31 May 2006
SEYCHELLES : League Championship - Adjustments needed ahead of titanic clash
THE coaches will have to make some significant defensive and offensive adjustments this coming Saturday when big guns Premium Cobras and PLS Hawks meet in their Men division 1A first round match-up.
With both teams having already lost a match apiece, they warmed up for the forthcoming mouth-watering encounter with wins on Saturday at Victoria Gymnasium, putting them in good heart ahead of the eagerly awaited fixture.
PLS Hawks 73 ... Angels 69
Defending champions PLS Hawks made their experience count down the stretch, rallying from an 11-point deficit at the start of the fourth quarter to win 73-69 against Angels.
Coach Tony Juliette’s PLS Hawks looked like going down a second time in two weeks as Angels built a healthy 15-point lead when Garry Duprès made five out of six free-throws with 4 minutes 24 seconds played in the third quarter and Darren Lesperance connected from behind the 3-point arc seconds later.
Not only did they play under a lot of pressure, PLS Hawks also lost playmaker and reigning basketballer of the year Thomas Collie in an incident which led to Duprès going to the foul line.
After being called with a blocking foul when he thought his opponent should have been punished for a charge, Collie screamed at umpire Allan Uzice who hit with a technical foul. Having already committed his fifth foul, Collie was disqualified by the official apparently for dissent. In the process, PLS Hawks’ bench was also hit with a technical foul.
When most of the spectators present thought that PLS Hawks would run out of ideas and suffer another embarrassing defeat, they perhaps forgot that coach Juliette’s team play with a lot of guts when they are trailing. They went on an 11-0 run to equalise at 63-63 on a stand-in playmaker Romeo Victor drive with 4:48 played.
On a Duprès three-point play – their first points of the fourth quarter with 5:07 played, Angels regained the lead at 66-63, but again PLS Hawks tied the match at 69-69 through veteran power forward Jim Domingue before the team added another four points to their tally.
Restricting Angels to just six points in the final 10 minutes was the turnaround for PLS Hawks who got 27 points from Domingue and had Barry Baron, Nigel Annette and Luciano Moumou scoring 13 apiece.
The win was leaders’ PLS Hawks’ fifth in six games for 11 points, while Angels, under coach James Joubert, have eight points after two wins and four defeats.
Skipper Steven Servina had the hot hands with 20 points for Angels who lost key players Duprès (17 points) and Norcy Agathine (8 points) with five personal fouls each during a three-second interval in the final quarter.
Premium Cobras 76 ... RC Dynamics 58
In the absence of Lenny Aglaé and James Beier, Dominic Pillay had more playing time and he delivered, teaming up with Nigerian Reuben Kolawole in the front court for a combined 33 points.
In fact, Pillay finished as the game’s joint-topscorer with 18 points, the same total as RC Dynamics’ Kenneth Domingue.
Premium Cobras won the first, third and fourth quarters 21-12, 17-12 and 26-22 on the way to their third win in four games, while RC Dynamics, who had stopped a three-game losing streak with a 61-48 win over MBU Rockers, are now winless in their last two games. They have seven points after six matches.
SMB Razorback 60 ... Cascade Bullets 51
Although skipper Jean-Paul Camille left the game with a nose injury mid-way through the fourth quarter after having taken an inadvertent elbow from a teammate, SMB Razorback were able to hold on for a big win over Cascade Bullets.
After winning the first quarter 17-7, SMB Razorback saw their lead evaporate in thin air as the Bullets, who had beaten MBU Rockers 69-58 in their last match which saw five players expelled following a brawl, came back strongly to equalise at 26-26 at half-time.
But SMB Razorback, who delivered a shocker with an 80-66 win over PLS Hawks a fortnight ago, were able to win the other two quarters 16-11 and 18-14 for their fourth victory in six games.
As for the Bullets, coach Grégoire Scholastique will have to go back to the drawing board to plot their next move, hoping it will result in their third win.
Camille finished as his team’s best scorer with 18 points, while Malagasy Alberto ‘Didys’ Edwards was the only other SMB Razorback player in double figures with 10 points.
Cascade Bullet’s giant centre Ronny Julienne top-scored in the match with 22 points and playmaker Kenneth Sophie added 15.
Meanwhile, in a women’s match played last Friday at Victoria Gymnasium, Lindy Aglaé got a season-high 26 points as third-placed Bel Air beat Juniors 79-31.
