KINGSTON College (KC) secured the final quarter-final spot in the ISSA Southern Conference U-16 basketball league following their 36-30 victory over St Catherine High in a must-win game for both teams at KC on Tuesday.

Andre Helps led the home team with a game-high 14 points and nine rebounds, with support from Kadeem O’sullivan with eight points and 21 rebounds.

Ahkeem Palmer was St Catherine’s topscorer with 13 points, while Akeem Brook got 12 points.

KC now join group winners Ardenne High, Calabar and Vauxhall — who beat Jamaica College (JC), 46-23, in a Zone One game — in the next phase.

In another Zone One game, Campion College defeated Camperdown, but failed to make the top four despite finishing on the same number of points (15 ) as Vauxhall.

Vauxhall advanced by virtue of the head-to-head rule against JC.

In Zone Two, unbeaten St Jago High advanced with a perfect eight wins, along with St George’s College, Meadowbrook and Tivoli Gardens.

All the quarter-finalists in the Under-19 section have already been decided. JC, Calabar, KC and Campion booked their places from Zone One, while the qualifiers from Zone Two are the unbeaten St Andrew Technical, St George’s College, Meadowbrook and Hydel.

The competition will take a break and resume on January 5, with the quarter-final games.