Granville Jaguars defeated Bay City Lions 75 to 49 on Saturday night in game 1 of the Lucozade Sport Men’s Basketball Championship at the Montego Bay Cricket Club Court.

Granville Jaguars snatched back the coveted number one spot with 19 points; a position they have taken up residence in since round 9 (May 12).

Leroy Lawrence led the way for Granville Jaguars with team and game-high 37 points, eight rebounds. Point guard Douglas Powell added 13 points with 3 assists and Huwayne Blake had a quite night with eleven.

in a losing effort Lions' Don Cameron sparked with 22 points. He received support from Damion Henry who made 14 points, 3 rebounds and 4 steals.

Sav-La-Mar Hawks better their position in the standings by swooping their way to a 64-38 victory over Railway Tigers in game 2 of Saturday’s round of matches.

Maurice Rodriques was big with 15 points scored most points for Sav-La-Mar Hawks. He also had twelve rebounds to complete his double-double of the season. Terrence Tate scored 14 points, while Kareem Hibbert added 13 along with 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals to hold Tigers to a new championship low of 38 points total!

With Tigers losing key additions in guard Dave "Puwee" Black and forward/centre Jermaine Rerrie to NBL debutants Catherine Hall All-Stars - Tigers just seemed so mediocre. They were painful to watch. Jason Blake scored team-high 12 points and Detroy Jewery round-off their scoring with his first 10 points/10 rebounds double-double.

Jaguars and Avalanche are locked at the top with 19 points each followed in tow with Hoopers and Hawks on 17.

In Sunday's highly anticipated rematch reigning mid-season champions Innercity Avalanche met the mid-season finalist Hoopers. This season Avalanche has won both meetings between the two so far. Back on April 13, Avalanche rumbled in overtime to hand Hoopers their first loss beating them 65-60. Hoopers, last season's mid season champs had to relinquish the title after Avalanche outscored them 67-61.

This time around Hoopers were out to change their fate and team captain Andrae Morgan did well to marshall his troops with 22 points. In lieu Marlon Comrie made 14 points, pulled 8 boards and snatched 5 steals in their 67-65 win.

Despite his 24 points 6 rebounds performance, Cleon Morgan's charge was not enough to curb the loss. O'neil Clarke added 11 points and five rebounds.
 

By Khurt Comrie for WBA Media.