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Apr 16, 2013 Sports
Panthers won its second straight Division I game in a late surge from the bottom of the League’s table when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) competition continued at the Burnham Basketball Court Sunday night.
Panthers defeated Knights 44-29 with forward Yannick December scoring 10 points and centre, Haslyn HHaaHaooper adding eight points in the low-scoring game. Owan Walton continued his prolific
scoring for Knights with 16 points in the game.
Knights had lost four straight games before Friday when they won their first and Sunday when they notched their second win for a 2-4 win/loss record. This weekend will ultimately decide the final seeding of teams in Georgetown following key games.
Point guard, Jacob Lowe got Panthers off to a hot start when he drilled a three-pointer from the top of the arch; Kevin ‘Micey’ Cumberbatch followed that up with another three-pointer before December led the team on two fast-break plays.
The offensive run from Panthers put them up 9-0 before the quarter ended 13-3 in their favour as Knights searched for their offense. Panthers reduced shooting the ball at a high percentage when the game continued in the second quarter, opting to go to ‘big man’, Hooper.
But the offensive productivity of both teams slumped in the second period with Panthers adding just three points to their first quarter score and Knights adding eight for a 16-11 halftime score in the bottom-of-the-table clash between the two teams.
Lowe opened the third quarter with an up-and-under finish as Panthers looked for more offensive efficiency as in the opening period. December finished a one-handed dunk to extend Panther lead to 33-18 before taking over to win the game for his team.
In the first of three Division III games that were also played on Sunday, Buxton Heat steamrolled Eagles 82-60 with Amineke Archibald scoring 32 points and Kevin Dey 18 points. Kevin Higgin had 23 points and Quacy Eston 15 points for Eagles.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) notched up another win the make the Division III version of the League very interesting. They beat Westside Jammers 83-61 with Michael Turner adding 21 points, Phillip Earle 17 points, Mark Rose 15 points and Jermaine Newtown 14 points. Ralph Brown scored 18 points and Leonard Brotherson 14 points for Westside Jammers.
In a keenly contested game between two of the Division III frontrunners, Colts edged Pepsi Sonics 56-51 in overtime after a 46-46 regulation stalemate.
Clebert Thornhill led Colts with 20 points while Daniel Ramlogan added 13 points.
For Sonics, Loshon Caesar added 17 points with Sheldon Frank adding 10 points. The League continues this weekend with some decisive contest that could determine the place of teams in the ratings. (Edison Jefford)
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