Manchester start boys’ basketball quarters with wins
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Defending champions Manchester High were double winners in the Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Rural Area boys’ basketball quarterfinals on Wednesday, beating Muschett High 111-6 in the Under-16 match-up and Knox College 91-23 in the Under -19.
Dante Matthews scored 31 points and had eight steals for the Manchester High Under- 16 team as they steamrolled Muschett, leading then 27-0, 60-0 and 87-0 after the first three quarters.
Oral Daley and Samuel Smith each got double-doubles in the Under-19 win where they limited Knox College to single digit scoring in all four quarters.
Daley led all scorers with 31 points and had 11 rebounds, while Smith scored 21 points and also had 11 rebounds.
Also on Wednesday, York Castle High beat Belair High 76-51 in their Under- 16 quarterfinal game with Marcodean Frater and Omar Campbell combining for 57 points.
Frater scored 29 points, one more Campbell for York Castle, who jumped out to a fast start and led 28-11 after the first quarter and were up 43-24 at half time and 59-36 at the end of the third quarter.
Josiah Jadorte led Belair with 17 points and Jermaine Francis scored nine points.
On Tuesday, Knox College had wins over Munro College and York Castle in their Under-16 and Under -19 games respectively.
Knox won by 20 points (52-32) in the Under -16 game with Kimani Frances scoring a double-double 17 points and 13 rebounds, while Justin Reid led all scorers with 19 points, as Sadre Gordon scored 10 points for Munro College.
In the Under-19 game, three players scored in double digits for Knox College, who won 105-25 led by Mark Anthony Bennett’s double-double 23 points and 11 rebounds, Tajay Leslie just missed a double-double with 28 points and nine rebounds and Dayshan Morgan missed a triple-double with 17 points, eight steals and eight rebounds.
Earlier in the week, York Castle High beat Muschett High 81-23 in the Under-16 section and Old Harbour High beat Munro College 44-28; in the Under-19 section, Glenmuir High beat Garvey Maceo 58-27.
-Paul A Reid
