THE Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) National Schools Basketball Festival, Georgetown & East Coast Regionals continued on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with some seven matches.In the first match of the day, Marian Academy girls defeated St. Stanislaus College 16-2. Jada Mohan topscored with 8 points while adding 2 steals. Teammate Georginna Vyphuis added 4 points and 5 rebounds for the Marian side, while Natesha Seymour scored a lone two points for Saints.
St. Rose’s High School took on President’s College in the second female match and defeated them handily, 16-4. Jada Amerally and Jamaica Blair had 6 points between them. Destinie Mc Donald and Annalisa Barclay combined for the PC girls’ 4 points.
In the Under-16 contest, Plaisance Secondary edged President’s College by three points in what was a tightly contested game, 33-30.
In a show of class, the Plaisance side forced the match into overtime and then took the bacon home. Andrew Johnson had a spectacular match in which he poured in 29 points and 3 steals for the winners. Nigel Bowen added 4 points. Akeem Crandon had 13 points and 13 rebounds, while Kareem Boyle backed him up with 11 points for the East Coast side.
Bishops’ High School knocked off St. Stanislaus College in another blowout game. The game ended 36-11with the Bishops’ High bench playing most of the second half. Webster Mcrae and Stefan Hamilton scored 9, and 6 points respectively. Brandon Friday poured in 6 of Saints’ 11 points.
In the Under19s, Marian Academy triumphed over Bishops’ High in a game Bishops’ should have won. Jonathan Mangra had 11 points and Judah Stephney had 8 for Marian. Timothy Thompson had an off- night scoring 7 points and picking up 8 rebounds. Mikhail Broomes turned in 7 points for Bishops.’
St. Stanislaus defeated Queen’s College 39-22. Travis Belgrave, Kadeem Bowen and Anfernee Headecker had 15 points, 9 rebounds, 11 points and 10 points respectively.
Omari Joseph had 11 points and Damani Thomas had 7 points and 6 rebounds for Queen’s.
In the final game of the night, GTI won by a blowout beating President’s College 49-33. Nathan Saul poured in 17 points, while Kerwin Griffith and Keon Marks added 10 points between them. Kadeem Peterkin scored 8 points and Anton Fileen added 6 points and 4 steals for PC. Another round of matches will be played on Friday.
The tournament is sponsored by Digicel Guyana (Bigger Better Network), Edward B. Beharry (Champion) and Company Ltd and Banks DIH LTD (Powerade).