Dextroy Manswell and Adrian Joseph did everything they could to upset the party, but even their combined 77-point tally could not prevent their 100-89 loss their South Zone All Stars team suffered at the hands of a North Zone Men's First Division All Star team at the Jean Pierre Complex, Mucurapo on Sunday.
Despite playing for Police, which campaigns in the North Zone, centre Manswell and point-guard Joseph played for the South team during Sunday's contest.
Three matches were played comprising the best players from the School Basketball Association's North Zone Under-20 league, the U-16 league, the Women's Division and the Men's First Division. They played against an East Zone Under-20 All Star team, San Fernando Secondary for the Under-16 All Star Match and a South Zone Men's All Star team respectively.
In addition to the matches, dozens of players participated in a three-point shoot-out contest and a slam dunk contest.
On Sunday, the All Star weekend lit up when the best from the North Zone combined against those from the South Zone. Although the North Zone's All Star team was led in terms of scoring by Akil Paynter and Saiki Guerra, who scored 17 and 15 points, respectively, they still managed a relatively comfortable and an evidently economical win against the South Zone team, which had Manswell and Joseph running riot over the court. Joseph was later named MVP of the match. The dunk-out competition among the men was won by Patrick Scipio, while Jamile King won the three-point shoot-out.
A day prior, the Women's Division All Stars from the North Zone were divided into two teams. In the end, the 'A' team, led by senior national women's team player, Kielle Connelly, scored a 41-23 win. Connelly scored ten points and was subsequently named the MVP, while Crystal Ann George, winner of the three-point shoot-out, supported with six points. Iyanna Hughes and Alicia Cumberbatch were the top players for the 'B' team, scoring nine and six points, respectively.
Results
Saturday
North Zone Schools Under-20 All Stars 51/81 (Kurshiah King 32 pts, Josiah Best 15 pts) v East Zone Schools All Stars 21/38 (Ahkeem Boyd 14 pts, Joel Timothy 7 pts)
Most valuable Player: Kurshiah King
Under-20 three-point shoot-out Winner: Ahkeel Boyd
Under-20 dunk-out Winner: Chad Webb
North Zone Women All Stars A 41 (Kielle Connelly 10 pts, Crystal Ann George 6 pts) v North Zone Women All Stars B 23 (Iyanna Hughes 9 pts, Alicia Cumberbatch 6 pts)
MVP: Kielle Connelly
Women's three-point shoot out
Winner: Crystal Ann George 15 pts
Sunday
San Fernando Secondary 88 (Tyrik Singh 16 pts, Kareem Pit 10 pts) v North Zone Under-16 All Stars 45 (Josiah Best 11 pts, Andrew Dookoo 9 pts)
MVPs: Andrew Dookoo, Tyrik Singh
North Zone Men's First Division All Stars 100 (Akil Paynter 17 pts, Sadiki Guerra 15 pts) v South Zone All Stars 89 (Dextroy Manswell 36 pts, Adrian Joseph 31 pts)
MVP: Adrian Joseph
Senior men dunk out
Winner: Patrick Scipio
Senior men three point shoot-out
Winner: Jamile King