KC, Ardenne win crowns

2008 Basketball Competition

DEFENDING Champions Ardenne High and King-ston College (KC) captured the ISSA/KFC All-island Under-16 and Under-19 basketball titles, respectively, with victories over Old Harbour and Ardenne at the National Stadium courts on Friday.

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In the opening Under-16 game, Ardenne defeated Old Harbour 50-39 while KC followed that with a 59-54 victory over Ardenne.

Adam Fernandez led the way for Ardenne's Under-16s with a game-high 29 points and eight rebounds and he received solid support from Dimitri Gauge (six points and eight rebounds).

Nicholas Reeves (11 points and eight rebounds) and Earl Mowatt (10 points and 11 rebounds) were the top performers for Old Harbour.

In the second final, Omari Green led the way for KC with a game-high 22 points and 13 rebounds. Bradley Lecky (10 points) and Orayne Crawford (10 points) also played well.


 

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2008 Basketball Competition

Alex Lubsey was the leading scorer for Ardenne with 18 points and nine rebounds, while Luke Cook had 16 points and six rebounds.
Andrew Jackson, coach of KC, was delighted with his team's victory.

"We knew that this game was going to be a ding-dong battle, so I told my team from the start not to take any outside shots and drive to the basket and it paid off in the end for us," Jackson said.

 

 

 

"We weren't playing our ball game during the first half because we were playing their game. We made some adjustments at half-time and we got them off their running game and shut down the key which resulted in a number of turnovers by them.

"My team really stepped up, especially Under-16 player, Kemar Wright, who was one of our most outstanding players today."

Basil Barrett, coach of Ardenne High, said: "Hats off to KC because they are just better than us and they beat us every time."

KC Recovered

Recovered From 14 Points Down

KINGSTON COLLEGE (KC) recovered from 14-point, first-quarter deficit to stun Ardenne 54-40 in game one of the ISSA/KFC Under-19 schoolboy basketball Southern Conference finals at the National Stadium court yesterday.

However, there was a reversal of fortune in the Under-16 final as the North Street team was battered 50-33 by the same foes.

Flying out of the gates, Ardenne stormed to a 17-3 first-quarter lead in the U-19s as KC found it difficult to cope with a stifling Ardenne front-line. However, Ardenne's crippling defence came at a price as their big men got into foul trouble, including shot blocker Alex Lubsy who started the second quarter on the bench.

"We had too many calls against us. Their strategy was to foul out the big men and a number of harsh calls from the referees helped in that department," said Ardenne coach Basil Waite.

"If you are going to call a tough game, then fouls should be on both sides not one team forced to make early substitutions," Waite said.

KC were quick to take advantage of the fact that Ardenne's starters were out of the game and, led by Omari Green who finished the game with 15 points, 16 rebounds and five assists, they close the margin to seven going into half-time with the score at 23-16.

Fixtures

Basketball 2009

U-16 Basketball

First Round
Second Round

U-19 Basketball

First Round

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