By Rawle Toney
Pepsi Sonics is making a statement in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) first division tournament.
The Sonics boomed their way to a second win in as many matches when the tournament continued at the Burnham Court on Friday night.
Sonics, on this occasion, got the better of Georgetown’s top club, Courts Pacesetters, scoring a closely-fought 67-64 points’ win. The Sonics seemed to come out with one thing on their minds, which was to pick up on all the loose balls which they did, forcing the Pacesetters to rush their game which did not work too well for them.
The game started with the Pacesetters going on a good offensive run while the Sonics struggled a bit shooting-wise although they were still playing good defence. The quarter ended 18-9 in favour of the Courts Pacesetters.
The second quarter saw a rejuvenated Sonics team, one that forced Pacesetters to make some bad choices on possession at both ends of the court with their defensive and offensive attacks led by centre and captain Casey Hollingsworth.
Pacesetters `big three’ in Naylon Loncke, Stephon Gillis and Royston Siland were all out played by the Sonics team and the team committed numerous turnovers and also shot poorly from the free throw line.
In the end the Sonics were able to rough it out and come away victorious.
Hollingsworth led all scorers with 19 points followed by Rawle White, 15, while Tyron Smith and Ryan Melvin scored 13 and 10 points respectively.
For the Pacesetters, Gillis shot 11, Travis Burnette 10 and Aubrey Smith and Loncke nine points each.
The tournament continued last evening and more matches will be played this evening concurrently with the Lens Craft Third Division league. All matches will be played at the Burnham Court starting at 5pm each day.
