NFM b-ballers survive big Shak Attack

TERRANCE MAYERS poured in six three-pointers in his 26 points, but it was not enough to prevent Detour Shak Attack from being beaten 90-83 by National Flour Mills. This was in their Royal Extra North Zone Basketball League Premier Division match at the St Paul’s Street Multi-Purpose Facility in Port-of-Spain.Shak Attack trailed 19-18 at the end of the first quarter of Thursday’s match, but took a 45-37 half time lead.

At the end of the three-quarter period, “Flour” regained the lead by outscoring their opponents 27-17 for a 64-62 scoreline. And the NFM men maintained the ascendency throughout the final stanza, led by Andy Best who scored 20 points, Kerry Westfield with 18 including two from beyond the arc, and Shorn Edwards, 14.
Apart from Mayers, Dexter Lewis scored 14 points for Shak Attack. Republic Bank Arrows were dead on target, flogging TSTT 101-61 in the other match in the same division. Led by Kenneth Roberts’ 26 points, Karim Muhammad and Kurt Christian, 16 points each, Terrence Nedd, 13, and Orlando Mapp, 12, the Arrows romped to an emphatic victory. Adrian Waithe had 19 points and Sheldon Laidlow, 11, for the telecommunications men.