The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

FOR the Mailboat Cybots, a dominant season ended in fitting fashion when they captured the Bahamas Basketball Federation national title.

The Cybots took the nation’s second city by storm and claimed the BBF’s national championship with a 91-90 thriller over the home team, Mega Hit Stars, in Grand Bahama Saturday night.

As he did in the closing game of the New Providence Basketball Association championship series finale, Brian Bain again stepped up at the free throw line with late game heroics.

Bain split a pair at the line with six seconds left to play to give the Cybots the edge and Avalon Kelly’s final shot at the buzzer came up short as the Cybots claimed the title.

Ernest Saunders flirted with a triple double to earn MVP honours with a team high 24 points, eight assists and seven rebounds.

Double-double machine Eugene Bain finished with 20 points and 19

rebounds, while Brian Bain added 21 points. Clemente Martin led all scorers with a game high 38 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. Kyle Grant added 19 points and 10 rebounds while Scott Forbes chipped in with 10 points and nine rebounds.

The Stars led 90-87 with 41 seconds left to play, but failed to put

the Cybots away who answered with a free throw from Eugene Bain, an

Ahmad Bootle score and Brian Bain’s game winning free throw.

Despite being outscored 26-16 off points off turnovers, the Cybots bench had a 24-15 edge in scoring.

The Mega Hit Stars led by as much as 17 and controlled the scoreboard for over 36 minutes, while the Cybots never led by more than four points and held the advantage for just 1:33.

The Cybots won their first NPBA title since 2009 last month with a hard fought series win over the Commonwealth Bank Giants.

In the series finale, the Cybots overcame a 23-point deficit in the series clincher, capped by a pair of free throws from Brian Bain.

In division two, Keno Russell was virtually unstoppable in leading Reach Out Ministries to a 113-92 win over Andros.

Russell scored a game high 46 points, Keanu Woodside added 19 points and 13 rebounds, while Deondre Jones chipped in with 11 and Antoine Bevans added 10.

Richard Miller led Andros with 24 points and 11 rebounds, Gary Gibson added 17 points and 15 rebounds, Jussie Russell added 18 points and seven rebounds, Mackey Knowles added 12 points and Calsey Fowler added 11.

The championship winners out of Grand Bahama forced 28 turnovers which led to 29 points. They led wire to wire and at one point led by as much as 33 points.