HC A-Team seals U17 Basketball Finals berth

Harrison College A proved why they are the “A” team in Crumpton Street as they made light work of Harrison College B, 64-25, in the first semifinal matchup of the National Sports Council U17 Schools Basketball Competition on Wednesday morning.

Playing at their school hard courts, HC A may have underestimated their schoolmates, as the B team matched them score for score early in the game. Behind the strong play of Luke Springer, HC B only trailed 17-19 at the half, as Springer scored 7 points in that time frame.

That two-point deficit would be as close as it got for the B team, as HC A started the third quarter with a menacing full court press which blew the game wide open. Walton Yarbrough was the third quarter star for HCA as he scored 10 of his 16 points during a 24-0 run, which pushed the lead all the way up to 48-19 by the end of the third quarter.

HCAs’ shooting guard, Darren Massiah, had the fourth quarter all to himself, as he put on a shooting display for the home crowd, which included two of his four three-point shots in the game. He finished with a game high 20 points.

Over at the Husbands courts, Queens College A made light work of Christ Church Foundation School, defeating them comfortably 60-26.

QCA was led by stellar guard play from their key players Zane Gaskin and Darreon Griffith, the dynamic duo scored 23 of the teams first 25 points and gave QC a commanding 46-17 lead at halftime.

Michah Duke was the lone player in double figures for Foundation, with 14 points, as they were simply outmatched on both ends of the floor.

For QC, Gaskin and Griffith finished with 22 and 19 points respectively while Kirk-Patrick Forde scored 11.

Harrison College A will battle Queens College A in both the U15 and U17 finals scheduled for 9:30 Thursday morning at the Wildey Gymnasium.

(ZM)