6-2 point guard Sam Mills (200lbs) added 11 pts, 5rebs, 4 assists and 2 steals on 23 January as La Salle University took down #9 ranked Butler University in front of a sold out home crowd at Tom Gola Arena, Philadelphia. Nine of his 11 points came in the second frame, most notably a floater which put the Explorers up 52-51.
The Explorers held the lead until Butler's Andrew Smith converted a nifty layup with 8.4 seconds left, giving the Bulldogs a one point advantage. La Salle advanced the ball quickly and Ramon Galloway hit a layup at the 2.7 second mark and a half court heave from Butler's Roosevelt Jones drew unfriendly iron, as the La Salle stole the win.
And in the NCAA D2, 7Rundell Mauge (270lbs) nearly finished with a double-double of 9pts and a team-high 9 rebs on 16 January. He also added 3 blocked shots and 2 assists in the game as Fort Hays State University defeated Southwest Baptist 74-59.
With the win, the Fort Hays State men's basketball team moved to 10-4 overall and 4-2 in the MIAA conference. In addition the Tigers moved into a tie for second place in the conference and gave head coach Mark Johnson his 236th win at Fort Hays State, passing Bill Morse for sole possession of second place on the all-time wins list at FHSU.
Meanwhile in the NJCAA, 6-5 Tyler Washington (216lbs) had 14ps and 7rebs as Hostos Community College scored a convincing 103-67 victory over Ulster County Community College on 22 January in the Region 15 action. Ranked 9th Nationally the Caimans are now 16-2 overall and sit in second place in Region 15 with a 12-1 Region record and first in the CUNY Conference with a 5-0 record.
In a previous game on 17 January, Tyler Washington finished with 9 points as Hostos Community College defeated NJCAA Regional XV foe Dutchess Community College 102-52. And earlier on 15 January, Washington chipped in with 13pts as the Caimans registered a hard fought 66-62 road win against The Borough of Manhattan Community College Panthers.
Valencia emerged as the Arima Basketball Knockout Champions 2013 when they defeated La Horquetta 85 to 72 on Sunday 14 April. Heat lead throughout the contest 24-20, 38-36 and 68-52.
Fabrice Fisher led Valencia with 32 points, Ivan Williams 19 points, Stefan Davis 16 points and Kenrick Bernard 10 points.
For La Horquetta Ronaldo Lett had 14 points, Dexter Morain and Miguel Williams scored 13 points each while Jeffrey Bourne added 10 points in a losing effort.
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Valencia emerged as the Arima Basketball Knockout Champions 2013 when they defeated La Horquetta 85 to 72 on Sunday 14 April. Heat lead throughout the contest 24-20, 38-36 and 68-52.
Fabrice Fisher led Valencia with 32 points, Ivan Williams 19 points, Stefan Davis 16 points and Kenrick Bernard 10 points.
For La Horquetta Ronaldo Lett had 14 points, Dexter Morain and Miguel Williams scored 13 points each while Jeffrey Bourne added 10 points in a losing effort.
On Wednesday 10th April, High Voltage defeated Omeara 78-57 in round 3 of the 2013 Arima Basketball Knockout Competition. Shawn Lawrence led High Voltage with 18 points, while Randy Greenige and Kegan Craig scored 12 points each. Mathew Sheppard had 18 points for O'meara and Kareem Davis added 11 points.
In the other game, La Horquetta won 66 - 54 over San Juan. Ronaldo Lett led La Horquetta with12 points and Jeffrey Bourne had 11 points [read more]
On Wednesday 10th April, High Voltage defeated Omeara 78-57 in round 3 of the 2013 Arima Basketball Knockout Competition. Shawn Lawrence led High Voltage with 18 points, while Randy Greenige and Kegan Craig scored 12 points each. Mathew Sheppard had 18 points for O'meara and Kareem Davis added 11 points.
In the other game, La Horquetta won 66 - 54 over San Juan. Ronaldo Lett led La Horquetta with12 points and Jeffrey Bourne had 11 points. Aaron Charles 16 points and Michael Scoon 10 points were San Juan leading scorers.
