{"id":55764,"date":"2024-08-25T10:19:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T08:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=55764"},"modified":"2024-08-25T10:19:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T08:19:41","slug":"highlights-day-one-of-the-jr-nba-wnba-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=55764","title":{"rendered":"Highlights: Day one of the Jr. NBA\/WNBA Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo. NBA Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Victoria Mxenge Indoor Sports Centre,<\/strong> in Umlazi, just outside of Durban, on Saturday welcomed 24 teams for two days of all-out basketball action in the Jr. NBA\/WNBA Tournament<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Boys’ and girls’ KZN schools and clubs, featuring teams from Durban and Pietermaritzburg, took to the court in a battle for the titles.<\/p>\n

Day one featured over 150 players in action in 31 matches, with the sides intent on racking up the right results to qualify for the big playoff places on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Girls Competition: Girls<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the most notable performances in the girls’ competition came from Cwebezela Primary School<\/strong>, in Pool B<\/strong>, with resounding victories over both the Durban Girls’ College (DGC) B<\/strong>\u00a0team and Sukuma Primary School<\/strong>. They blanked DGC in their opener, winning 14-0. Then, in a more open contest, they decisively down Sukuma <\/strong>31-4.<\/p>\n

It was a tough day for DGC, whose A and B teams came out on the wrong end of a number of games. After losing to Cwebezela, DGC B suffered a number of setbacks, including a big 2-34 defeat to Liv Village<\/strong>, which was followed by a 0-31 loss to Molweni.<\/p>\n

DGC A gave a good account of themselves in a narrow 6-12 defeat against The Clan <\/strong>and were competitive against the formidable Shakahead Basketball Development<\/strong> team, but still went down 4-17.\u00a0 In the third match, they were overrun by Sekelani Primary School<\/strong>, who powered their way to a 26-0 win, to eliminate DGC A from the competition.<\/p>\n

In Pool A of the girls’ competition, Shakahead Basketball Development showcased their skills. After beating DGC A, they held off Imisebe<\/strong> 18-14 in a tight contested game. Sekelani Primary School challenged Shakahead significantly, but the development side sneaked a hard-fought 14-13 victory. They completed their pool assignments on a winning note by recording a 15-4 win over The Clan.<\/p>\n

Boys’ Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Pool A of the boys’ competition, Home Turf<\/strong> emerged as a dominant force and a fan-favourite after defeating Sukuma Primary School 31-4 in their opener. Liv Village<\/strong> proved to be no match for Home Turf, either, as Home Turf rolled to a 28-3 victory. Cwebezela Primary School provided more a challenge, but Home Turf, once again, registered a convincing win, triumphing 29-12.<\/p>\n

Cwebezela, after going down to Home Turf, recorded back-to-back wins, defeating Sukuma Primary School 25-8. and Sekelani Primary School 18-5.<\/p>\n

In Pool B, Kearsney College<\/strong> overwhelmed Molweni, scoring a decisive 37-3 victory. They further asserted their dominance by blasting Shakahead Basketball Development 41-2.<\/p>\n

Emthethweni Primary School,<\/strong> on the other hand, achieved the biggest win of the day in the boys’ competition, defeating The Clan 44-3.<\/p>\n

Game Day 1 Full Results
\n<\/strong>
\nBoys<\/strong><\/p>\n

Home Turf Hoops 31-4 Sukuma Primary School
\nWentworth Raptors 4-14 The Clan
\nSekelani Primary School 5-18 Cwebezela Primary School
\nSukuma Primary School 14-12 LIV Village
\nMolweni 3-37 Kearsney College
\nShakahead Basketball Development 7-12 Umbilo Kings
\nHome Turf Hoops 28-3 LIV Village
\nMolweni 6-8 Shakahead Basketball Development
\nEmthethweni Primary School 44-3 The Clan
\nWentworth Raptors 26-22 Imisebe
\nImisebe 13-33 The Clan
\nSekelani Primary School 20-16 LIV Village
\nHome Turf Hoops 29-12 Cwebezela Primary School
\nSukuma Primary School 8-25 Cwebezela Primary School
\nKearsney College 41-2 Shakahead Basketball Development
\nMolweni 2-23 Umbilo Kings<\/p>\n

Girls
\n<\/strong>
\nDurban Girls’ College B 0-14 Cwebezela Primary School
\nImisebe 20-0 Emthethweni Primary School
\nShakahead Basketball Development 17-4 Durban Girls\u2019 College A
\nCwebezela Primary School 31-4 Sukuma Primary School
\nSekelani Primary School 20-2 Imisebe
\nDurban Girls’ College A 0-26 Sekelani Primary School
\nDurban Girls’ College A 6-12 The Clan
\nShakahead Basketball Development 18-14 Imisebe
\nThe Clan 10-20 Sekelani Primary School
\nDurban Girls’ College B 2-34 LIV Village
\nSekelani Primary School 13-14 Shakahead Basketball Development
\nMolweni 31-0 Durban Girls’ College B
\nSukuma Primary School 2-23 LIV Village
\nMolweni 8-14 LIV Village
\nShakahead Basketball Development 15-4 The Clan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Victoria Mxenge Indoor Sports Centre, in Umlazi, just outside of Durban, on Saturday welcomed 24 teams for two days of all-out basketball action in the Jr. NBA\/WNBA Tournament. Boys’ and girls’ KZN schools and clubs, featuring teams from Durban and Pietermaritzburg, took to the court in a battle for the titles. Day one featured […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":55769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}