Duo Josiah Best and Hakeem Morgan made certain that there was no doubt about who was earning the final spot available in the North Zone Boys Under-20 Big Four competition of the Secondary School Basketball League as they led East Mucurapo to a comfortable 68-28 victory over Fatima College. This was at the Jean Pierre Complex in Mucurapo on Sunday.
The other three spots were already filled by the International School of Port-of-Spain (ISPS) and South East Port-of-Spain (SEPOS), who emerged the top two teams in the Group A while Success Laventille sealed its place, topping Group B.
Best notched 29 points and Morgan scored 23 slamming in two dunks to entertain in the one-sided affair. Also effective on offence for the East Mucurapo was Tehrek Scott with 12. Their team dominated from the jump, leading 37-11 at the half before pulling off the 40-point win.
Andrew Mussio was the only player reaching double-figures for Fatima with 12. In the Boys U-17 Division, Belmont Boys and Morvant Laventille have already advanced to the Big Six competition finishing first and second in Group C. Progressing out of Group A was ISPS and St Anthony’s College, which defeated Queen’s Royal College (QRC) 43-26 also on Sunday.
In the other match played on the evening, SEPOS beat Success Laventille 39-31 in extra-time in a Boys U-17 Division encounter. The scores were tied at 26 before SEPOS outscored its opponent 13-5 in the five-minute overtime.
East Mucurapo locked down a place from Group B and still await the winner between Morvant Laventille and Belmont Boys RC.
All four teams have sealed their spots in the Boys U-15 bracket. Fatima and QRC are the top two teams from Group A while SEPOS and Belmont Boys qualified from the other group.
Results
Sunday
U-20 Boys
Fatima College (11) 28 (Andrew Mussio 12, Adam Tang-Niam 6) vs East Mucurapo (37) 68 (Josiah Best 29 (1-3pt), Hakeem Morgan 23, Tehrek Scott 12).
U-17 Boys
Success Laventille (20) 05 31 (Akini Assanah 5, Nickel Lewis 14, Najay Lewis 7) Extra Time vs SEPOS 9/17/13 39 (Ezekiel Humphrey 27)
U-17 Boys
QRC (10) 26 (Kobee James 12, Antonio Ambris 10 (1-3pt) vs St Anthony’s College (19) 43 (Israel Gonzales 12, Joel Romain 9, Jakeem Jobe 8).
Friday
Open Girls
Success Laventille (6) 9 (Daria Corridon 4) vs East Mucurapo (4) 8.
U-15 Boys
Morvant Laventille (4) 15 (Oswald John 6) vs Fatima College (33) 45 (Adam Tang-Nian 15(2-3pts), Ethan Smith 12).
Thursday
U-15 Girls
SEPOS (13) 28 (Aaliyah Duncan 7, Shania Patterson 9) vs East Mucurapo (6) 7
ISPS (12) 29 (Alexandra Coenjaerts 11) vs Success Laventille (6) 8 (Daria Corridon 8)
U-15 Boys
East Mucurapo (3) (Josiah Gill 7) vs Fatima College (21) 46pts (Jean-Pierrre Bermont 12, Luke Darvent 8, Adrian Sangster 8).
Tuesday
U-15 Girls
SEPOS (10) 25 (Grace Peru 18) vs Success Laventille (11) 22 (Daria Corridon 14)
Open Girls
ISPS (24) 40 (Sara Low 10, Susannah Gray 10) vs Morvant Laventille (4) 4.
U-17 Boys
Fatima College (14) 29 (Adrian Sangster 9) vs Morvant Laventille (16) 31 (Oswald St John 10, Michael Straker 9 (1-3pt)