Fatima College finished the 2023 North Zone basketball season in style, capturing their third title of the season going undefeated to seal the Under-17 title in the T&T Secondary Schools Basketball League on Thursday.
In the final played at the Nelson Mandela Park in St Clair, Port-of-Spain, Fatima defeated Mucurapo East 37-21 led by their skipper, national U-16 point guard Jedaiah King who had a game-high 16 points. He had assistance from William Francis, who tallied 11 points to assist Fatima to what is dubbed as their best season in basketball history, going undefeated in all three age groups.
Garvin Warwick, head coach at Fatima, was proud of the efforts of the players to achieve this memorable feat.
He said, “The achievement is one that the school and the players would remember for the rest of their lives. Their hard work throughout the year has paid off. Our goal was to play as a team, defend as a team and win as a team.”
Fatima went undefeated in all age groups in the North Zone and is hoping to carry the winning streak into the National Championships. Fatima will now join Pleasantville Secondary, Holy Cross College and Bishop High School of Tobago in the Championships next month.
In the third-place playoff, South East Port-of-Spain got the better of Belmont Secondary 45-36 with Kaseem Prince having a game-high 24 points.