THE Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) National Schools basketball festival, Georgetown & East Coast Regionals continued last weekend with five matches played in the U-14, U-16 and U-19 categories collectively. In the first match of the day, Tutorial High fell to St Stanislaus 16-2 in the U-14 matchup. Thalenn Moore had 6 points and 3 rebounds and was supported by Nathan Hackett who added 4 points, 11 rebounds and 4 steals for the Saints side.
In the U-16, St Joseph High pulled off a close win over Bladen Hall Multilateral in a game which finished 27-23. Denzil Ross had 9 points, and 4 steals Shaquawn Gill had 9 points and 4 rebounds for St Joseph. Darrell Hamer had 14 points and 10 rebounds for Bladen Hall.
Marian Academy had a blowout against Tutorial High winning 34-10. Jordan Alphonso had 11 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals in an all-around performance, with Joshua Brazao adding 6 points, 4 rebounds for Marian Academy.
In the Under-19s, Plaisance Secondary trounced Queen’s College 44-27. Nigel Bowen scored 11 points and 5 rebounds, Terrence Daniels collected 9 points and 5 rebounds for Plaisance. Damani Thomas accumulated 14 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals for Queen’s.
Plaisance Academy also walloped St Stanislaus 60-27. Nigel Bowen had 14 points, 12 rebounds while running mate Terrence Daniels put together 14 points and 11 rebounds with Jared Sears adding 10 points for Plaisance. Travis Belgrave had a lone performance of 17 points and 5 rebounds for Saints.
Another round of matches will be played today.
The tournament is sponsored by Digicel Guyana (Bigger Better Network), Edward B. Beharry (Champion) and Company Ltd and Banks DIH Ltd (Powerade).