Hibernians force decider

STARLITES GIG 57HIBERNIANS     63 (11-9, 8-8, 14-11, 18-23; 6-12)

The 2019 league crown will only be presented after the decisive game five as the finals series is tied at two-all after Hibernians once again managed to overturn a Starlites lead in the same finals series, this time with the fourth tie going even into overtime.

The fifth game will now be played on Sunday at 2.30pm and one expects another fine, rowdy crowd, supporting both the respective finalists, as present for game four.

Similar to the rest of the series so far, the game set off with points quite scarce at both ends.

Hibs took an early 9-3 lead off two hoops from Amelia Simmons, a trey from Samantha Brincat and an initial hoop from Elena Cassar.

Starlites shot back with an 8-0 run by the end of the first quarter with Kristy Galea notching two long-distance shots following Maria Bonett’s first five Starlites’ points in the game.

With the Naxxar side grabbing a solitary basket in the first half of the second period, Hibs once again nosed marginally ahead at 17-13 but there was, once again, a reaction from David Baudot’s Starlites. A six-point stretch had them leading 19-17 at half-time, a very low score but...