The Tribune

THE first of four pennants were decided on Saturday as the Baptist Sports Council’s 2015 AID Basketball Classic starts to wind down.

On Saturday at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex, defending champions St John’s clinched the 15-and-under pennant with a 33-12 rout over Macedonia to finish the regular season with a perfect 4-0 win-loss record. With the loss, Macedonia fell to 2-2 as they sit in third place.

BIBA is holding onto second place at 3-1, but the fourth and final playoff spot will not be decided until 10am Saturday when Eagles Nest and Mt Tabor clash in a battle of two winless teams at 0-3. The winner will get the fourth spot for the playoffs and the loser will be eliminated.

This is the final weekend of play in the regular season before the BSC takes a break for the Easter holiday weekend. The best-of-three playoffs are scheduled to start on Saturday, April 11.

Pennants still on the line are in the 19-and-under division where Cousin McPhee lead with a perfect 5-0 record, as well as the men’s A and B divisions. In the men’s A, Macedonia is leading at 3-1, but both Faith United and New Mount Zion (both 2-1) and Cousin McPhee (1-1) are still eligible. The men’s B pennant will be decided between the Eagles Nest (3-0), Men of Vision (2-1) and Evangelistic Center (1-1).

• Here’s a summary of the games played over the weekend:

St John’s 33,

Macedonia 12

Rashad Greene scored 11 points and Donte Demeritte added eight to keep the under-15 champions’ perfect record intact. Ahmad Williams scored three in a losing effort.

BIBA 29, Faith United 27

Alex Scavalla scored nine and Rashad Stubbs had eight in the 19-and-under win. Bertrum Minns scored a game high 10 in the loss.

Macedonia B 39,

New Bethany 22

Henrick Sands scored 10 and both Tarique Colebrooke and Justin Sweeting had eight in the 19-and-under win. Matthew Davis and Kamal Murphy both had 13 in the loss.

Mt Tabor 35, New Bethany 24

Jermaine Bethel scored 12 points and Marcian Higgins had eight in their 19-and-under win. Matthew Davis scored a game high 16 in the loss.

Faith United 30,

Mt Tabor 27

Bertrum Minns scored nine points and Martin Conliffe had six in their 19-and-under win. Azaro Roker had 10 in the loss.

Macedonia B 23,

Mt Tabor 21

Gregory Munroe scored seven points and Sharrano Hanna had four in their 19-and-under win. Marcian Higgins had six in the loss.

New Mt Zion 46, Macedonia 39

Valentino Williams scored a game high 18 and Rinaldo Smith added 14 in their men’s win. Terico Strachan had 15 in the loss.

Cousin McPhee 50,

Calvary Deliverance 48

Randy Williams and Jamal Simon both scored 16 points in the men’s win. Anton Francis scored a game high 23 and L McPhee had 22 in the loss.

Eagles Nest 39,

Christian Tabernacle 27

Horris McKenzie scored 15 points and Dario McKenzie added nine in their men’s win. Jason Cambridge had nine in the loss.

In other games played in the 19-and-under division, Cousin McPhee def. BIBA 52-27; BIBA def. St John’s 42-39; Cousin McPhee def. St John’s 43-42; Macedonia A def. Eagles Nest 37-35 and Faith United def. Macedonia A 41-30.

Saturday’s schedule

Court One

Eagles Nest vs Mt Tabor (15)

Eagles Nest vs Faith United (19)

Macedonia B vs Faith United (19)

Eagles Nest vs BIBA (19)           

BIBA vs New Bethany (19)

Macedonia A vs Macedonia B (19)Men of Vision vs Eagles Nest (M)

Evangelistic Center vs Christian Tabernacle (M)

Evangelistic Center vs Mt Tabor (M)

Court Two

St John’s vs Macedonia B (19)

Macedonia A vs Cousin McPhee (19)St John’s vs Mt Tabor (19)

New Bethany vs Cousin McPhee (19)

Faith United vs Cousin McPhee (19)

St John’s vs Eagles Nest (19)Cousin McPhee vs New Mt Zion (M)

Cousin McPhee vs Faith United (M)