The Tribune

THE Eagles Nest, Macedonia and Golden Gates have taken the early lead in their respective best-of-three basketball playoff series in the Baptist Sports Council’s 2016 Basketball League.

On Saturday at the Baillou Hills Sports Complex, the Eagles Nest A team knocked off the Good Samaritan B team, while Macedonia took care of Mekeddish Ministries 44-36 in the pair of 19-and-under divisional matches.

In the men’s division, Golden Gates routed the Eagles Nest 36-25 and Macedonia pounded God Squad 52-30.

All four series will continue with games two on Saturday and if necessary, they will also play game three. The best-of-three championship series will be played on Saturday, May 28.

• Here’s a summary

of the games played:

Eagles Nest A 47, Good Samaritan B 40: Renaldo Joseph canned 12 points and both Lorenzo Archer and Ricarno Nixon came up with 11 each in the win for the Eagles Nest A 19-and-under team.

Christopher Johnson scored a game high 14 points and LeVanti Roberts added eight in the loss.

Macedonia 44, Mekaddish 36: DeVontee Gibson canned a game high 14 points and both Troy Marshall and Alexander Stubbs had seven in the win for Macedonia’s 19-and-under.

Rick Sands scored 13 and both Malik Curtis and Philip Brown had four in a losing effort.

Golden Gates 36, Eagles Nest 25: Dwayne Murray scored eight and Samuel Johnson added six in the win for Golden Gates men.

Renaldo Joseph had a game high 10 and Lorenzo Archer added five in the loss.

Macedonia 52, God Squad 30: Shaquille Reid had nine points to lead a balanced scoring attack for Macedonia men. Lerecus Armbrister, Patrick Brice and Delano Knowles all contributed eight.

AJ Cambridge had 12 and Avery Walker five in the losing effort.

Saturday’s schedule

10am - Mekaddish vs

Macedonia (19)

11am - Good Samaritan B vs

Eagles Nest A (19)

Noon - God Squad vs

Macedonia (M)

1pm - Eagles Nest vs

Golden Gates (M)