THE Guyana School of Agriculture, Linden Technical Institute and University of Guyana Trojans edged their opponents on Sunday when action continued in the Youth Basketball Guyana Tertiary Basketball 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 was in good touch for the agriculture school.

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 losing cause with 16 points with support from his teammate Aldon Angel with 9 points and 11 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Linden Technical Institute pipped Government Technical Institute by six points 66-60.

Kimol Grimmond who has been the team’s leader in point’s column, again led the way with 16 points coupled with 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 fabulous minutes for the linden team.
Marks came good with 14 points and 8 rebounds with 11 for Phillip.

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 12 points 18 rebounds also did well but not good enough to stave off defeat at the hands of LTI.
Next University of Guyana Trojans whipped New Amsterdam Technical Institute 45-39.

UG saw a prolific performance from Jushawn Bailey with an incredible 25 points to go with his 9 rebounds and 4 steals.
Malachi Grimmond played the supporting role with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
New Amsterdam challenged in their encounter with Jerome Trim 13 points and Jared Dainty 11 points but to no avail as they could not overcome the UG side.
The tournament’s next playing day is Sunday June 2nd at the National Gymnasium.