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The Hugh Campbell Basketball Tournament entered day five on Friday at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium with more than a half dozen eliminations games on the schedule and the defending Champions C.C. Sweeting Cobras took on the Queen’s College Comets during the afternoon session with both teams facing elimination.

It was the struggling champions that scaved off defeat against the Comets, 49-34. The victory gave the Cobras new life. They will advance to the next round where they will meet the winner of the Telios Academy and Temple Christian who will play on Saturday morning.

For the Cobras, Dwight Rolle led with a game high 15 points. His teammate Gabi Laurent contributed 12 points. Nathaniel Carter and Eleazor Johnson settled with 9 points each in the loss.

The Cobras attacked early and stifled the Comets with tough hardnosed defense in the first quarter and they took and early 14-6 edge.

By the end of the first half the Cobras had increased their lead to 26-12, as they continued to play strong defense and pressured the Comets forcing them into multiple turnovers.

In the second half of the game, the Comets showed signs of life. Their offense came to life as a result of a trapping defense that began to affect the play of the Cobras, at one point forcing the champions into a shot clock violation.

The Comets picked up the majority of their points at the free throw line. The Cobras committed six team fouls in 45 seconds in the fourth quarter, which gave the Comets many opportunities to score without the game clocking running and it gave them a chance at the upset, but it was not meant to be.

During Friday’s morning session, another three teams were eliminated in addition to the four from Thursday’s evening session. Those teams eliminated on Friday morning included the S.C. Bootle Dolphins, South Andros High Cheetahs, and the Bimini All Age School.

In the feature game of the morning session, the Clement Howell Eagles out of the Turks and Caicos Islands took on South Andros.

In the first half, the Eagles played a strong defense breaking down the offense of the Cheetahs and forcing them to commit turnovers.

Down by 15 points, the Cheetahs made a charge in the third quarter, and shut down the scoring attack of the Eagles forcing a tie at 35 all.

In the fourth quarter the game was close, as both teams traded baskets. With two minutes left in regulation the score was tied 52-52. The Eagles added an additional five points to bring the score to 57-52.

The Cheetahs however forced the Eagles to commit two turnovers in the last 59 seconds allowing them to hit a three pointer and a lay up to tie the game once again at 57-57 with 25.8 seconds on the clock. The game was forced into overtime and both defenses stood tall in the final seconds.

In the overtime period, the Eagles dominated with more of their pressure defense which forced the Cheetahs turnovers. In addition the Cheetahs missed valuable free throws which resulted in them not being able to force a second overtime, and they lost 63-60.

Eagles Steve Bras scored 21 points, his teammate Krishna Penn dropped in 15, while the Cheetah Shemeko Greene had a game high 29 points in the loss. His teammate Travis Sands contributed with 14 points.

In the first elimination game of the day during the morning session, the Comets took on Bimini All-Age handing them a defeating 45-44.

The team from Bimini played a very good defensively and although they struggled offensively they were in a position to win the game but their strong defense began to fall apart down the stretch and suffered defeat and elimination.

In the second game of the morning session, the Harbour Island Panthers defeated the S.C. Bootle Dolphins, 48-34.

For the Dolphins this was their second loss of the tournament. They were beaten on Thursday by the Tabernacle Baptist Falcons.

The Dolphins did secured one victory in the tournament. They defeated the Bishop Michael Eldon Warriors.

Rolando Davis led the winning Panthers eight points with his teammate Robert Knowles contributing seven points.

In the loss the Dolphins Oryshawn Rolle had a game high 12 points with his team mates Rashad Moxey and Edward Burrows contributing eight.

Source: Bahama Journal