Stabroek Eagles Sweep Bounty Colts; Dyna’s Ravens beat Kwakwani Untouchables

THE Stabroek Eagles showed that they are the club team to beat on Saturday after they axed former club champions Bounty Colts in the Jaguars Conference Finals of the One Guyana Basketball League.
Eagles, who won the first game of the best-of-three series 73-64, claimed a 3-point victory 74-71 to book their place in the overall League final.

They started well, leading after the first quarter 21-14 as Sherland Gillis and skipper Travis Belgrave looked good after tipoff.
However, it was not a one-sided contest as Bounty Colts came back surging in the second period to take the lead 38-32.
Shelroy Thomas with 14 points and Shane Webster with 11 points stepped up their game with Neetzekiel Yisreal contributing 15 points for Colts.

The script would be flipped again in the third quarter, as Eagles stepped on the gas to edge forward 53-52 with the final quarter proving to be a shoot-out contest; Eagles leading with 21 points to 19 down the homestretch to win the game 74-71.
Eagles had Belgrave with some vital minutes and 25 buckets to thank for the win with support from Gillis with 20 points and Denzel Ross with crucial 12 to reach the final.

In the other conference, Dyna’s Ravens won the final contest of their three-match series with Kwakwani Untouchables 74-69 to earn the right to play Eagles for the League Title.

In the deciding match-up, Kwakwani started with the hot hands, outdoing themselves in the first quarter to lead 25-21.
Stanton Rose Jr who was quiet for most of the league found his touch but Ravens veteran Ryan Stephney was equal to the challenge, going shot for shot with the national team captain Rose.

The game was evenly poised at the half with both teams on 42 points.
Kwakwani started to pull away in the third period with Domair Gladstone supporting Rose; Gladstone eventually ending on 14 points.

Rose continued to pile up the buckets as he finished with 27 points for the game; the lead being 57-55 going into the fourth quarter in favour of the Untouchables.

Ravens saved the best for last, tightening their defence in the final period and Stephney put in a vintage shooting performance with 27 points to eclipse Untouchables by 5 points in their 74-69 victory.
Shamar Huntley scored 17 points.

Earlier in the series, Ravens claimed the first game 70-52 with Jude Corlette scoring 20 points.
Untouchables then led by Jamal Gilkes with 18 points rebounded with a 79-57-point victory to level the series in game 2 before Saturday night’s win by the Ravens.

The tournament tipped off in August last year and sees 2 million dollars up for grabs with a million for the winner and half a million for second place in the League finals.
The league is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport, G-boat Guyana and the National Sport Commission.