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Jan 22, 2013 Sports
Touted as the two better teams in the competition, there had to be one winner when Central New Amsterdam faced Smythfield, as the semifinal clash lived up to its pre-match hype with Central Boys holding their nerve to eke out a nerve-racking, hard fought one point win to book their place into the final of the inaugural Banks DIH Classic Inter Club Basketball competition. Central squandered a 12-point advantage to eventually squeeze through to a 50-49 win over Smythfield Rockefeller in their semifinal game played on Sunday at the Smythfield Basketball court.
The Central players were out fast and dominated the first half with some excellent rebounds and fast breaks to take the upper hand as they raced away to a 34-22 lead as Smythfield were caught napping as the large turnout was bracing for a one sided contest.
On the resumption a rejuvenated Smythfield Rockefeller came rocking and rolling, surging forward and taking the game to their Central opponents outhustling them at their own game. It was like two different teams participating in the second half with reverse roles.
However their desperate efforts were not enough, falling just short by one point.
Top scoring for Central was Jevon Vanderstoop with 15 points, while national player Randy Richardson assisted with 10 points. Michael Bowen with 13 points and Edmond Semple 10 were the top shooters for Smythfield.
The competition will continue on Sunday 27th with the other semifinal game which has been switched to the Fyrish Basketball court. In that game the Fyrish Black Sharks will be looking to use their home advantage to out maneuver the Rose Hall Town combination in their quest to reach the final. Jump ball time is 16:00hrs.
According to coordinator Vibert Garrett a date and venue for the finals will be decided shortly.
(Samuel Whyte)
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