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Ravens embarrass top-ranked Colts
– Knights upset Sonics
Colts, which had managed to secure a competitive reputation in basketball in Georgetown, had a strange
Dominic Vincente
meltdown against Dyna’s Ravens Friday night when ‘King of the Hard Court’ Basketball competition continued at the Plaisance Community Centre Court.
Ravens embarrassed Colts 75-40 in a Division I showdown in Georgetown’s Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) inaugural tournament. Dominic Vicente and Ryan Gullen top scored in the win with 17 points each while Jermaine Slater had 15 and Ryan Stephney 10 points.
For Colts, O’niko Fraser, Rawle Nelson and Haslyn Hooper scored six points apiece with Delon LaRose and Rayon Cummings adding five points each. Dyna’s Ravens was merciless offensively from the first quarter jumping out to an 18-2 lead.
Colts improved in the second quarter, but nothing threatening enough to shoot down Ravens, as the quarter ended 32-15. The scoring struggles continued for Colts in the penultimate period of the game with Ravens added 20 points in the period.
Ravens continued their offensive press in the last period to leave a hapless Colts wondering what hit them in 40 minutes of basketball. Vicente led the scoring in the last period with 12 points that included a three-point play and a huge three point jumper.
In the opening Division game of the night, Knights defeated Pepsi Sonics 51-42 with Lloyd Bart scoring 17 points and Owan Walton 13 points. Knights downed the top-ranked Sonics in a result that was perhaps long overdue
Ryan Gullen
after they handed the National Champions, Trinity Grid Holdings Pacesetters a scare two weeks ago.
Akil Lewis also scored10 points for Kinghts. On the losing side, Trevor Smith shot his way to a game high 23 points while Yannick December and Kerwin Jackson had six points each for Pepsi in the encounter.
Knights led 14-9 after the first period and surged into a massive 30-15 advantage at halftime; the opposing Pepsi Sonics rallied to cut the deficit in the third period as they outscored Knights 15-8 to go into the fourth quarter trailing 30-38. However, Knights managed to hold on for the win in the final period, to mark a clear pattern of ascendancy in Georgetown.
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