BELIZE CITY, Mon. Aug. 29, 2016–The Belize District Basketball Association’s (BDBA) Firms Basketball Tournament 2016 tipped off Game 1 in the best-of-three games championship series on Saturday night at the Belize Elementary School (BES) gym, and it was Infotel eking out the 99-97 victory over Belize Bank Bulldogs. Leading Infotel were Earl Johnson 36 pts 10 rebs, Eyan Rene 18 pts 14 rebs 12 assts, Darwin Elijio 15 pts, Stafford Young 13 pts and Elton Anderson 10 pts; while the Bulldogs were led by Brian White 30 pts 19 rebs, captain Roscoe Rhys 20 pts, Marcel Orosco 16 pts 6 rebs and Lincey Lopez 10 pts 8 assts.
According to the BDBA schedule, the championship will be decided this coming weekend as follows:
Friday, September 2 – Finals Game 2
8:00 p.m. – Infotel vs Bulldogs – BES Gym
Saturday, September 3 – Finals Game 3 (if needed)
8:00 p.m. – Infotel vs Bulldogs – BES Gym
(Information courtesy D. Lacey – BDBA Secretary)