Challengers left the YMCA knowing that we are in our hurricane season. They were blown away by Arawak Braves. It mattered little that only five of their players turned up nothing to do with us. How often have you seen five players carry full teams to the bone. Arawak Braves made sure that this did not happen on the night. Fresh from being blown out by Mayhill in their last game they man handled the Challengers.
The starters started slowly but they were scoring the ball. they ran the offensive system and they moved the ball the ball beautifully. The defence that was absent in the last game suddenly came back and challengers had to work hard to score their baskets. Andrew Gibbs and Ron Taitt had a fairly good start in this game and along with Damian Bovell and Adrian Bromes on the inside they kept the scoreboard moving. This quarter ended with Arawak Braves on 21 and Challengers on 9.
The second quarter saw a completely new team for the Braves on the court. Challengers started to attack the defence more causing the braves to commit numerous fouls which they converted at free throw line. Braves also took time out to miss many easy baskets with Andrew off the court and allowed the challengers to control the boards with Adrian off the court. The half time score was 33 Braves and 21 Challengers.
In the next two quarters Braves took total control. The Challengers found that with the return of the starters that it was harder to penetrate the defence. the effort seem to tire them for as the game went on they found difficulty in keeping pace with the Braves. They found themselves having to play a fresh team often as the coach made five man substitutions. They even started to attack the officials. In this half Braves scored 50 points while Challengers managed only 21.
Andrew 15, Ron 12 and Damian 14 led the offensive effort with the support of Roland 10, Chadd 10, Adrian 6, Shane 6, and Demario 6. This was complemented with a big team defensive effort that included 24 steals and 3 big blocks by Adrian. The U21 unit finished off the game with a youthfull 10 to 2 run in the last three minutes of the game.
GAME STATS. 28 OF 92 FIELD GOALS…….4 OF 9 FREE THROWS………1 OF 4 THREE POINT SHOTS
31 DEFENSIVE REB ……..23 OFFENSIVE REB……16 TURNOVERS….17 ASSIST…..24 STEALS AND 3 BLOCKS.
