The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Tribune Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

The Giants sent a pair of teams to the BAISS basketball championships in the senior division as both top seeds eliminated the Kingsway Academy Saints.

Senior Girls

(1) St John’s College Giants – 57

(4) Kingsway Academy Saints – 7

Ten Giants scored in the rout led by a game-high 12 points from Calvinique Spence. Christianna Richarson scored ten, Laquan Sands scored nine, while Tianna Gordon and Sideya Hillaire each scored six.

The Giants were overwhelming from the opening tip and built a 11-0 lead within the game’s first three minutes.

Sands’ her third steal and layup of the quarter gave the Giants a 16-0 lead and an 18-0 advantage at the end of the first.

The Saints finally got their first score of the game when they made a pair of free throws on their second possession of the second and trailed 31-4 at the half.

Kingway got their first field goal of the game at the 2:31 mark in the third quarter

The lead reached 40 on a Richardson score, 46-6 with just over a minute left in the third.

The Giants will face the winner of the matchup between the SAC Big Red Machine and the Jordan Prince William Falcons.

Senior Boys

(1) St John’s College Giants – 65

(4) Kingsway Academy Saints – 57

The Giants Senior boys had a much more difficult time in their matchup but outlasted the Saints down the stretch to advance.

Immanuel Carey emerged from a scrum with a loose ball to give the Giants a 64-57 lead with less than 30 seconds left to play as a late fourth quarter surge staved off elimination.

Tyrese Porter scored a game high 24 points, including nine in the fourth quarter to lead the Giants. Jordan Maycock had 19 points, including five three pointers and Carey finished with eight.

Aston Webb led the Saints with 14 points, Dacoda Johnson had 11, and Jermain Adderley scored eight.

The Giants took a 50-47 lead into a fourth quarter that featured five ties and six lead changes.

Tied at 55, Porter converted a three point play to give the Giants the lead for good with 2:24 left to play.

McCalister Smith scored for Kingsway but Porter responded with another layup to keep the Giants ahead.

After a series of defensive stops, Carey’s layup would seal the win and the berth to the championship series.

The Saints had an 8-6 lead early in the first before Porter’s layup tied it for the Giants. His free throws late in the quarter gave the Giants a 14-12 lead after one.

In a high-scoring second quarter, Maycock made four of his five three pointers and the Giants led 35-33 at the half.

Kingsway took their biggest lead of the game in the third when they took a four point lead on back to back jumpers from Webb.

Careys late free throws gave St John’s the three point lead headed, 50-47 headed into the fourth.

St John’s will face the winners of the opposite semifinal between the Temple Christian Suns and the Queen’s College Comets.