Jennifer Bonne finished with 18 points for Juniors who are a place from bottom with five points in the seven-team league.
G. G.
With both teams having already lost a match apiece, they warmed up for the forthcoming mouth-watering encounter with wins on Saturday at Victoria Gymnasium, putting them in good heart ahead of the eagerly awaited fixture.
PLS Hawks 73 ... Angels 69
Defending champions PLS Hawks made their experience count down the stretch, rallying from an 11-point deficit at the start of the fourth quarter to win 73-69 against Angels.
Coach Tony Juliette’s PLS Hawks looked like going down a second time in two weeks as Angels built a healthy 15-point lead when Garry Duprès made five out of six free-throws with 4 minutes 24 seconds played in the third quarter and Darren Lesperance connected from behind the 3-point arc seconds later.
Not only did they play under a lot of pressure, PLS Hawks also lost playmaker and reigning basketballer of the year Thomas Collie in an incident which led to Duprès going to the foul line.
After being called with a blocking foul when he thought his opponent should have been punished for a charge, Collie screamed at umpire Allan Uzice who hit with a technical foul. Having already committed his fifth foul, Collie was disqualified by the official apparently for dissent. In the process, PLS Hawks’ bench was also hit with a technical foul.
When most of the spectators present thought that PLS Hawks would run out of ideas and suffer another embarrassing defeat, they perhaps forgot that coach Juliette’s team play with a lot of guts when they are trailing. They went on an 11-0 run to equalise at 63-63 on a stand-in playmaker Romeo Victor drive with 4:48 played.
On a Duprès three-point play – their first points of the fourth quarter with 5:07 played, Angels regained the lead at 66-63, but again PLS Hawks tied the match at 69-69 through veteran power forward Jim Domingue before the team added another four points to their tally.
Restricting Angels to just six points in the final 10 minutes was the turnaround for PLS Hawks who got 27 points from Domingue and had Barry Baron, Nigel Annette and Luciano Moumou scoring 13 apiece.
The win was leaders’ PLS Hawks’ fifth in six games for 11 points, while Angels, under coach James Joubert, have eight points after two wins and four defeats.
Skipper Steven Servina had the hot hands with 20 points for Angels who lost key players Duprès (17 points) and Norcy Agathine (8 points) with five personal fouls each during a three-second interval in the final quarter.
Premium Cobras 76 ... RC Dynamics 58
In the absence of Lenny Aglaé and James Beier, Dominic Pillay had more playing time and he delivered, teaming up with Nigerian Reuben Kolawole in the front court for a combined 33 points.
In fact, Pillay finished as the game’s joint-topscorer with 18 points, the same total as RC Dynamics’ Kenneth Domingue.
Premium Cobras won the first, third and fourth quarters 21-12, 17-12 and 26-22 on the way to their third win in four games, while RC Dynamics, who had stopped a three-game losing streak with a 61-48 win over MBU Rockers, are now winless in their last two games. They have seven points after six matches.
SMB Razorback 60 ... Cascade Bullets 51
Although skipper Jean-Paul Camille left the game with a nose injury mid-way through the fourth quarter after having taken an inadvertent elbow from a teammate, SMB Razorback were able to hold on for a big win over Cascade Bullets.
After winning the first quarter 17-7, SMB Razorback saw their lead evaporate in thin air as the Bullets, who had beaten MBU Rockers 69-58 in their last match which saw five players expelled following a brawl, came back strongly to equalise at 26-26 at half-time.
But SMB Razorback, who delivered a shocker with an 80-66 win over PLS Hawks a fortnight ago, were able to win the other two quarters 16-11 and 18-14 for their fourth victory in six games.
As for the Bullets, coach Grégoire Scholastique will have to go back to the drawing board to plot their next move, hoping it will result in their third win.
Camille finished as his team’s best scorer with 18 points, while Malagasy Alberto ‘Didys’ Edwards was the only other SMB Razorback player in double figures with 10 points.
Cascade Bullet’s giant centre Ronny Julienne top-scored in the match with 22 points and playmaker Kenneth Sophie added 15.
Meanwhile, in a women’s match played last Friday at Victoria Gymnasium, Lindy Aglaé got a season-high 26 points as third-placed Bel Air beat Juniors 79-31.
Jennifer Bonne finished with 18 points for Juniors who are a place from bottom with five points in the seven-team league.
G. G.
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