Sports Page — Well, it has been finally decided. After many weeks of preliminary games, the two finalists for the NABA league have officially sealed their spots.
Defending champions CG Rebels had already done so on Sunday night and so it was left to be seen which of the remaining two teams would get the available spot.
The critical match was played on Tuesday night between the Bronx Crisis and the Brantley Church Ground Massives.
It was a tight game throughout with both teams winning two quarters each. However, the Bronx men held their nerves in the final quarter to eventually win by 5 points.
Game summary:
Bronx Crisis 59 CG Massives 54
1st quarter – Bronx Crisis 12 CG Massives 8
2nd quarter – CG Massives 16 Bronx Crisis 14
3rd quarter – Bronx Crisis 17 CG Massives 13
4th quarter – CG Massives 17 Bronx Crisis 16
CHURCH GROUND MASSIVE
- Hutton 17pts 8rebs 2ass 8steal 1/4 free throw
- Usha 7pts 5rebs 1ass 0 1/2 free throw
- Esdaille 4pts 5rebs 1b.shot 2/4 free throw
- Isles 2pts 1reb 1steal
- Wallace 14pts 9reb 0ass 2steal 0/1free throw.
- Williams 10pts 7reb 1ass 3steal
Bronx CRISIS
- Stapleton 10pts 1reb 3ass 0/2 free throw
- Bramble 6pts 11reb 0ass 3steal 3b/shots
- Lewis 4pts 6reb 4ass 3steal 2/2 free throw 0b/shot
- Franklyn 4pts 6reb 2ass 1steal 3b/shot
- Harding 15pts 3reb 2ass 1steal 1b/shot 2/4free throw
- Smith 12pts 7reb 0ass 1steal 0b/shot 2/4 free throw
- Belle 8pts 7reb 3ass 1steal 1b/shot 4/4 free throw
It means therefore that Bronx Crisis has qualified for the finals versus the Cotton Ground Rebels team.
There will be 3 games for the finals. The first game will be played on Thursday 16th July 2015 starting at 7.00p.m. On Sunday 19th July, one game will be played between OLD SKOOL and CHURCH GROUND MASSIVE for the third place starting at 6.30p.m.
All games will be played at the Grell Hull-Stevens Netball Complex.