By LeVaughn Flynn, Staff ReporterTWO EMPHATIC slam dunks by Dwayne Wint of St. George's College in the final seconds of his team's game against St. Jago High at the Stadium courts yesterday emphasised its dominance as it went on to win 72-58 and advance to the second round of the ISSA/KFC Under-19 schoolboy competition.
St. George's College, Kingston College, Wolmer's, St. Andrew Technical High, Calabar, Jamaica College and the two best third-place contenders, Ardenne and Camperdown, will compete in the second round slated to begin on January 14.
Wint was the second highest scorer for his team with 22 points. He was topped by Troy Collins who had a game-high 26.
St. George's never trailed in the game and led at the end of each quarter 21-14, 40-28 and 52-44.
Brian Sukie had a team-high 18 points for St. Jago but committed nine turnovers and had a low shooting percentage.
Coach of St. Jago Carl Page said he was disappointed his team was knocked out of the competition but said it played uninspired.
"They came out and they were playing 50-50 ball. They were giving it up and they weren't focused in the game," Page said.
Added to that, Page said, Sukie was playing with an injured knee.
"He had a pain in his leg and stomach cramps that he didn't want anybody to know about," he stated of his shooting guard who has led them in scoring.
St. George's coach, Clifford Brown, relished the win against St. Jago and described his team's play as "intellectual". "We were doing more mind play than physical because we are not as fit as we should be at this time," Brown said.
