Cornwall
College sweep Williams Knibb in KFC basketball
MONTEGO
BAY, St James - Double defending champions Cornwall
College repeated their sweep of William Knibb Memorial High
School, winning both Under-19 and Under-16 ISSA/KFC Western
Conference High school basketball games at the Montego Bay
Cricket Club on Wednesday as the second-round continued.
The 78-35 win in the Under-16 section was the sixth straight
for the unbeaten Cornwall who are on 12 points, tied with
Herbert Morrison who beat Muschett High 32-30 a day earlier.
In the Under-19 section Cornwall College won 75-43 to for
their fifth win in seven starts to move to 12 points, two
behind leaders Herbert Morrison who have won all seven of
their games played so far.
The competition was due to continue yesterday with Spot
Valley and Mannings School facing off in an Under-19 game at
Spot Valley.
In the Under-16 game on Wednesday, Cornwall led by Robert
McIntosh and Alex McFarlane who both scored 17 points, got
off to a good start leading 11-8 after the first-quarter and
33-14 at the half and eased their way to their 43-point win.
Tevin Brown also got 10 points for Cornwall, while Shane
Graham scored nine points while Alpha Wright led
William Knibb with 12 points and 14 rebounds, Dexter
Anderson scored 11 points while Livan Hamilton
scored nine points.
Cornwall jumped out to a big lead in the Under-19 game and
was up 25-9 after the first-quarter to set the pace. They
were up by 18 points (42-24) at half-time and increased it
to 24 points (56-32) after the third-quarter.
Peter Michael Reid had a triple double for Cornwall with 11
points, 31 rebounds and 12 blocked shots; Gavin Brown
was the top scorer with 23 points; Christopher Smith
scored 14 points and had seven rebounds while Oshane
Cunning ham had 10 points.
Jamari Hines led William Knibb with 22 points,
Orville Ennis scored 15 points and had 11 rebounds while
Nasico Hodges scored eight points.
caption:
JWilliam Knibb Memorial's Alpha
Wright (left) dribbles away from Cornwall College's
Junior Chinook in Wednesday's ISSA/KFC Western
Conference Under 16 game at the Montego Bay Cricket
Club. Cornwall won 78-35. (Photo: Paul Reid) From the Jamaica-Observer January 8, 2010