As fate would have it, the St. Mary's Eagles (less Adham Eleeda, Gordon Lam and Minas Abara) played the Resurrection Phoenix (less Ali Rashid and Jordan Kenning) on Monday afternoon, and those that saw the court were part of an exciting game that went to Overtime and saw the Eagles prevail by a 61-58 final.Thijien Simon led the way for the Eagles, with 18 points, while Kanayo Nnadi and Barnaba Neil had 16 each. Jake Rush (15), Korbil Gany (14) and Muyang Iluya (13) were the leaders for Rez.
Needless to say, a loss by the Eagles would have severely crippled their chances at the #1 seed in the D8 league, given that they had just lost to St. David last week. Of course, they should be back to full strength soon, so on the flip side, teams like Rez must be kicking themselves for an opportunity lost.
FYI - the league plays an 11 game schedule, with "A" division teams playing "B" division teams once --- PRDG, Rockway and Woodland --- and then playing a "home and home" series with the other A division schools (4 x 2 games).
Villaver Lights Up Scoreboard For Junior 'Stangs
Jiggie Villaver of the Monsignor Doyle Juniors is off to a fantastic start this season.
The grade nine scoring machine has now put up 27, 29, and 32 points in his first three league games, a 29.3 PPG average. I'm told that he also hit for 40+ in an early season tournament game.
More importantly, his 32 points came in a win; the 'Stangs topped Rockway 59-33 yesterday to improve to 2-1 on the season.
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