wake up from his slumber and play the way he is known for. Gillis, a sharp shooter, probably one of the best the country has to offer didn’t surface in the first game, and showed very little sign of actually doing so when they blew Berbice away.

Georgetown’s superior backcourt of Kanhai, Ryan Stephaney, Dominic Vincente, Dave Causeway and Shelroy Thomas would need to do better than they did in Game One to keep off Linden’s Keon Cameron and Williams at bay.