Victory Valley Royals put on a show to defend home turf when the One Guyana Basketball Premier League made an unexpected move to the mining town on Sunday with games being played at the Retrieve Hard Court.
Royals clinched victory 64-56 after a dog-fight with Jets.

Royals, buoyed by their Linden crowd ran out the block after tip off to lead 22-11 but were restricted in the second quarter to go into the half up 30-26.
Royal’s Orland Glasgow with 18 points and Yannick Tappin with 16 put in a fine shooting display in the third to outscore their opponents 18-12 which gave them a lead of 48-37 going into the final quarter.
They clinched the fourth 16-11 to finish with the 12-point win.

Akinni Wilson 10 and Quincy Easton 17 were the top scorers for Jets in the losing bid.
The other clash saw Kings taking a walkover victory over Black Caimans.

Meanwhile on Saturday at the national gymnasium Kobras defeated Mambas 56-48.
It was Mambas that started with the early lead 14-09 which they built on to have the three-point advantage at the half 26-23.
However, after the break, Kobras would put in a fine all-round display to outscore Mambas and overtake the lead going into the fourth quarter 36-34.

After that lead change, Kobras never relented to close out the win by 8 points.
Trevon Smith and Elijah David got into double digits with 10 points each for Kobras.

Cosmo Evans was Mambas top scorer with 10 points.
The tournament is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport, and National Sports Commission.

The League is set to conclude in April and features 24 teams drawn from all across the country battling for bragging rights, top dollars and the coveted trophy.
This year will see the top side collecting a million for first place with half a million for the second placed team with third and fourth place also collecting cash prizes along with trophies.