{"id":2329,"date":"2019-04-17T19:53:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T19:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2329"},"modified":"2019-04-17T19:53:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T19:53:55","slug":"exciting-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2329","title":{"rendered":"Exciting start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Noelita Lawrence<\/strong> – Staff Reporter<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year\u2019s beaten finalists, Montego Bay\nCricket Club Knights, and former champions Catherine Hall All Stars, marked off\nearly wins on Sunday, April 14, as action tipped off in the 2019 edition of the\nWestern Elite Basketball League (EBL) with a double header at the Montego Bay\nCricket Club.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beginning in the\nusual late start, the League opened more than half-an-hour behind the scheduled\ntime with a new-look Knights engaging Sav Elite Titans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an entertaining\ngame filled with tension, Knights ran over Sav Elite Titans, who saw a player\nforced off the court for foul and abusive language geared towards a teammate,\n85-58.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a fairly\ncompetitive going affair in the opening quarter of the game with Knights,\nmissing a number of key players, taking the quarter 18-13, despite\ntraditionally making slightly slow starts to their games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knights upped their\nintensity in the mid quarters and took the game away from their travelling\nWestmoreland opponents in a dominant 21-16 and 26-17 performance which gave\nthem a comfortable 65-46 lead going into the fourth and final quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They increased the\nfinal score with another 20 points tally to their opponent\u2019s 12 as they ticked\noff the first win of the season in emphatic and business-like fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jermaine Allwood, electric from the get-go and who pushed\nwith several early fast break points, carried the team in scoring with 16\npoints and effected 8 steals, while Daniel Malcolm added 15 and also had 7\nsteals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lanky schoolboy, Omar Campbell also gave solid support,\nadding a double-double, 14 poins and snatched 12 rebounds, while Rayon Gardiner\ncontributed 11 and grabbed 8 rebounds to go with his 6 assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The returning Lemar Mitchell, who proved solid on the\ndefensive end, also made a contribution of 10 points and hauled down 4\nrebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the Titans, Richard Chambers, who missed the opening\nquarter, led his team with 20 points and was supported by Richard Russell, who\nadded 11 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CLIFFHANGER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the match of the evening, promoted MoBay Boys\u2019 Club\nWarriors had their prospect of an opening day victory snatched in a stinging\n72-73 defeat to the Catherine Hall All Stars, ex-many times winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Schloss, who fizzed the winner with a put back with\nthree seconds on the clock, again dazzled with 25 points, 11 rebounds and three\nsteals in guiding the All Stars to an opening win in thrilling fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schloss was supported by Errol Steele, 18 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the Warriors, Levar Rose and Tafari Vassell combined for\n29 points with Vassell grabbing 18 rebounds and Rose dishing 7 assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a high quality encounter, the lead changed hands several\ntimes before All Stars took a narrow advantage late in the final quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As time expired and with the contest tied up, veteran Goyan\nMalcolm split a double team to put up a lay-up, but his effort missed and on\nthe follow-up, the energetic Schloss managed to put back the rebound, snatching\nthe dramatic win as time expired. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The action continues on Thursday, April 18, with Cornwall\nCourt Chargers and the defending champions Granville Jaguars locking horns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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