By Calvin Chapman

THE One-Guyana Basketball Premier League returned last Saturday at the National Gymnasaium on Mandela Avenue & Princes Street, following a one-month break during the Caribbean Premier League.

Kwakwani Untouchable picked up where they left off with a 68-59 win against Plaisance Guardians to maintain their unbeaten run in the Harpy Eagle Conference while Kobras also went three wins from three games played after beatind D-Up 55-41, topping the Jaguar Conference in the process.

Jamal Gilkes led the scoring for Kwakwani with 21 points in their win. He netted 10 of his 13 FG attempts, grabbed eight rebounds and two steals in his game winning performance. Meanwhile, Stanton Rose had 14 points with five successful FG from his 13 attempts. Skipper Domair Gladstone supported with 10 points as well.
Carlos Edwards was the star for Kobras in their win against D-Up. He scored 16 points inclusive for one three-pointer and seven from 10 on the free-throw line.
Pepsi Sonics suffered an embarrassing 95-19 defeat at the hands of Bounty Colts. Romeo Vaughn led the scoring with 17 points, scoring eight from 10 attempted FG and one from six from the free throw line. Carmelo Man Son-Hing and Shaine Webster both netted 15 points in the win.

The official sponsors of the One-Guyana Premier League include the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport; G-Boats Guyana; National Sports Commission; and Guyana Basketball Federation.

There are 14 teams in the One-Guyana league, and they are grouped into the Harpy Eagle Conference and the Jaguar Conference.
During the league, teams from the Jaguar and Harpy Eagle Conferences will face each other, twice, within their respective groups. The top four teams will progress to the playoffs, where the first-ranked team will compete against the fourth-ranked team, and the second-ranked team will take on the third-ranked team. The victors of these playoff matches will move on to the Conference Finals, where they will engage in a best-of-three series to determine the finalists for the National Championship.