THE Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA), Linden Technical Institute (LTI) and University of Guyana (UG) Trojans edged their opponents on Sunday when action continued in the Youth Basketball Guyana Tertiary League.
The opening contest saw GSA taking a morale-boosting win over Upper Corentyne Combined, 41-33.

GSA’s Avery White, Dennis Prince and Dexter Quintyn were in good form.
White dropped 19 buckets with 4 rebounds to lead the team’s scoring, with 11 points and 9 rebounds from Prince, and 11 points and 7 rebounds for Quintyn.

Fredrick Lashley played well for Corentyne in a lost cause with 16 points, with support from his teammate Aldon Angel, who scored 9 points and 11 rebounds.
Meanwhile, LTI pipped Government Technical Institute (GTI) by six points in a 66-60 contest.

Kimol Grimmond, who was the team’s leader in point’s column in the last encounter, again led the way with 16 points, 10 rebounds and 4 steals in an all-round display.
Grimmond was not a one-man show, however, with Neil Marks and Colin Philips playing fabulously for the Linden team.

Marks came good with 14 points and 8 rebounds, while Phillips scored 11.
GTI, despite the defeat, had an awesome showing from Peter Langevine with 17 points and a game-high 29 rebounds.
Martin Edwards’ 18 points, and Delmar Grant’s 12 points and 18 rebound also did well, but not good enough to stave off defeat at the hands of LTI.

Next, the University of Guyana Trojans whipped New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI), 45-39.
UG saw a prolific performance from Jushawn Bailey, with an incredible 25 points to go along with his 9 rebounds and 4 steals.
Malachi Grimmond played the supporting role with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

New Amsterdam challenged in the encounter with Jerome Trim’s 13 points and Jared Dainty’s 11 points but they could not overcome the UG side.
The tournament’s next playing day is Sunday June 2nd at the National Gymnasium.