The Railway Tigers were hoping to continue the form they discovered in their last three outings, as they took on the current Mid-season champions, Central Flames at the Mobay Cricket Club Multi-Purpose Court as Round Ten of the Lucozade Sport MBC prolonged. The Flames headed into this game confident with their 7-1 record the envy of all division one teams.

In the first term Flames proved to be the aggressor burning up the courts and the opposition 21-9. They also dominated the boards, giving them control of the match.

Flames' hefty 12-point lead was cut short in the second term as the team from Railway Lane regurgitated their first term beat-down and out-scored their rivals 17-10 to trail by five at the half-time buzzer.

It were the both teams which struggled in the third term, by the end Central barely outscored Railway in the quarter 13-11, giving themselves a seven point advantage. Sharp-shooting improved on the part of both teams but advantage stayed in the eventual victors on their way to a moderate 62-50 win and moving their record to 8 wins and 1 loss.

For the Flames, Craig Dorman top scored with 23 points, 7 rebounds and eight steals, with Cordell Gordon adding 14 points along with five boards.

Detroy Jewery led the scoring for the Tigers with 17 points, 6 boards and five steals, while veteran point-guard Anthony Christie had good all round games with 12 points, 4 assists and six steals.

Tigers advances to the best-of-three semi-final round which commences this Saturday, when they will aim to knock off the league's third place finisher Granville Wolfpack @ 7:30pm.

While the Flames & Hopewell Vipers rivalry continues in the other semi-final series, game time 5:30pm.



By Khurt Comrie for WBA Media.