GABA 2018 Knockout tournament at CASH...Colts and Guardians win on Thursday night to advance to division finals

GABA 2018 Knockout tournament at CASH…Colts and Guardians win on Thursday night to advance to division finals

Mar 17, 2018 Sports

Timothy Thompson of Colts’ blocks Kobras’ Kevin Evans two-point field goal attempt during the former’s 1st division semifinal win at CASH on Thursday.

By Calvin Chapman
On Thursday night, the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) saw a healthy crowd witnessing two well competed semifinal matches in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s (GABA) 2018, 1st, 2nd and Under-23 knockout tournament.
The night’s first match tipped off at 19:00hrs and was closely battled by Plaisance Guardians who eventually overcame Kobras Basketball Club 61-57 in the last 2nd division match of the tournament which began last week Monday. Andrew Johnson led the Guardians scoring with 15 points but Akeem Crandon, who netted 14 points for the East Coast based GABA club, was the player of the match. Crandon, who plays centre, was superb in defence and produced block after block to deny Kobras a likely victory which was complemented by his offensive work.
With the win, Guardians have now qualified for both the Under-23 and Second Division finals, which tips off next Monday and Tuesday respectively.

Guardians’ Jared Sears goes to the ring for a layup during the during his team’s 61-57 victory Kobras in the 2nd division semifinal match on Thursday night.

In the feature match, Kobras succumbed to their second loss of the night as Bounty Colts overpowered them in a massive 84-60 victory in the last semifinal match of the 1st Division. With the victory Colts have now qualified for the finals of all three divisions.
National centre, Shane Webster dominated the match in both defence and offence but his attacking play was most devastating and he netted a game high 25 points in the mundane, big Colts win. Prodigy Timothy Thompson assisted Webster with 18 points, while Colts Skipper Shelroy Thomas was typically among the action with 11 points.
Kobras’ Trevor Smith and Travis Burnett scored 13 and 12 points respectively in the loss.
Bounty Colts who swept the previous two GABA leagues, winning the Under-23, 2nd and 1st Divisions, seem set to repeat, Guardians (Under-23 and 2nd Divisions) and Nets (1st Division finalists) will be gunning to prevent that.