Burnaby's Alisha Roberts was the girls' winner of a university scholarship following the Telus Basketball Classic on Saturday. Roberts was also named to the five-girl alltournament team.
Roberts led the No. 3ranked York House Tigers to third place in the girls' secondary school division with 24 points in a 71-57 victory over the top-ranked AA Britannia Bruins in the tournament's consolation final at UBC's War Memorial Gym.
In the tournament semifinal on Friday, Roberts tallied 30 points in an 84-82 upset loss to No. 7 Handsworth Royals.
No. 1 Riverside Rapids defeated Handsworth 7053 in Telus championship game.
The top-seeded Kelowna Owls prevailed in the boys' secondary school final, beating No. 2-ranked Vancouver College 88-80.
No. 4 Pitt Meadows defeated top-10 challenger St. George's 62-52 for third place.
The Burnaby South Rebels lost their secondround match at the Telus to Vancouver College 74-51 last Thursday.
Nick Irvine from South was a recipient of a HSBC scholarship.
South's George Kovac earned the Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia scholarship.
In the boys' elementary school division, South Burnaby Metro Club outscored Drive A 55-39 in the Telus final. The win extended the under-13 Eagles' unbeaten streak to 11 games.
The final was a matchup between the two teams, which have met in the u-13 provincials for the past three seasons.
South Burnaby came back from a one-point deficit at halftime behind Jovanic Castillo's 14-point effort.
Curtis Laigo led the birds in scoring with 62 points in five tournament games. Castillo garnered 59 total points, while Vince Sunga and Tyler Pearce both potted a total of 34 points.
The Eagles advanced to the final with a 53-25 win over AthElites from Surrey in the semis.
Two South Burnaby teams currently lead the u-13 Metro league. The Eagles are tied for first place in the A league with the SBMC All-stars, both with unbeaten 6-0 records. The u-12 Eagles are on top of the B division with a 7-0 record.
