Linden’s Victory Valley Royals produced one of their best displays on Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to register a huge victory in the Guyana Basketball Federation One Guyana Basketball Premier League.
Royals led by Kobe Tappin, Daniel Lee and Harold Adams grabbed a 62 points victory over Kings in a 112-50 points win.
Royals’ Tappin dropped 24 points with 25 points each from Lee and Adams.
The contest proved a blow out from start to finish as they led 22-11 in the first half which they extended to 48-26 at the break.
Kings’ Jemol Semple showed some resolve with his team high 13 points with Owen Hooper also reaching double digits with 10 but collectively Kings could not stop Royals.
Adams a veteran of the national team showed his versatility in the second half as they took an unassailable lead 90-39 as kings seemed unable to respond to the onslaught as they sunk to yet another loss in a tough campaign.
The Royals closed it out in the fourth quarter 112-50. In other clashes Black Caiman eclipsed Panthers 60-58, Quivon Bourne 15 and Zanamous Soloman 13 did the bulk of the work for the winning side.
Shaquan Archer 20 and Jacob Lowe 12 led Panther in a losing cause as Black Caiman combined to pull off the narrow victory.
Mambas also pulled off a 62-56 points win over Block 22 Flames.
Mambas Brandon Bento hit 18 points with 17 for Jonathan Pooran coupled with 15 from Jared Sears in a seesaw battle for the win.
Mambas led 27-23 at the break but Flames pulled to within 2 points at the end of the third 40-38.
Leron Joseph put in some good minutes with 19 points with 16 from Shamar Savory
Mambas would however hit second gear in the final quarter to capture the victory 62-56.