Opening Day
Saturday March 10th, 2012
GAME 1 6:00pm (Beausejour Indoor Facility)
In the night’s first encounter Morne Gladiators bt Gros Islet Door Deals 50 – 43 in a close and low scoring affair The Domino’s Player of the Game was Alverez Henry with his influential 9 Points and 3 Steals, off the bench. Benny Hippolyte for the Gladiators also had a strong game on the boards with 10 Rebounds and 5 points
For Gros Islet: Crade Jean was two points shy of a double double with 8 points and 11 rebounds. And Captain Rawlstan Mitchel recorded 10 points, 3 rebounds and 4 steals before fouling out.
GAME 2 8:00pm (Beausejour Indoor Facility)
Two Time defending champions Courts Jets put on a basketball clinic in their pursuit to three peat with an impressive 86 – 42 victory over the young energetic BBC team from Vieux Fort. With scores close in the first quarter, they pulled away in the second quarter and never looked back.
The Monster player of the game was Ron DuMurville who had a staggering 14/19 (74%) shooting for his 29 points and 5 rebounds. Also from Courts Jets, Andre Louison chipped in with 14 points and 3 rebounds.
For BBC, Kurt Raphael had a good outing in a losing effort with 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals. Givan Jones also contributed with 10 points and 6 rebounds.
Sunday March 11th, 2012
GAME 3: Vieux Fort Playing Facility (6:00pm)
Dennery bt Southern Warriors 52 – 40 with a spirited fight back in the second half after being down by three to go into the halftime interval.
For Dennery: Jermain Joseph led the way with 11 points and 5 rebounds. And Kevin Mathurin contributed with 9 points and 12 rebounds. For the Southern Warriors, Anthony Joseph shot 7/15 for his 18 points and grabbed 6 Rebounds.
The Bank of St. Lucia Player of the Game was Jermain Joseph with his 11 points and 5 Rebounds
Game 4: Vigie Sports Complex (6:00pm)
Babonneau Dynasty pulled away in the fourth quarter in a keenly contested affair to beat Canaries Moon River 58 – 46. Close through the first three quarters, 22 points was scored by Babonneau in the fourth to commandingly take control of the game and seal their first victory in the tournament.
For Babonneau: Leonard Emmanuel had an all-round game with 17 points, 6 Rebounds and 7 Steals. But the Bank of St. Lucia Player of the Game was Owen Cazabon with his double double of 16 points and 11 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 assists to steer Babonneau to victory.
Larry Shepard also had a double double with 10 points and 12 boards for Canaries Moon River in their loss.
Game 5: at the Vigie Sports Complex (8:00pm)
The Game of the night featured newcomers Micoud Hustlerz squaring up against 2009 finalists VBCC Warlords.
It proved too tough a test for the newcomers who showed great fight and spirit till the end but VBCC showed their class to emerge with a 77 – 43 victory.
For VBCC: Philbert Lubrin shot 6/8 (75%) for his 12 points, 12 rebounds and 6 steals. And Marcian Calderon also added a game high 17 points and 12 rebounds to help the VBCC team.
For Micoud Hustlerz: Angus Charlery had a double double in a loss with his 16 points and 11 rebounds.
The Domino’s Player of the Game was Philbert Lubrin with his double double of 12 points and 12 rebounds and his impressive shooting average.
