Scholar Athlete of the Year Award to Honor Founder Marjorie J. Laing
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23- SPORTS Monday, January 7, 2019 THE FREEPORT NEWS 23 SPORTS Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield, left, and Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant, right, battle for the ball during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. The Warriors won 127-123. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Hield notches career-high 3-pointers but Warriors win 127-123 at Golden 1 Center in Sacra- 20 of his 42 points in the fourth quarter three-point shooting. third in made three-pointers, 128, be- SHAYNE STUBBS mento, California. to hold the Kings off. The sharpshooter Sacramento trailed by 16 points, but hind the Houston Rockets’ James Hard- FN Sports Reporter The 6’4” Kings’ shooting guard led went 10-for-20 from the great beyond, made it a 70-69 game at the end of the en, who leads the league with 167, and [email protected] the charge with 32 points fortified by and collected five rebounds on the first half in favor of the Warriors. Curry who sits in second with 148. He a career-high of eight three-pointers. night. The Kings began to roll in the third is ranked 11th in the three-point per- The National Basketball Associa- Hield was lights out as he shot 12-for- Two-time NBA Finals MVP Kevin quarter. Hield buried five three pointers centage department at 44.1 percent. tion’s (wild) Western Conference pro- 21 from the field at 57 percent clip and Durant chipped in with 29 points on the in the third quarter when Sacramento The loss, their fourth straight, dropped vided one of it’s most historic shoot- eight-for-13 from three-point range night along with five boards and nine turned an 81-73 deficit into a 103-96 the Kings to 19-20 on the season for outs this past Saturday night and Grand (62 percent). He also grabbed five re- assists. The teams exchanged 15-0 runs lead by the end of the third quarter. 10th place in the Western Conference. Bahama’s Chavanno ‘Buddy’ Hield bounds to go with four assists. in the first half. Hield continues to lead the team with They will look to get back on the win- was positioned squarely in the middle Justin Jackson added a career-high 28 Golden State made four consecu- an average of 20.5 points per game. He ning side of things when they take on of it all. points, and Willie Cauley-Stein had 14 tive three pointers, including a four- is also shooting at 47.5 percent clip the Orland Magic tonight at Golden 1 The Sacramento Kings and Gold- points and 13 rebounds. point play by Quinn Cook, and Durant from the field and 44.1 percent clip Center. Tip-off time is 10:00 p.m. east- en State Warriors went toe-to-toe in a The Kings as a collective set a fran- soared through the key for an emphatic from the three-point arch. ern time. western conference showdown where chise-record in made threes, 20, in two-handed dunk that put the Warriors The Pinedale, Eight Mile Rock na- (All-star voting is still ongoing. Those both teams set an NBA record for com- comparison to the Warriors’ 21 made up 37-22 in the first quarter. tive has emerged as one of the league’s interested can cast a vote at NBA.com. bined made threes, 41. The Warriors attempts. The Kings began their surge in the certified threats from the great beyond. All-Star ballots close January 21, 2019 came out on the winning end, however, Two-time MVP Steph Curry dropped second quarter off the strength of their At this point in the season Hield ranks at 11:59 p.m). Scholar Athlete of The Year Award to honor Founder Marjorie J. Laing with others in her own simple (Contributed by way, not for her name to be Buster Laing mentioned, not for the cam- Grand Bahama Sports.com) era and the lights,” according to her husband Buster Laing, The Fifth Annual Scholar Co-founder of the Scholar Ath- Athlete of the Year Scholar- lete of the Year awards pro- ship and Awards Ceremony, gramme. presented by Grand Bahama “Just to know that she was a Sports and Travel will be held blessing in somebody’s life in- on Sunday May 5, 2019 at 4:00 cluding the Scholar Athlete of p.m. at the Bahamas Union of the Year Scholarship awards Teachers Hall, Wildcat Avenue. for Primary and High school This year will be very emo- student athletes.” tional but special, as it will take “The Scholarship committee, place against the sudden pass- to ensure that she will always ing of its co-founder Marjorie be remembered for involve- Laing at the age of 51. ment in the scholarship pro- Laing, 51 years-old, passed gram, is naming the Awards away unexpectedly on Monday, in her honor- The Marjorie J. September 3, 2018 at 2:55 am in Laing Scholar Athlete of the the Trauma Room of the Grand Year Awards. Her legacy will Bahama Health Service, Grand continue to live on in lives of Bahama. Marjorie’s death left the hundreds of Student Ath- her family, church and friends letes as the event will now bear stunned that someone so full of her name – and will carry her life could be gone so quickly. extraordinary vision into the Married for 28 years, Mar- future. jorie and Buster were blessed “Since its inception, the An- with two children Gabrielle and nual Grand Bahama Sports and Gabriel. Travel Scholar-Athlete Awards “Her heart was filled with Program and Banquet has overflowing love so much that honoured over 160 outstand- IN MEMORY —The Annual Grand Bahama Sports and Travel Scholar-Athlete Awards will officially be renamed the Marjorie J. ing graduating senior Student Laing Scholar Athlete of the Year Awards. The late co-founder, is pictured center with the 2018 Senior Boys Award winner, McKell she received great joy in shar- Bethel, left, and runner-up Desmond Butler, right, at last year’s ceremony held in May 2018 months before her passing. ing her love and possessions (Continued on Page 21) (PHOTO: GRAND BAHAMA SPORTS.COM).