University of Guyana Trojans secured a come-from-behind victory on Sunday to take a spirited game against Georgetown Technical Institute (GTI) in the Youth Basketball Guyana, Tertiary Basketball League.
GTI started the game at the National Gymnasium with hot hands as they led at the half way point 35-29 with Martin Edwards 15 points and Peter Langevine 12 points, doing the early damage.
GTI’s Jamal Mauier 11 points and Javier St Claire 11 points came to the fore in the second half but UG Trojans’ Jushawn Bayley played fabulously to record an outstanding and game high 34 points as they took over the clash, clinching the second half 33-26 for the one-point victory.
Bayley had good support from Malachi Grimmond with 10 points.
Meantime, New Amsterdam Technical Institute also narrowly got past Upper Corentyne Combined in their encounter.
New Amsterdam had Aberone Collins to thank for their rousing start as he led their scoring with 23 points with support from Timothy Rampersaud who finished with 14 buckets.
At the half NA lead 27-24.
A strong second half showing from Upper Corentyne who were led by Adrian King 12 points and Fredrick Lansley with 16 points kept them in the contest before critical support from Aaron king and Aldon Angel with 10 points each nearly put them over the line.
Upper Corentyne outscored New Amsterdam in the second half 26-25 but New Amsterdam held on to take the close victory 52-50 after their first half lead.
Guyana School of Agriculture also suffered a tough loss to Linden Technical Institute 73-60.
The unstoppable Linden team continued their dominance in the tournament by sweeping the first half 34-25 and never looked back as Kimol Grimmond with a superb 32 points, 7 rebounds and 4 steals proved instrumental on both ends of the court.
They would extend the lead after the second half to clinch a 13-point win 73-60 with Grimmond getting good support from Lerone Joseph with 13 points.
GSA’s Quintyn Dexter with 14 points, Dennis Prince with 12 and Omarion Sampson with 11 points played well for their team but in a losing cause as their combined efforts could not stop Grimmond and his LTI unit.
The Tertiary League is set to continue next Sunday at the National Gymnasium.
