Little Devils score big b-ball triumph

Caribbean Little Devils of Suriname recorded victory in the opening encounter of their three-match visit to Trinidad and Tobago when they dusted off Marabella Raptors 70-48 at the Pleasantville Indoor Sport Facility last Tuesday evening.

Devil’s Watson Herbert scored a match-high 19 points and was supported by Bosk Winston who contributed 16 to the visitors’ effort. Damian Caton of the Raptors continued the good form which helped his team this season, scoring a team high 11 points. Louie Davis was close behind returning ten points to the scorers. The Raptors are fresh from second place of the Eastern Community Basketball League Division One “Big Four” and showed some fatigue from their strenuous season on the court. In the first match of the double-header National Flour Mills (NFM) showed  the extent of their “flour power” when they endured to squeeze out Point Fortin All Stars 66-61. This on the effort of Jason Delise’s match-high 15 points, Marlon Bernard’s 11 and 12 each from Kerry Joseph and Kerry Westfield. The All Stars, led by Adrian Andrews with 11 shot back but more was needed in attack as ten from Steve McSween and eight from Clevon Dunbar left them stranded at the final whistle. The current League Champs of Suriname, Devils will meet Royal Extra North Zone champions NFM tonight at 8.30 pm following a Raptors/All Stars clash from 7 pm at the St Paul’s Street Indoor Facility in Port-of-Spain.