QUEEN’S College and Kwakwani will battle in the Girls’ Developmental final of the ExxonMobil National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF).

In the semi-finals yesterday at Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Queen’s College defeated Marian Academy in a low-scoring bout. In the game, which ended 12-9, Alisande Jaiserisingh scored six points and made five steals and Cianna Barkoye added four points and five rebounds.

Angel Rajaram had four points and five steals for Marian Academy.
In the second semi-final, Kwakwani Secondary, who are favourites for the title, got past GT Academy by a whopping 30-15.

Shania Sears and Natalya Clarke led the winners with solid all-round games.
Sears scored 13 points to go with seven rebounds, while Clarke added 12 points, nine rebounds and five steals.

Shanill James and Kassidy Woolford led GT Academy with six and five points respectively.
The NSBF first commenced in June of 2006 involving 18 schools in a single-elimination tournament. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament had grown to almost 50 schools participating first for ranking in six separate Regional (ZONE) Tournaments, in order to qualify for the National Championship.

This year, some 48 teams represented 30 schools in a battle for the national titles in three divisions; Under-16 (boys), Under-18 (boys), and 13-18 girls developmental.