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Jul 21, 2018 Sports
It promised to be a fitting final but the question is if South Assembly AOG can topple the multiple defending champions Pentecostal Fire AOG, and take championship honours tonight when the 12th annual Linden Inter Church basketball final comes off at the Mackenzie Sports Club hard court
While the Fire has been lit form the start, burning their way to an impressive five game wins and no defeats, the South Assembly are optimistic they can pull this off after suffering their only loss77-64 in the round robin stages against the hosts.
To reach the final, Pentecostal Fire breezed past Emmanuel AOG 116-43 as Yannick Tappin poured in 35 points and Daniel Lee, the tournament’s leading scorer thus far, had 28, while Tappin’s brothers Keifer and Kobe had 11 and 10 points respectively.
Only Stephon Arthur and Gavin Clarke showed any fight for the losers with 17 and 15 points respectively.
In the other semifinal, South Assembly overcame Calvary Temple 70-62 to earn a place against the only team which they lost to, Fire. South Assembly were led by Emmanuel Archibald, better known for his athletic ability, with 23 points, while Vibert Benjamin had 18, Donnel Benjamin 15 and Leon Benjamin 10.
This time around they will need all the fire power to get past the Pentecostal Fire as they have in their list of players the tournament’s top scorer in Daniel Lee who has 130 points for an average of 26 per game, while teammate Yannick Tappin has scored 105 points to average 23 per a game.
The south side’s Vibert Bejamin, who has a tournament high 44 points, is averaging 21 points per game after totaling 105 in the games leading up to this final. His support will come from siblings Donnel Benjamin and Leon Benjamin as they hope to halt the Fire from repeating as champions.
The third place playoff game is at 19.00hrs between losing semifinalist Emmanuel AOG and Calvary Temple but that game will be followed by the Pastors’ shootout where among the contenders will be the reigning champion Richard McDonald and he will be challenged by Praise Tabernacle’s Pastor Selwyn Sills, Emmanuel‘s Gavin Clarke and Fire’s Linnel Warden.
There will be a female free throw shooting competition also before the final.
The championship trophy was donated by United States -based Ian Adams.
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