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National Schools’ Basketball Festival…UG escape with another tense win
The University of Guyana (UG) developed a worrying trend of tense finishes Sunday at the Mon Repos Primary School Basketball Court when they escaped with yet another close win in the ongoing National Schools’ Basketball Festival (NSBF).
Guyana’s premier tertiary institution, UG beat President’s College 44-43 in the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) East Coast Regional Conference of the NSBF, after a deciding minute of intense competition.
EASY AS SUNDAY MORNING! Quincy Easton (right) finishes an easy lay-up for UG Sunday against President’s College when the NSBF continued on the East Coast.
Quincy Easton, the hero for UG, ended with 21 points and seven rebounds with Jonathon Pooran contributing nine points. The University had also escaped with a close 29-27 win in their opening game against the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) last week.
Nyambekerie Bacchus continued to lead President’s College in the competition with 13 points that he supported with nine rebounds.
With the scores leveled at 39-39 and 1:36 left in regulation time, Easton heroically penetrated for a floater in the lane to give UG the edge; team-mate, Fonsie James then made it a two possession game for President’s College when he completed a lay-up.
President’s College had failed to convert their possession in crunch-time and with 36 seconds left in the game all seemed lost. James then scored one of two free-throws for UG that took the score to 44 points before high drama unfolded in the East Coast Conference.
With UG comfortably sailing to their second straight win, Bacchus nearly dashed that hope when he went on a rampage to score four points in 11 seconds. It was easy to conclude that the whistle saved UG from coughing up an otherwise easy win.
In the other Under-20 game, Bounty Colts Division I star Plaisance Secondary School’s Nikkoloi Smith led his school to a 32-25 win over GSA; the explosive guard scored 21 points and grabbed seven rebounds for a good all-round performance.
Emmanuel Archibald scored 12 points for GSA in their second loss of the competition.
Plaisance Secondary School also won their Under-17 game 34-8 emphatically against Annandale Secondary School. Wayne Calendar had 10 points for Plaisance, while Terrence Daniels finished with nine rebounds.
Raphael Sobers scored five of Annandale’s eight points and collected six rebounds.
President’s College also won their Under-17 game 31-10 against Bladen Hall; Eli Inniss scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds. Mickel Austin scored six of Bladen Hall’s 10 points.
Digicel, Beharry Group of Companies and Banks DIH are the primary sponsors of the 2013 NSBF. (Edison Jefford)
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