THE Linden Technical Institute (LTI) and the University of Guyana were the winners on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall when Youth Basketball Guyana staged the semifinals of their ongoing Tertiary Basketball League.

The opening semifinals saw the LTI edging New Amsterdam Technical Institute by two points, 54-52.

Leron Joseph led Linden in the scoring column with 21 points and eight rebounds, while Stefan George was equally as good for his 20 points.

The Berbice outfit of New Amsterdam Technical Institute had good minutes from Jerome Trim with 20 points and 10 rebounds, with Nohoj Baird chipping in with 12 points.

They were however unable to close out the contest despite pushing Linden to the limit.

The other semifinals were a blow-out with the University of Guyana Trojans taking a lopsided victory over the Government Technical Institute, 63-33.

UG Trojans’ points came primarily from Chris Perez, Alafin Joseph and Peter Langevine.

Perez had a good all-round game registering 63 points and five steals.

He got strong support from Joseph who was amazing on both ends of the court with 17 points, 10 assists, seven rebounds and six steals.

Langevine also came to the party with 14 points and seven rebounds.

GTI’s best shooter on the day was Akira Moore with eight points.

The tournament is sponsored by G-Boats Inc, ENET, Halliburton, and Fireside Grill n Chill.