The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Tribune Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

THE Sun Oil Rockets scored an early-season win over the defending Division II champions in the New Providence Basketball Association.

Crosley Wilmore led the Rockets with 22 points while Bertrum Minnis posted a double double with 19 points and 13 rebounds in the Rockets’ 93-87 win over the Breezes High Flyers. Cameron Chery scored 15 while Craig Gibson scored 11 for the Rockets. The High Flyers missed 20 free throws and shot just 26-46 from the line, while the Rockets converted 23 on 33 attempts.

Dave Davis led the High Flyers with 18 points and 11 rebounds, Jeremy Neely scored 16 and Davonte Gibson added another double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds.

Clinging to a two-point lead with less than a minute left in the fourth quarter, Chery made jumpers on consecutive possessions to seal the Rockets win.

The Rockets led 70-64 early in the fourth, but the High Flyers went on a 9-2 run to take the lead. A Hank Davis jumper gave his team a 73-72 lead near the eight-minute mark and he followed with a layup on the ensuing possession to go ahead by four.

Their lead reached as much as seven on a Gibson free throw (81-74).

Crispin Gibson capped a Rockets run with a three pointer to regain the Rockets lead 86-85 with two minutes left. Breezes were outscored 7-2 down the stretch.

A poor shooting night from both teams, the Rockets were at just 37 per cent and 25 per cent from three-point range. The High Flyers shot 41 per cent and just 15 per cent from beyond the arc.