Shek Sesay top scored against Bognor and was joint top-scorer against Team Solent. (Picture by Andrew Le Poidevin, 0749122)

GUERNSEY came close to capturing a major scalp in the national basketball league at the weekend.

The Greens lost by just seven points to Bognor Pirates at the state-of-the-art, £5m. Arena Sports Centre on Saturday.

With Bognor a long-established hotbed of basketball talent on the south coast, they find themselves currently sat in second place in Division Four South West.

The match’s top scorer was Guernsey’s all-action Sierra Leonean, Shek Sesay.

The former Mid-Sussex Magic star weighed in with 21 points while Le Mont Saint Fiat centre Mike Beausire picked up 13 points in the 77-70 defeat.

But their match with top-of-the-table Team Solent on the Sunday proved to be a much sterner test as they went down 55-90.

Beausire and Sesay jointly top scored for the islanders with 14 points each while the flamboyant point guard Paul van Beek hit nine points.

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