ROSE Hall Town Jammers dominated New Amsterdam Warriors in a Group B fixture, to book a place in the semi-finals of the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association (BABA) 2017 tournament for teams in Berbice and sponsored by Nigel Hinds Financial Net.
The game was contested last Sunday at the Area ‘H’ Basketball Court in Rose Hall Town.
Jammers enjoyed the best of the game, outplaying the Warriors from jump ball, and played at a frenetic pace early on. By the first quarter they led 19-11.

When the half-time whistle blew the score was 29-21 in favour of the Jammers.
The team from New Amsterdam, after realising that they were being outplayed, went back to the drawing board and planned their strategy to out-manoeuvre the Jammers who were attacking relentlessly and looking ominous up to that point.
The visiting NA Warriors tried their best in the third quarter to make a comeback, reducing the lead to 6. But by the end of the third quarter the score read 36-30.
The Jammers stepped up the energy level of the game in the fourth quarter and poured in 26 points to extend their dominance in the game, which ended 52-45.

For the Jammers, Mickle Lewis had a game-high 22 points and 7 rebounds, while Perry Cort, who had an outstanding all-round game sank 18 points, collected 4 rebounds and 6 steals. David Hope had 11 points 2 steals.
For the losing NA Warriors, Malcolm Mickle nailed 13 points 4 rebounds 4 steals, Kwesi Mickle 10 points 6 rebounds and Romone Rogenay 9 points 5 rebounds.
The next game will move to the West Coast of Berbice. Ithaca Hardliners will take on Fyrish Black Shark at Ithaca Basketball Court at 16:00hrs.

Six teams are involved in the competition which is being played on a round-robin basis in two zones.
Zone A includes Canje Knight, Fyrish Black Shark and Ithaca Hardliners and Zone B – Rose Hall Town Jammers, Hopetown Stealers and New Amsterdam Warriors.
Trophies, cash and other incentive are up for grabs. The tournament is being organised by Vibert Garrett, president of the BABA.

(Colin Bynoe)