Marian Academy yesterday crushed the Georgetown Technical Institute 56-19 to be crowned Georgetown Conference U20 champions for the third consecutive year as the Youth Basketball Guyana’s (YBG) National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) continued at the Marian Academy School Court, Carifesta Avenue yesterday.
Marian Academy romped to 15-0 lead in the first 10 minutes as GTI were simply unable to formulate a plan to counteract the dogged zonal defense employed by the Carifesta side.
Selvaughn Thomas led the Marian offense with 19 points and six rebounds while Tequain Vieira contributed 12 points and Dominic Vicente 10 points and nine rebounds. Lassar Richards netted six points for the Woolford Avenue side.
In the East Coast (Country) Conference U20 championship game, Nikkoloi Smith netted 36 points to power Plaisance Secondary to a 54-36 win over the University of Guyana.
Smith exploited his quick dribbling and physical prowess to dominate the Turkeyen side registering 12 points in the paint and 24 points from beyond the arc as he nailed eighth three pointers.
Smith also collected 12 rebounds and seven steals while Quincy Easton led the University of Guyana with a double-double as he collected 14 points, 12 rebounds and six steals.
The tournament is being sponsored by Digicel, Beharry Group of Companies and Banks DIH.
