Co-rec Basketball champions have been crowned in a game that people can not stop talking about.
The championship game was held on Nov. 16 in Campus Recreation’s Lee Hall Gymnasium. It was Team Hoopmixtape versus Team OVOO and only one team walked away with the title and championship shirt.
As students gathered around the court anxiously awaiting tip off, both teams huddled together for one last pep talk.
After a long-fought season, and barely making it into the playoffs, Team OVOO stayed optimistic going into the final game of the season.
“All you need to remember is that defense wins games,” Palexenia Babb said, Captain of Team OVOO. “Let’s pass the ball and never [get] too ahead of ourselves. We got this.”
The whistle blew and five members of each team walked on the court. Throughout the first half of the game, Team Hoopmixtape carried the lead. Shooting guards George Dzagali and Quayshawn Parker were knocking down three-point shots, while forward Andrew Leo controlled the paint with layups and pull-up jump shots. Team Hoopmixtape ended the first half of the game with a 10-point lead.
Heading into the second half of the game, Team OVOO was not ready to throw in the towel just yet. They started playing as a team, as well as playing solid defense. Forward Carlan Bridge had two blocks that helped set the tone in the final few minutes of the game.
Team OVOO had managed to narrow down the score to a two-point deficit. Point guard Emmanuel Agyapong fed the team assists along with making three-point shots. Guards Theron Richardson, Jyeisha Reyes and Babb provided great team work both inside and out of the paint. However, center Glassford Crossfield carried the team in the last few minutes by dominating rebounds and converting his free throws.
During the last 20 seconds of the game, Crossfield was fouled twice, allowing him to take four foul shots, which he made, sending them four points ahead with a final score of 47–43, with Team OVOO becoming the fall 2016 co-rec basketball champions.
In other Intramural sports action, co-rec broomball league is down to the final four with the Average Joes taking on Special Cay for a chance to earn themselves a spot in the finals. Special Cay earned their playoff spot by having an impressive 3-0 record in the regular season. However, this may be the game of the week with Average Joes having 2-0-1 record in the regular season. They both get the chance to show who the better team is in the upcoming match.
