Hawks soar in East b-ball

IN what was described by organizers as a Chaguanas derby Edinburgh 500 Hawks left Cunupia Hackers in their wake as they surged to a 83-72 victory as the Eastern Community Basketball League continued.

Led by 22 points, nine rebounds and three steals from Mervyn Springer and 17 points from Marvin Celestine, Hawks were able to withstand the advances of Hackers’ Alan Pierre who returned a game high 24 points, nine rebounds and three steals and Kendall Phillip’s 17 points, 10 rebounds, four steals and three assists for the well fought win on Tuesday. In the first encounter the cellar positioned UWI team were hapless against mid table TSTT in their division two encounter and despite the efforts of Mark Adams who scored a game high 24 points TSTT still managed a 65-57 win. Andy Trouchen scored 13 to lead all TSTT scorers and Moshe Shabazz scored 11 points, grabbed eight rebounds, and added fiveassists and two steals. Action in  the league continued last night.