MONTEGO BAY, St James — Mid-season champions Granville Jaguars and beaten finalist Hoopers stayed on course for a place in the finals of the Flow National Basketball League-West competition after scoring good wins in third round games on Saturday.

Jaguars dealt two-time defending champions Catherine Hall’s chances a big blow with a 76-68 win in the first game, while Hoopers turned back MBCC Knights 82-66 as both stayed on top of the points tables.

Jaguars stayed on top with 21 points from12 games, with Hoopers next on 18 points same as Lucea Flames, with Catherine Hall on 17 points and Knights on 16 with Railway Lane Tigers on 12.

Leroy Lawrence continued his impressive season with a double-double 25 points, 13 rebounds and six blocks to lead Jaguars to their ninth win as they beat the two-time defending champions for the second time this season.

Jaguars were in control of the game, leading by five points 18-13 after the first quarter and were up 40-34 at half-time and extended their lead to 54-44 going into the fourth quarter.

Greg Bernard also came up big for Jaguars with 16 points, six rebounds, six steals and three blocked shots as Vaughn Corke also scored 25 points for Catherine Hall as well as three rebounds, three steals and four assists with Jermaine Rerrie scoring 16 points and had eight rebounds.

Mikhail Smith led Hoopers’ balanced scoring with 14 points, six rebounds, four steals and five assists with Dwayne Johns scoring 13 points and had nine rebounds as they led 13-9, 39-26 and 58-48 at the intervals.

Jhaun Bryan and Lemar Mitchell both scored 13 points for Knights who have lost six of their 11 games in their first season in the NBL-West