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Sep 12, 2018 Sports
Republic Bank Nets Bsketball Club continued their excellent showing in the First Division of the Rainforest Water/Malta Supreme/Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) tournament after thrashing University of Guyana (UG) Trojans 79-52 on Sunday night at the Burnham Hard Court in the City.
Under lights Hodyah Stewart was once again the standout player for Nets, swooshing in an identical 19 points along with his teammate Joe Ifill while Antwuan Austin tossed up 17 points in the win. Leading the scoring for the students in the 27-point defeat was Samuel Thompson with 19 points.
Meanwhile, the opening game saw Pacesetters getting the better of Kobras in a close Under-23 Division clash that finished 74-68. Troy David (17), Shaqwuan Gill (12) and Zion Gray (12) each made valuable contributions for the winners as the Pacesetters out-performed the Amoniki John (18) led Kobras. Akeam Morrison also netted 18-points in the six-point loss for his team.
Play will continue at the same venue today with two matches in the Under-23 Division from 18:30hrs featuring Pepsi Sonics against University of Guyana Trojans archrivals Pacesetters playing Eagles, from 20:30hrs.
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