Jaison Johny carries DPS Sharjah to victory while Chan leads NFPS Patriots

DPS Sharjah bounced back from their opening game loss and dominated NIMS Rising Stars 42-28 in Week 2 of the NSL Basketball U16 category at the Victoria International School of Sharjah on Saturday.

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Jaison Johny was hailed best player of the game after posting an impressive double-double performance scoring 18 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. He also registered two block shots and one assist.

“We successfully utilised the post-up play of Johny,” DPS Sharjah coach T. Ai told Sport3600.

“Our defence was more organised than our previous game and we had a good run in the second period where we grabbed the lead and increased it in the next two quarters.”

DPS Sharjah were down by one point after the first 10 minutes but they grabbed the driver’s seat in the second period and went up by three, 15-12, at the half.

They forced NIMS Rising Stars to commit several turnovers in the third period and increased their lead to double digits, 27-16, going into the final quarter.

Despite their lead, DPS Sharjah continued harassing NIMS Rising Stars in the fourth period and a triple by Girik Sanjay with a minute left in the game set the scores at 39-21, which assured their win except for the final scores.

In the U14 category, shooting guard Brandon James was again adjudged MVP after he led NFPS (New Filipino Private School) Patriots to their second straight win with a 42-15 domination of hosts VISS.

Chan registered game-high 20 points and had six steals and grabbed one rebound.

“He (Chan) has a very good game awareness. He can definitely score and he can rotate the ball properly to set-up his team mates for offence,” NFPS Patriots coach Aris Peralta praised his star player.

NFPS Patriots went full throttle from the get go establishing a 13-2 lead in the first quarter and they rendered VISS scoreless in the second period as they increased their margin to a commanding 25-2 cushion at the half.

They slowed down in the third quarter which helped VISS to cut down the deficit by 16, 30-14, but they finished strong in the fourth quarter to register a 27-point victory.

Scott Charlesworth, Australian coach of VISS, said: “they (NFPS) got some quality players and genuine shooters. We committed fundamental errors but we have seen promising signs offensively which I hope we can improve in our next games.”

In other U14 matches, NIMS Rising Stars dominated PAK Hawks 37-23. Mohamed Fuad was awarded best player after finishing with 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 blocks, 2 assists, 4 steals; while Azjal’s 10 markers led Emirates National School to a 17-14 win over DPS Sharjah.

Elsewhere, VISS U16 players registered another overwhelming victory after trashing PAK Hawks 84-7. Hashim Hazeem led all scorers with 28 points and 12 rebounds while Ahmed Abdulla added 27 markers. Sulaiman Haider all of PAK’s seven points.

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