By: Curtis Morton
The CG Massives comfortably defeated Dynasty Ballers in the finals of the 2014 edition of the Malcolm Guishard Basketball League.
The match was played at the Church Ground hard court on Saturday, December 13, 2014. The first quarter promised much as both teams closed out on a score line of 19-all.
However, from the second quarter onwards, the home team took control of the game and by the final whistle was leading by a comfortable 24 points.
Final score:
CG Massive 83 to Dynasty Ballers 59
First Quarter CG Massive 19 Dynasty Ballers 19
Second Quarter CG Massive 14 Dynasty Ballers 8
Third Quarter CG Massive 24 Dynasty Ballers 17
Fourth Quarter CG Massive 26 Dynasty Ballers 15
CG Massive 83 points
Cheslyn Hutton 36poi 8reb 9ass 4ste 5 of 12 free throw made
Kirthni Esdaille 16poi 13reb 1ste 4 of 4 free throw made
Alista Usher 17poi 2ass 3ste 1 of 5 free throw made
Dynasty Ballers 59 points
Norris Williams 18poi 13reb 2ass 0 of 5 free throw made
Matthew Harding 10poi 10reb 1ste 1b/s 1 of 1 free throw made
Jeffrey Lewis 15poi 7reb 1ass 2ste 1 of 2 free throw made
Prior to the grand finals St.James’ Royals faced off with Old School for the third place spot and what a game it was!
The final score tells the tale:
Old Skool 58 to St.James Royals 56
First Quarter St.James Royals 17 Old Skool 9
Second Quarter Old Skool 23 St.James Royals 14
Third Quarter Old Skool 13 St.James Royals 9
Fourth Quarter St.James Royals 16 Old Skool 13
Old Skool 58 points
Everson Webbe 22poi 10reb 5ass 6ste 2 of 3 free throw made
Nigel Simmonds 6poi 15reb 2ass 2ste 2b/s 0 of 2 free throw made
Vance Allen 18poi 5reb 2ass 5ste 2 of 6 free throw made
St.James Royals 56 points
Orion Jones 25poi 9reb 1ass 4ste 7 of 15 free throw made
Gassano Barry 10poi 14reb 1ass 1ste 3 of 6 free throw made
Kareem Parry 11poi 2reb 2ass 1ste
At the end of the grand finals, President of the local Basketball Association, Wanda Parry chaired the brief presentation ceremony.
The following awards were made:
Most points with 164 an average of 27.33 per game of Dynasty Ballers Norris Williams
Most Rebounds with 75 an average of 15 per game of C G Massive Kirthni Esdaille
Most Assist with 25 an average of 5 per game of C G Massive Cheslyn Hutton
Most Steals with 29 an average of 5.8 per game of C G Massive Cheslyn Hutton
Most Block Shot with 13 an average of 2.17 per game of Dynasty Ballers 2 Vicario Hendrickson
MVP for Finals with 36points 8rebounds 9assist 4steals of C G Massive Cheslyn Hutton
3rd Place Old Skool
2nd Place Dynasty Ballers
2014 Champion of the Malcolm Guishard Basketball League– Mark Brantley C G Massive.
Miss Parry extended special thanks to the main sponsor of the league, the Hon. Mark Brantley.