As the local teams on Nevis warm up for the commencement of the annual Malcolm Guishard Basketball league, two exhibition games were played at the Craddock Road Basketball court on the evening of Saturday 27th October.
In game one, it was a ding-dong battle between two youthful teams: Dynamics G Starz (fresh from their participation in a tournament held in St. Kitts) and St. Thomas’.
The close game went right into the third quarter but in the final quarter, St. Thomas’ ran out of gas and gave up the ghost.
Final score:
Dynamics G Starz 68 St. Thomas’ 55
1st quarter
Dynamics G Starz 13 St. Thomas’ 12
Second quarter
St. Thomas’ 15 Dynamics G Starz 14
Third quarter
St. Thomas’ 17 Dynamics G Starz 15
Fourth quarter
Dynamics G Starz 26 St. Thomas’ 11
Half time score 27-all
Dynamics G Starz
Kejhano Williams 10 points; 19 rebs
Julien Emilien 16 points; 18 rebs
Ryan Challenger 11 points; 5 rebs
Keinaujai Huggins 8 points; 6 rebs
St. Thomas’
Hassan Harvey 12 points; 21 rebs
Kai Davis 16 points; 19 rebs
Kyan Bussue 12 points; 6 rebs
Dequan Moving15 points; 4 rebs
In the second game of the evening, Eagles and Dynasty ballers also thrilled the sizeable crowd, right into the third quarter but as was the case in the first match of the evening, at crunch time, when it mattered ,most, Dynasty Ballers apparently fell asleep and the Eagles flew home quite comfortably in the end
Final score:
Eagles 77 Dynasty Ballers 64
First quarter
Dynasty ballers 15 Eagles 15
Second quarter
Dynasty baller 18 Eagles 17
Third quarter
Eagles 18 Dynasty Ballers 17
Fourth quarter
Eagles 27 Dynasty Ballers 14
Half time score 33 to 32 in favour of Dynasty Ballers
Eagles
Gassano Barry 27 points; 19 rebs
Thabiti Abrams 15 points; 8 rebs
Kareem Parry15 points; 6 rebs
Jeffrey Lewis 7 points; 5 rebs
Dynasty Ballers
Trevorne Simmonds 23 points; 4 rebs
Dio Hendrickson 21 points; 7 rebs
Tyreek Griffin 9 points; 5 rebs
Keijarie Huggins 5 points; 2 rebs