Category National Men’s League

March 6th’s Matchup

Don’t miss the action as the Undefeated Burger King Warriors take on the Young Silver Bullets team. The bullets have an uphill battle but with rumors of the Warriors’ leading scorer Jerome Narcisse being on the injured list for tonight, that might be the break the Bullets need to overcome this formidable opponent.

At 7:45, the featured game will see Davion Cotterelly and the IRG Astros take on Tazmar Dawkins and the Silver Bullets A team. Games take place at the John Gray Gymnasium.

Warriors are the Kings

The Burger King Warriors swept the National Men’s championship final series 2-0. 🏀🏆🥇🏅

Although the Astos had a few missing pieces due to injury, they were still facing an uphill battle against the undefeated Warriors.

The game began with Astros taking a 9 point lead ahead of Warriors with Davion Cotterell and Jake Whittaker off to a great start. But that lead would be short lived as the Warriors inched away at the points in the second quarter.

The Astros did show a great sign of improvement in game 2 as they lost by 24 points to game 1s 40 point deficit. Perhaps their interim Coach Victor Voot O’Garro can take credit for that as he implemented a lot of pressure on the Warriors regular season top scorer Jerome Narcisse, an adjustment he made after seeing the damage caused by the 6’4 shooting guard in game 1. This left players like DeAndre Simpson, Juawon Ebanks and others no choice but to step up for Burger King.

But Warriors Coach Andrew Wisdom too would instruct his team to apply pressure on Astros trying to keep the ball out of Cotterell’s hands. But this would be a hard task as the relentless scorer is not easy to stop.

After an exchange of baskets from both ends of the floor, the Warriors would slip away and never look back.

At least 5 players were in double digits for BK Warriors: DeAndre Simpson led the charge with 23 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks; Jerome Narcisse followed with 19 points and 3 assists, Juawon Ebanks had 18 points and 3 steals, Collin Anglin held 15 points, 4 steals and 3 assists while Kenval Ebanks added 13 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks.

For IRG Astros: Davion Cotterell led the squad with 24 points and 3 blocks; Daniel Britton followed with 14 points and 14 rebounds; Jake Whittaker added 12 points and 7 rebounds.

The final score: BK Warriors 94 IRG Astros 70.

IRG gives AL Thompson’s their final tour!

🏀🏀IRG Astros advance as expected on the shoulders of Davion Cotterell.

Despite having a six man roster and being plagued with injuries, the Astros proved their weight in gold as they blew out the AL Thompson Hammers 92-71.

Davion Cotterell was one assist shy of a triple double and 3 rebounds short of making a quadruple double. He led the Astros with 48 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, 7 steals.

Adam Milburn followed with 13 points.

LaRue Nixon added 11 points.

For AL Thompson Hammers

Jameson Tippen led the Astros with 31 points, 7 rebounds.

Daniel Quinland followed 13 points,

Nick Beradi 12 points, 5 rebounds.

Tikko Moore added 11 points.

Warriors Take Out Defending Champs

🏀🏀Burger King Warriors eliminated the defending Champions Sol Blazers 104-63

The 8th seeded Blazers were definitely no match for the regular season champions as they are currently in rebuilding phase after losing all five of their starters this season.

But the Warriors have added a few new pieces such as Jerome Narcisse, Juawon Ebanks and Dwight O’Garro.

Jerome Narcisse led the Warriors with 39 points, 7 rebounds, 8 Assists, 3 steals.

Juwan Ebanks followed with 23 points, 11 rebounds 6 assists.

Kenval Bryan followed with 18 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 blocks.

Dwight O’Garro added 12 points.

For Blazers

Kobe McKenzie-Gordon led his team with 26 points, 4 steals

Brandon Glasgow followed with 14 points

Josh Cotterell added 12 points.

Player of the Week

🏀PLAYER OF THE WEEK🏀

Davion Cotterell was one assist shy of a triple double and 3 rebounds short of making a quadruple double when he led the IRG Astros with 48 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, 7 steals, 1 block.

In Monday’s game against Celltronics, Cotterell scored a career high of 50 points.

Silver Bullets Advance

As expected Silver Bullets clamped down for the win against CI Hoopsters last Sunday at the John Gray Gym.

Tazmar Dawkins top scored for Silver Bullets with 21 points, 4 rebounds, 2 Assists, 2 steals; Joanki Montero followed with 19 points, 6 steals, 3 assists and Tarique Simpson added 12 points and a monsterous15 rebounds.

In a losing effort, For CI Hoopsters, Leon Harris and Jaylin Johnson both led their team with 18 points. Harris grabbed 9 rebounds to Johnson’s 3 steals though.

The Bullets beat their opponent 77 to 44 in the single emlination match to head into the playoffs and faceoff against 2nd seeded IRG Astros this week.

