MONTEGO BAY, St James - The first trophy of the
Western Basketball Association's Division One league will be
up for grabs this evening as Sav Hawks of Westmoreland and
Central Flames of Hanover meet in the mid-season final at
the Montego Bay Cricket Club Courts, starting at 6:30.
Both teams were among four that finished the first round on
10 points each, but had the better goal differential to
advance to the play-off.
Despite forfeiting one game, Hawks had the best
goal-difference of 60. Flames were next with 53, one more
than Montego Bay Cricket Club Knights' 52, while Hopewell
Vipers had 50.
Sav Hawks will go in to the game with the psychological
advantage after beating Flames 70-65 in a regular season and
were unbeaten in the five games played after being forced to
forfeit one against Granville Wolfpack.
Flames will come into the gamed with a more potent scoring
lineup, having scored 407 points, the second highest behind
Knights, but Hawks have the best defence, giving up just 283
points thanks in part to 16 blocked shots by the veteran
Maurice Rodriques, second most to Knights' Peter
Michael Reid, who has 30.
The Flames attack will be led by the competition's top
scorer Craig Dorman, who has 113, Julian Walker,
who has 68, and Sheldon Myrie, 62.
Kenneth Blackwood, who had a season-high 30 points in
Hawks' win over Hopewell Vipers, will be the key player if
the Westmoreland club is to win.
Blackwood leads Hawks with 103 total points, followed by
Richard Chambers' 86 and Rodriques' 52.
