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Jan 18, 2020 Sports
Royals and Raiders clash for top honours… Kings and Jets battle for third place
The final of the 2019 Linden Amateur Basketball Association’s Youth Basketball Guyana Inter Club championship final will be known tonight when
Victory Valley Royals with their unblemished record take on Retrieve Raiders in the final after they were victorious in their semifinals encounters last Saturday at the Mackenzie Sports Club hard court.
In the semifinals, Royals eliminated Kings 78-43 with their top players being Immanuel LaRose who led their charge with 33 points as Shemar Henry with 13 and Kobe Tappin 12 being the other significant performers. T. Thom had eight points for the losing Kings side.
In the other semifinal, Retrieve Raiders got the better of Amelia’s Ward Jets, winning 57-50 after the scores were in their favour 18-15 after the first quarter ended.
But the scores were level at 27 when the first half ended and when the third quarter came to a close, it would see the scores also level on 46 before the Raiders eased away to win 57-50 when the final whistle came.
Kareem Roberts had a top score of 19 points with teammates Stephan Duncan and Joshua Grannum each netting 12. For the Jets, Leon Benjamin had 19 game high points also, while Gavius George supported with14 and Jennis Benjamin had 13.
The third place game is from 18.30hrs, while the championship match is at 20.30hrs at the MSC Hardcourt.
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