QQQ Marist wins 2014 HBL Championship

By Taromane Martin_ Island Sun

QQQ MARIST men’s basketball and Sunrise women’s basketball team have maintained their dominance in the sport after winning their respective grand final matches yesterday (Sunday).

QQQ Marist defeated Crusader division A team 36-30 in the grand final yesterday at the Multipurpose Hall while Sunrise defeated a determined El Divas team 40-33 in the women’s A division to claim back to back title wins for both teams respectively.

Waige Turueke was again the standout player for QQQ Marist with his three point shooting abilities and drives for two points under the hoop.

Crusaders showed why they have reached this year’s grand final leading Marist 10-6 in the first quarter before Marist fought back to snatch the lead in the second quarter leading 18- 16 and establishing a two point gap at the end of the quarter.

However Crusaders reduced that lead in the third quarter to momentarily lead 25-22 forcing Marist to call a time out.

Marist was staring defeat in the face before Waige fired another three pointer and a two point double to preserve his teams lead leading 29-28 as they headed out for the break.

Crusaders tried to stage a fight back in the last quarter but were already too late to stop QQQ Marist from claiming another title.

While in the women’s A division Sunrise defeated El Divas 40-33 to claim another title in the basketball competition.

Elsie Daiwo and Miriam Basia were brilliant for their team with Elsie scoring 15 points while Miriam buried 14 points for Sunrise after leading El Divas 9-6 in the first quarter, 17-14 in the second quarter, 23-22 in the 3rd quarter before claiming the first position with a 40-33 win over El Divas in the women’s A division grand final match yesterday.

In the third and fourth position playoffs, Pinoy men’s basketball team managed to nudge their way into third position after defeating Westside bullets 60-59 in a close encounter at the Multipurpose Hall yesterday.

DIVISION A STANDINGS

Men’s Division

QQQ Marist-1st place
Crusaders- 2nd place
Pinoy- 3rd position
West Side Bullets- 4th position

Women’s Division

Sunrise-1st position
El Divas-2nd Position
Lakers-3rd position
D-Fenders-4th position

 




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