Pacers dump Old School in East b-ball

AS the Eastern Community Basketball League moved into the semi-final stages at the Maloney Indoor Sport Complex, Unit Trust Maloney Pacers whipped  the Maloney Old School outfit 102-64. The 38-point victory was courtesy good performances for Pacers both on offence and defence by Derrick Boxhill and Kenyatta Alfred who scored 12 points each, giving support to Michael Alert who had a  game-high 25. On defence the Pacers pair of Julian Kenny ripped down 15 rebounds and also had  three blocked shots, while Kenrick Bernard had 14 rebounds and four steals. Kirt Pierre was Old School’s saving grace scoring a cheeky 20 points and hauling in nine rebounds, while Anderson Joseph scored 12 and Andre Morrel put in 11, while getting four rebounds and two blocks and handing out three assists.

In another game, after being deadlocked at half-time Marabella Raptors and Edinburgh 500 Hawks were separated by 15 points at the final whistle. Raptors fought off  their opponents to record an 83-68 win. The efforts of Hawks leading scorer Dereck Hughue, who put in 14 points accompanied by nine rebounds, and Khary Alexis who added 13 and pulled down 10 rebounds, came to nil as Ako Pascal had eight steals and a game-high 23 points for Raptors. Louie Davis  supported Pascal with 21 points,  Damian Caton had 16 and claimed 11 rebounds and four steals. Semi-final action continues at the Maloney Indoor Sport Complex