PHOTO CREDIT: Helen Jones CIBA Photgrapher

Juniors Upset Seniors

In more playoff action…

It was a battle between the 4th and 5th seeds.

4th place Western Union Juniors defeted 5th place Celltronics 90 to 84 in the single elimination match on Moday night at the John Gray gym.

For Juniors, Jathan Barnes top scored with 28 points, 5 steals, 5 rebounds; Marcus Fletcher followed with 19 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks; Keller Wilson added 12 points, 4 steals; Jeheil Henry contributed 9 points. The highest rebounder for the team was Noel Squire with 7.

For Celltronics, Daniel Mowatt led the charge with 29 points, Damion Powell followed with 19 points, 20 rebounds, 2 steals, Davion Foster added 13 points, 11 rebounds and Gavin Reid contributed 10 points, 5 steals, 5 rebounds. Rick Henry aka Broklyn grabbe 18 rebouds with 7 points.

Though Celltronics lost the battle they clearly beat the Juniors on the boards and were point for point with their opponents…so what happened? Celltronics had a small bench and with two key players fouling out, there was not enough depth on the team to keep up with the Juniors who took advantage of this opportunity to advance to the semi-finals.

WU Juniors will now face 1st seed Burger King Warriors in the semi-finals this week.

All CIBA games are played at the John Gray Gumnasium.

Juniors Beat Seniors

In more playoff action…

It was a battle between the 4th and 5th seeds.

4th place Western Union Juniors defeted 5th place Celltronics 90 to 84 in the single elimination match on Moday night at the John Gray gym.

For Juniors, Jathan Barnes top scored with 28 points, 5 steals, 5 rebounds; Marcus Fletcher followed with 19 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks; Keller Wilson added 12 points, 4 steals; Jeheil Henry contributed 9 points. The highest rebounder for the team was Noel Squire with 7.

For Celltronics, Daniel Mowatt led the charge with 29 points, Damion Powell followed with 19 points, 20 rebounds, 2 steals, Davion Foster added 13 points, 11 rebounds and Gavin Reid contributed 10 points, 5 steals, 5 rebounds. Rick Henry aka Broklyn grabbe 18 rebouds with 7 points.

Though Celltronics lost the battle they clearly beat the Juniors on the boards and were point for point with their opponents…so what happened? Celltronics had a small bench and with two key players fouling out, there was not enough depth on the team to keep up with the Juniors who took advantage of this opportunity to advance to the semi-finals.

WU Juniors will now face 1st seed Burger King Warriors in the semi-finals this week.

All CIBA games are played at the John Gray Gumnasium.

Juniors Beat Seniors

In more playoff action…

It was a battle between the 4th and 5th seeds.

4th place Western Union Juniors defeted 5th place Celltronics 90 to 84 in the single elimination match on Moday night at the John Gray gym.

For Juniors, Jathan Barnes top scored with 28 points, 5 steals, 5 rebounds; Marcus Fletcher followed with 19 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks; Keller Wilson added 12 points, 4 steals; Jeheil Henry contributed 9 points. The highest rebounder for the team was Noel Squire with 7.

For Celltronics, Daniel Mowatt led the charge with 29 points, Damion Powell followed with 19 points, 20 rebounds, 2 steals, Davion Foster added 13 points, 11 rebounds and Gavin Reid contributed 10 points, 5 steals, 5 rebounds. Rick Henry aka Broklyn grabbe 18 rebouds with 7 points.

Though Celltronics lost the battle they clearly beat the Juniors on the boards and were point for point with their opponents…so what happened? Celltronics had a small bench and with two key players fouling out, there was not enough depth on the team to keep up with the Juniors who took advantage of this opportunity to advance to the semi-finals.

WU Juniors will now face 1st seed Burger King Warriors in the semi-finals this week.

All CIBA games are played at the John Gray Gumnasium.

Sol Blazers Win Again!

The Sol Blazers have again been crowned as the CIBA National Division 1 Men’s Champions for the 4th consecutive year.

Defending Champions Sol Blazers, swept IRG Astros 83 points to 78 points, in an off your seat, nail biting and thrilling final in the second game of the best of 3 series, to become once again the National Men’s Basketball Champions for 2019.

This will be Blazers’ 7th title and 4 straight Championship.

Sol Blazers:

· Samuel O’Garro – 28 pts, 8 rebs, 4 as, 2 sts

· Kevin Maxwell – 15 pts, 16 rebs, 1 bl

· Ben Jacobson – 14 pts, 14 rebs, 4 as, 2 sts

· Shaad O’Garro – 12 pts, 12 rebounds, 8 as, 4 sts, 4 bls

IRG Astros:

· Jerome Narcisse – 28 pts, 6 rebs, 3 as, 3 sts

· Davion Cotterell – 16 pts, 10 rebs, 6 as, 2 sts, 2 bls

· Jake Whittaker – 10 pts, 9 rebs, 1 as, 2 bls