Other results: Round 2 on Monday 8th April, Sangre Grande 64 vs. Malabar 58. For the winners, Rondell Winter had 18 points, N. Rochford 14 points and M. St. Clair 10 points. For Malabar Duane Virgil got 13 points and Kevin Green 10 points.
La Horquetta 73 vs. Arouca 59. The leading scorers for La Horquetta were Jeffrey Bourne with 24 points, Dexter Morion 14 points, Brent Mc Shine 13 points and Ronaldo Lett 12 points. Maurice Francis and Anson Cumberbatch scored 19 and 13 points respectively for the losing team.
Opening round on Sunday 7th April, Valencia 108 vs. Vintage 47. Fabrice Fisher led Valenica with 30pts, Ivan Williams had 24 and Jeffery Saunders got 21 points . Wayne Cupid and Kelvin Peterkin both scored 16pts each for Vintage.
San Juan Warriors 43 vs. Samaroo Village 42. Sean Solomon and Michael Straker scored 15pts and 10pots respectively for San Juan. Both Dayne Cummings and Roger Moore scored 13 points each for Samaroo.
National Security Minister Jack Warner, left, Marabella West councillor Gloria Calleste, second from right, and Public Administration Minister Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, right, present the million-dollar cheque to the members of the Laventille team after defeating Marabella 66-57 in game two, to win the best in three series final 2-0 in the Hoop of Life Community Basketball League on Thursday night at the Bayshore Basketball court in Marabella. PHOTO: RISHI RAGOONATH
In front of a crowd of some 6,000 cheering basketball supporters, Laventille copped the $1 million first prize in the finals of the Hoop of Life Community Basketball League in Marabella on Tuesday night. South-based Marabella won the $500,000 second prize after losing their first best-of-three away game to Laventille at St Barbs on Sunday 88-71, and then following this with another loss at home in Bayshore 66-57 on Tuesday to bring to an end the season, the most lucrative basketball league in the Caribbean. Steven 'Lighter' Lewis of Laventille once again dominated the points, registering on the scoreboard a match-high 26 points from a number of turnovers. He was ably assisted by another of their firebrands, Kirt 'Coto' Christian, with 17 points. But despite this win, coach Karim Bilal was not all that pleased with his team's performance. Bilal said: 'We knew Marabella was going to be a hard fight on their home court, so I put certain plans in place, but in the second and third quarters the defence was letting those plans go all to pieces.
'We moved away from the game plan due to many things but one of them I must stress was the fitness of the players,' the coach of the winning team confessed. Bilal attributed the suddenness of the Hoop of Life league as giving them little time to use the off-season to do much weight training and stamina building. Adding: 'When you leave the off-season and go into the pre-season you have to do different work and time yourself to peak. 'What I recognised was that during the season itself, the way it fell we were now concentrating on weight training and that is not good when you have too many tough matches,' stated Bilal.
The Laventille coach did say, however, he was thrilled with the support from the community from the beginning. 'There were sometimes when we were training they (community supporters) would get in the way and impede our progress. But for the most part they stood behind the team,' he stated. Although at home, Marabella did not have a good start. In fact, it was only in the middle of the first quarter that Marabella posted their first two points on the board, 11-2 the scoreline read, to trail 21-12 in the first quarter. Most of the southerner's problems were their poor defensive effort. Another was that they were out-rebounded thanks to six-footers Ashton Demurrel and Lewis of Laventille.
In the second and third quarters, Marabella seemed somewhat settled and played more confidently, so much so that they topped the Laventille team 14-6 in the second quarter to trail 27-26 at the half, eventually taking the lead by one (47-46) after again outscoring the visitors 21-19 in the third. Marabella though, began to let their lack of experience show in the fourth period, and the score went from 58-53 in Marabella's favour with 3.04 minutes left in the match to 66-57 at the buzzer, to see Laventille walk away the victors. The top scorers for Marabella were Damian Caton with 17 points, Corey Pascall with 10 while Asfa Grant added 10 points. The jump ball was done by MP for San Fernando West Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan and the winning cheque was also handed over by the MP, Marabella West councillor Gloria Calleste and also by National Security Minister Jack Warner, under whose ministry the Hoop of Life was run.
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