Kearsney claims slam dunk victory

Kearsney College opened the fourth term basketball season on a high, winning both the double header fixtures they hosted against Pinetown Boys’ High School and Clifton College.

The first game against Pinetown was a closely contested affair with neither team being able to pull away from the other. However the Kearsney full court defensive pressure proved too much for Pinetown, and during the end of the second quarter they were able to open up a gap. Pinetown had expended too much energy during the first half and Kearsney were able finish off the game, with their bench playing a significant part of the second half.

The Kearsney team made things a bit difficult for themselves by missing a number of easy scoring opportunities, which is something that will have to be rectified before the team comes up against some of the more traditional basketball schools. Kearsney walked away victors 70 – 44.

Top Scorers for Kearsney were Jeremy Maarschalk with 15 points 11 rebounds, Morena Malkona with 11 points, Langa Mhlongo with  8 points, Ntando Cele and Myles Lundall with 7 points each.

Pinetown scorers were  KG Cele with 31 points and  Zwe Khumalo with 9 points.

The second match of the day saw Kearsney pitted against Clifton College, who always offer tough opposition. However this was not the case in a game which Kearsney dominated from the start and never took their foot of the accelerator. Clifton was not able to handle the defensive pressure put on them by the Kearsney team and did not put up much of a fight. Kearsney won 83 – 26 to Clifton

Top point scorers for Kearsney were  Myles Lundall with 18 (6 three pointers), Morena Malakona with 15, Jeremy Maarschal, Arnold Athuhari and Khayni Xaba with 10 points each.

Clifton scorers were Poswa with 12 and Faber with  6 points.