Dedicated members of the Sports Ministry Basketball Program continued to hone their skills in the off-season throughout the Intramural Basketball League.
The season ended in a hard-fought playoff series through April and progressed to a championship conclusion by the end of the month. In game three, Team Greezy’s Coach Ford managed his team brilliantly after almost blowing a 21-point-lead to ultimately hold on to the victory and the championship by beating 94 Feet West with a score of 110–105.
The IBL playoffs seeded eight teams, in the end, based on the season records.
The playoff rankings consisted of top seed Greezy at 4–1, 94 Feet West at 4–1, 94 Feet East at 3–2, The Ones at 3–2, Team Pookie at 2–3, and Team Mook at 1–4.
Team Greezy and 94 Feet West both finished the regular season with a 4 –1 record, but Greezy won the tie breaker to establish the playoff alignment.
Greezy and 94 Feet West earned byes as the first round slated two single elimination games.
The semi-finals pitted the first-round victors, Team Pookie and Team Mook, against the top seeds in best-of-three series matches, Team Greezy and Team 94 Feet West. Each series ended abruptly as top seed, Team Greezy swept The Ones, 92–41 and 80–68. Second seed, 94 Feet West did the same to Team Pookie with victories of 76–50 and 98–81.
The Greezy’s leading scorer had 21 points and 7 rebounds. 94 Feet Wests’ resident Donell “Sonic” Pimpton dominated the court with 18 points followed by Ryan “TAZ” Matlock and Toaisi “Shaka” Matagni’s who had 10 boards secured the team’s championship spot.
The best-of-three championship between the top two seeds went to series-deciding game three as Greezy and 94 Feet West split the first two games — 94 Feet West won game one, 114-104 but Greezy tied the series at game two, 119–97.
The championship deciding game three was a classic that was played on May 28.
Team Greezy’s Coach Ford managed his team brilliantly after blowing a 21-point lead to hold on to the victory and the championship by beating 94 Feet West by the score of 110-105.
