Basketball: Black Mambas & Young Goatz Win
The Bermuda Basketball Association’s Island Basketball League continued inside the CedarBridge Academy Gymnasium with a double-header that produced 257 points in the two matches.
In the opener, the Black Mambas defeated The Answer 69 – 61. Jarem Haley was the top scorer for the Black Mambas with 18 points, while Kevin Stephens had a double-double with 16 points and 15 rebounds. Eric Lambert had a double-double for The Answer, scoring 15 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.
In the nightcap, the Young Goatz held the Reapers under 65 defeating them 65 – 62. The Reapers came into the game on the back of back-to-back 90 point games.
Darae Smith led the Young Goatz to victory with 14 points, while Gus Gonzalves led the team with 7 rebounds, Gershon Kurt, and Mykal Glasgow both had a double-double for the Reapers, Kust scored 18 points, and he had 14 rebounds, while Glasgow scored 12 points, with 10 rebounds.