GROUP A

Hibernians                   74

Starlites Naxxar           79   

(17-15, 22-23, 17-22, 18-19)

The men’s MBA Shield competition set off with a balanced and tight game where the score regularly changed hands and only was determined in the final

moments when Paola-based Hibernians squared off against Starlites Naxxar.

The latter emerged winners mainly thanks to a late seven-point rally which opened a nine-point margin, 77-68, with one minute to go.

Both sides paraded their new foreign imports with only Hibs’ guard Mason Vires being a familiar face on the island before this encounter. Vires was partnered with Illinois-born Christian Soderholm and this duo ended up becoming the side’s two leading scorers with 28 points between them.

Continue reading this article on SportsDesk, the sports website of the Times of Malta

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