LABA Malta Supreme Christmas Basketball C/ship starts…Jets, Kings, Raiders each record wins over weekend

Dec 04, 2012 Sports

Amelia’s Ward Jets, Kashif and Shanghai Kings and Retrieve Raiders all won their opening matches as the Linden Amateur Basketball Association’s Malta Supreme Magnificent Seven Christmas Basketball Championship got started over the weekend at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard Court in Linden.
Playing the first match on Saturday night, the Jets sailed past the Wismar Pistons, who returned to competitive basketball after missing the BOSAI Championship, 52-41, while on Sunday the Kashif and Shanghai Kings first cruised past Block 22 Flames, crushing them by 30 points, 77-47 and the Retrieve Raiders outplayed Victory Valley Royals 56-53.
Saturday’s opening night saw the Jets record their win behind their captain Kevin Joseph’s game high 14 points, with Allister Webster getting 12 and Devon Thompson nine as Rodwell Pellew scored eight for the winners.
The Pistons, who were trailing after the first quarter 9-12, at half time 17-23 and when the third quarter ended 27-38, never seemed to threaten and their captain Mark Louis and Sherwin Sergeant had the top scores for the losers with nine apiece, on a night where only one game was played.
On Sunday night the Kings got their campaign going with a dominant win over the Flames as national skipper Steve Neils (Jr.) had their top score of 18 points, while Orin Rose added 14, Deon Moore 10 and Omally Sampson seven for the winners.
Shawn Cameron and Aubrey Johnson were the top shoots for the Flames with 14 points each.
In the other game Sunday night, the Raiders shrugged off the challenge of the Royals to win 56-53, as Alexander Rose netted 14 points, Neil Marks 13 and Dauwin Lovell 10. The Royals’ Harold Adams had a game high 23 points in their loss as Marlon Pollydore contributed 10.
The competition continues tomorrow with two more matches at the MSC hard court. In the first at 7:00pm, Amelia’s Ward Jets take on Block 22 Flames and the second at 9:00pm is between Wismar Pistons and Half Mil Bulls.