The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Tribune Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

THE 2018 Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic moved into day four featuring another series of eliminations and the first matchups between teams in the winner's bracket.

In the opening session of the day at the AF Adderley Gymnasium, one of two Abaco teams in the field were eliminated.

The Patrick J Bethel Marlins advanced with a 38-19 win over the Bishop Michael Eldon Warriors. Darryl Russell led the Marlins with eight points while Lavardo Taylor and Eugene Ferguson each added six. Kadeem Russell led the Warriors with six points.

The Marlins led 8-0 before the Warriors would score their first basket of the game. Russell grabbed a rebound off a missed three and scored on a put back as the buzzer sounded.

An undersized Warriors team fought back to cut the lead to three on Kadeem Russell's layup. The Marlins scored a quick four points before the half to take an 18-11 lead.

The lead reached double figures for the first time in the second quarter on a Ferguson layup.

BME went scoreless in the third while the Marlins tacked 13 points onto the lead in the quarter.

A Jouvrns Loumous jumper from the wing gave the Marlins a 33-17 lead with just under two minutes left to play.

The Agape Christian Academy Eagles did not fare as well as they opened the day with a 42-37 loss to the RM Bailey Pacers and were the second team eliminated from the field.

Just seven Pacers dressed for the contest, led by Cordero Thurston's 18 points.

Khobe Mackey scored 11 points and Tyreke Alcime finished with six points and 11 rebounds.

Oswald Meadows led the Eagles with 10 points, Regan Roberts scored nine and Wellington Cherisme added eight points and 11 rebounds.

A back and forth contest all afternoon, the game featured just four ties and 18 lead changes before the Pacers pulled away late.

Neither team led by more than six points. The Pacers had a 10-point advantage in points in the paint and another 10 points on fast breaks.

The St George's Jaguars used a 10-point run in the fourth to close out the opening session with a 56-42 win over the Teleos Cherubims.

Christopher Johnson scored 20 and Kingcy Thompson added 13 for the Jaguars. Daniel Adderley led Teleos with 14 points and Nathan Sullivan scored 12.

The Jaguars appeared headed toward another blowout win but the Cherubims fought back and trailed 7-6 before the Jags made a three. Teleos eventually tied the game at 12 on an Adams layup.

Johnson would stop the run with a layup and made a three at the buzzer to give St George's a 17-13 lead after one.

A seven-point Jaguars lead was erased when Lavardo Dean made the first of his two three pointers and Teleos' Roger Hemmings finished with a layup to come within one (24-23). Tied at 25, Johnson scored at the buzzer once again to rescue the Jaguars a 27-25 lead headed into the fourth with his layup.

The game was tied at 29 on a Hemmings layup and again at 31. Thompson scored eight of the Jaguars' next 12 points and assisted on another to end the third and give St. George's some separation. They took a 43-36 lead into the fourth.

Nursing a six point lead, Johnson converted a three point play and Theodore Grant finished a reverse layup to go ahead by nine with 1:46 left to play.

In the winner's bracket during the second session: Gateway Academy out of Bimini had another impressive showing with a 54-43 win over Government High and CI Gibson defeated South Andros 66-28.

An additional four teams were eliminated in last night's final session, however, results were unavailable to press time.