Lodge, Queens College remain unbeaten in NSC Ladies Basketball

The National Sports Council Girls Basketball competition restarted for the new school term with defending champions and title favourites, The Lodge School, continuing their dominance from term one. Lodge travelled to Crumpton Street to defeat Harrison College (HC) 41-27 as the 2024 Most Valuable Player, Mckenna Clarke, led the charge yet again with 23 points. HC managed to keep the game close for the first three quarters as Lodge led 14-7 after the first and 23-17 at halftime while the teams exchanged baskets during the third with each team scoring 10 points. Lodge showed why they were the defending champs and held the home team to zero points in the final period to come away with the win. Muniya Haynes top scored for HC with 23 points as their season has now come to an end with a 1-3 win-loss record. Lodge topped Zone B with a 4-0 record and will await their semi-final matchup against the runners-up from Zone A. Playing on their home turf, St George Secondary Lions (SGS) crushed the Alexandra girls 43-2 after leading 27 to zero midway into the game. Acima Alleyne led the Lions with a game high 32 points, which included 14 in the first quarter alone. With this win, SGS are expected to finish second in Zone B, behind Lodge, to set up a semi-final matchup against the winners of Zone A.
Over in Zone A, Queens College (QC) registered an easy home victory when they rolled over Christ Church Foundation (CCFS) 31-7. After leading 17-5 at halftime, QC used a 12-2 third quarter run to blow the game wide open and take a 29-7 lead going into the fourth quarter. Solange Holford led the way with 10 points as QC are favoured to top this zone. Results from games played earlier in the week saw Springer Memorial defeating CCFS 28-15 with Azaria Alleyne doing most of the damage for the Springer girls with 16 points and QC coming out on top against St Michaels School 36-17.
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