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Mar 20, 2013 Sports

 

– in GABA League-deciding clash

By Edison Jefford
Add two developing Division I Clubs, a popular outdoor venue and a must-win situation and the result is one of the first real deciding games of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League tonight on the Burnham Basketball Court.
Two of the emerging Division I Clubs in Georgetown, Colts and Republic Bank Nets will battle in a League-deciding contest tonight in the featured game with both teams boasting 2-1 win-loss records thus far in what has been a competitive League.
Nets dropped their only game against Pepsi Sonics, compliments of a buzzer-beating three-point jumper from Jason Squires last weekend. Their loss against Pepsi Sonics undermined the efforts of Darrion Lewis, who had a dominant game Saturday night.
Colts only loss thus far came against the unbeaten Trinity Grid Holdings (TGH) Pacesetters in an unfortunate fourth quarter collapse from Colts; likewise their collapse diluted the heroics of point guard, Shelroy Thomas, who had a high percentage offensive night.
With those, their only defeats aside, Colts and Nets, two teams that have had tremendous success over the last six months, will engage each other in a game that will ensure one of the teams slip to 2-2 at the Division I level of the ongoing GABA League, which would certainly mean a slip further down the leadership ladder of the League.
Colts went in the Pacesetters clash Saturday night after beating them twice late last year. On the other hand, the Republic Bank Nets reached the finals of the last two Division I finals.
The last outings of both teams suggest that in Georgetown both of them are now forces to reckon with at the Division I Level, but tonight’s game will decide whether or not they will remain in an unambiguous fight for a top two placing in the GABA League, where only TGH Pacesetters, and Ravens are unbeaten.
Republic Bank Nets’ Darrion Lewis will have another big role to play tonight. He has been their leading scorer in the competition. He will combine with forwards Mortimer Williams and Fabian Johnson to help the team continue their ascendancy in local basketball.
Nets also posses guard Hodayah Stewart and forward Drumson McCulley. The problem has been in the backcourt where their inventory is very limited. Nets have the bodies, but lack the speed of potent guards, which Colts have in their line-up in large supply.
Colts’ guards, Shelroy and Sheldon Thomas as well as Nikolai Smith is a constant bother for the local big men with their quickness. It’s one of the reasons Colts have become one of the top units in the City, coupled with the efficiency of forward Marvis Hilliman.
Tonight’s game will be an interesting contest among two teams looking to confirm that they are deserving of a place among the best in Georgetown. The other confirmation will be a separation of those still in the running for the top three slots in the GABA League.

 

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