Bishops’ High edge Bartica Secondary in 14th National School Basketball Festival opener
Shemar Greaves and Lamon Friday were instrumental in the victory.
Shemar Greaves and Lamon Friday were instrumental in the victory.

THE 14th edition of the National School Basketball Festival got off to a cracker at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday as the Bishops’ High School edged Bartica Secondary in overtime to tip off the U-18 tournament.

Newcomers to the Festival, Bartica had several opportunities to upset the more established Georgetown School, including leads within the last minute of regulation time and the last two minutes of extra time, but experience prevailed as the game ended 55-53, much to the delight of the Bishops’ supporters.

Bartica, who hosted the Eagles at home the night prior, opened the game in control, but their height in the middle was undone by the speed of the Georgetown players as they fell behind 23-16 by the half.

Bishops’ High increased their lead early in the second half before Bartica caught a second wind and their lights out shooter Emanuel Atherley took over. The shooting guard scored 14 of his 15 points during this period, including two draggers from beyond the arc, which carried his team back into the lead. Also finding their range from downtown were Linden Adams (12 points and nine rebounds) and McQuain Smith (six points), who both finished with two three-pointers.

At the other end of the court, Shemar Greaves exploded with four three-pointers, which were scored in clutch moments for Bishops’. The shooting guard finished with a game-high 18 points.

Greaves was the driving force behind the comeback, the whole-court running coupled with foul trouble by the visiting players in the second period, which rolled over to extra time, proved the catalyst for defeat.

Supporting Greaves were Lamon Friday, who scored 12 points to go with seven rebounds and Roydon Glasgow, who scored 11 points and pulled down six rebounds.
With the win, Bishops’ High are into today’s quarterfinals.

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