Western Bureau:

Fresh from Saturday night's 66-52 win, Hoopers will be aiming to wrap up the best-of-three finals in the western phase of the 2009 Flow-sponsored National Basketball League (NBL) today when they take on Catherine Hall All Stars at the Montego Bay Cricket Club Courts, starting at 6 p.m.

"The first game was quite a close and exciting affair so we are definitely expecting another good game," said Deon Williams, the competition's coordinator. "Hoopers will want to end it now, but I am sure All Stars will be going all out to create a Game Three."

Top scorer

Lavar Rose emerged the top scorer for Hoopers with 14 points, but the real star of their success was Toussaint Williams, who had 11 points and 14 rebounds. Neil Samuels, Marlon Comrie and André Morgan also turned in pleasing performances.

Despite his team's loss, the versatile Goyan Malcolm turned in an excellent performance for the Catherine Hall team, finishing with a game 27 points.

In the preliminary phase of the competition, Hoopers defeated Catherine Hall 72-68 in their first-round fixture. However, in the return game, Catherine Hall pulled out an exciting 73-69 win. Based on those results and the excitement generated in Game One, many are expecting a nail-biting game tonight.

Should Catherine Hall win tonight and push the series to a Game Three, that game will be played outside of western Jamaica. According to Williams, arrangements are in place to play the game at the National Indoor Centre, in Kingston, on Saturday night, starting at 6 p.m.