Almost three weeks after Catherine Hall All Stars took a 1-0 win against Granville Jaguars in the Best-of-Three finals in the 2011 Western Conference FLOW National Basketball League (NBL), the team has not been able to see any further action on account of the persistent rainfall that has been lashing western Jamaica.
"This competition should have been completed close to two weeks ago, but the rains have washed out all our scheduled playing days," said Western Basketball Association (WBA) vice-president Deon Williams, the competition's coordinator. "As things are, we are not setting any new dates until there is a break in the weather."
Catherine Hall dominant
In the much-anticipated Game One, the Catherine Hall team was quite dominant, winning three of the four quarters in a performance, which would seem to suggest that they might be quite tough to beat in the race for the coveted title, which is symbolic of western basketball supremacy.
In the first quarter, Jaguars started out well, but once the Catherine Hall team settled, they took control and were clearly in charge at the end of the quarter, which they led 17-14. It was more Catherine Hall dominance in the second quarter, which they won 13-8 for a comfortable 30-22 half-time lead.
In the third quarter, the Jaguars team finally came to grips with the situation and looked quite ominous taking the quarter quite impressively by a 17-7 margin to level the score at 37-37 going into the final quarter.
In the deciding final quarter, Jaguars seemed jaded by their third-quarter effort and struggled to match a rejuvenated Catherine Hall in the push for victory. In fact, Catherine Hall were cruising in the end as they took the quarter 23-14 for their 60-53 win.
Kurt Dorman, with 15 points and 15 rebounds; Goyan Malcolm, with 15 points and 12 rebounds; and Marvin Powell, with 12 points and five rebounds, were the dominant players for Catherine Hall. Leroy Lawrence, with 15 points and 10 rebounds; and Huwayne Blake, 14 points and 10 rebounds, replied for Jaguars.
"The level of interest going into the play-offs was quite high and I am just hoping that the momentum will not be lost because of the rain break," said Williams. "It has been an excellent season and we want it to end on a high."
Source: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110608/sports/sports91.html
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