Western Bureau

The 2009 Western Basketball Association (WBA) Lucozade Sport Men's Basketball Championship was hit by hooliganism on Saturday night, as a bottle thrown from the spectator stand forced a premature end to a crucial Game-Three semi-final clash between Granville Wolfpack and Railway Lane Tigers.

"I was not at the game but I have received a report on the incident and I can promise you that strong action will be taken," said Charles Stephenson, the president of the WBA. "We have worked too hard to build this league and we are not going to allow unruly individuals to destroy it," he added

final quarter

With the best-of-three final locked at 1-1 after Tigers won Game One 87-47 and Wolfpack won Game Two 61-57, Saturday night's game was tension packed. However, with just two minutes and 35 seconds left in the final quarter and Wolfpack enjoying an 11-point lead, the bottle was thrown on to the court, ending the game prematurely.

Prior to the disruption, Wolfpack looked in prime form with Andre Uter, who was having a brilliant game with 25 points, and Lawrence Doman, who got 12 points, doing serious damage to the Tigers under the hoop. Tigers got their moments of glory through Tammy Davis and Anthony Christie.

game-three decider

In the game between Vipers and Flames was tied 1-1 heading into the Game-Three decider after Central Flames won Game One 75-57 and Vipers took game two 52-47. After trailing at half-time, Vipers stormed back to win the third and fourth quarters 20-11 and 27-15, which was enough to give them a 66-60 win and a place in the best-of-five final, which will be contested against the winner of Wolfpack and Tigers series.

In marching to their 2-1 series win, the Vipers got exemplary service from Dwight Reid, who had a game-high 23 points and seven rebounds; Kirk Blake, who had 18 points and seven rebounds, and Gavin Forbes, who had 10 points and 15 rebounds.

The winner of the competition will qualify for next season's Jamaica Basketball Association JPS All-Island League.