Pacesetters top Sonics 69-52 in GABA tournament
Pacesetters Basketball Club struggled from the field, but got pass the Pepsi Sonics on Tuesday evening when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Knockout Tournament continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Pacesetters had a tough time finding the bottom of the net, but eventually came out with a 69-52 win.
Pacesetters were down 9-13 after the first quarter. However, they held the Sonics to just five points in the second quarter while scoring 21 points to end the first half up by 12 points with the score on 30-18.
Sonics had a better third quarter and upped the paced at the beginning of the period to help cut the lead to just three by the end of the quarter with the score 44-41.
But Sonics could only muster 11 points in the final period, while Pacesetters had their best period of scoring with 25 points in the final 10 minutes of the game. Nathan Saul was the high point man in the game with 23 points, while Joslyn Crawford chipped in with 13.
Meanwhile, in second division action, the University of Guyana Trojans topped the Sonics 69-61 in a competitive game. While the Sonics only led for about two minutes at the start of the game, they were always in reach of a win but kept giving up turnovers.
UG easily capitalised by scoring on the other end and never really looked like losing after their first quarter lead at 20-13. Sonics would get as close as three points by the end of the third period, but did not have the firepower to get past the tertiary institution.
Jaffar Gibbons had 24 points in the win, while Darrol Williams and Jabari Joseph chipped in with 21 and 12 points respectively. Alex Murray had 24 points for the Sonics.
The tournament will continue this evening (March 7) at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with another two games.