Another big week on the basketball court with games for both boys and girl’s teams.
Boys – The boys played on Tuesday evening against teams from a mixture of schools that train at Palm Gardens. First up were the 11&U boys. Both teams displayed a lot of skill from players of such a young age and the game was very evenly contested. The Palm Gardens team had an edge in height but our boys fought hard to get the rebounds and stop their taller players from scoring. The Palm Gardens team gradually drew ahead with a few good long shots and then held onto their lead with their most skillful player scoring some good lay ups for them to win 28-22. For ABIS Hans was outstanding and our top scorer and he was well assisted by JJ and Lucas who also put points on the board. Diego, Sergio, Hassan and Jao Gabriel also played well and were very strong in defense.
The senior boys had a good game in their match up and the first half in particular was very close. ABIS started well with a good tap in rebound from Isaac followed by some strong baskets from David to draw to an early lead. The Palm Gardens team hit back with some nice baskets of their own to keep things close in the first quarter. The second quarter featured strong defense and ABIS went 8 minutes without scoring until David finally scored two quick baskets to give us a small lead at half time. The boys really hit their straps in the second half with some good fast breaks and David finding his range with his shooting to close out the game 50-19. David was the obvious MVP with a massive 35 points with some good help on the scoreboard from Isaac 6, Rhett 4 and Kameron 4 and great defense from Jed, Newton and Aqeel. Well done boys.