One Guyana Basketball League…Mambas, UG Trojans and Pacesetters latest winners

Mambas, UG Trojans and Pacesetters were the latest winners as the One Guyana Basketball League continued over the weekend.
Mambas got the evening started with a 24-point victory over East Coast All Stars 62-38.

Jonathan Pooran led Mambas offense with 18 points with Shane Joseph chipping in with 11 buckets.
They led 19-7 at the end of the first quarter and the locomotive never stopped as they made it 40-18 at the half, 53-29 by the third quarter before closing it out 62-38 for the win.
University of Guyana Trojans also edged Panthers 55-46.

The UG side had an all-round game with several players getting into doubles figures.
Malachi Grimmond made 11 points with 10 points each from Leandre Abrams, Anton Fileen and Kadeem Peterkin 9 points win.
Ian Klein played well on the losing side for his 13 points as they fought for most of the contest trailing from the opening period 10-8, then 23-17 at the half and 45-34 after the third period before losing the game comfortably 55-46.
The night’s biggest winner was pacesetters who dominated raiders to win 101-53.

Tafawa Daly was superb for his team with a game high 27 points with the next highest Joslyn Crawford with 16 points.
Kareem Roberts dropped 12 points with 10 from Colin Pegillips but they could not mount a serious challenge against pacesetters.
Who led 16-10 after the first quarter, 40-32 at the half, 80-45 after three periods to go down by 48 points.

The league is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport, and National Sports Commission.
The League is set to conclude in May and features 22 teams evenly split in the Jaguars and Harpy Eagles conference drawn from all across the country battling for bragging rights, top dollars and the coveted trophy.

This year sees the top side collecting a million for first place with half a million for the second-place team with third and fourth place also collecting cash prizes along with trophies.

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