Last season's CellularOne Premier Basketball League champions Hamilton Parish crashed to defeat in their opening match over the weekend while two-time champions and last year's runners-up St. George's International picked up a promising victory.

Somerset Flyers 51

Hamilton Parish Chargers 39

Jonathan Lowe led Flyers' charge in this convincing win.

Lowe scored 29 points to pace the winners, while Jonathan Minors was the high scorer for Parish with eight points.

St. George's International 52

Southampton Titans 47

Titans' Legde St. Ledger's 15 points were not enough to get his side past St. George's International, with the East Enders emerging the winners by five points.

Bermuda international Dean Jones and Bill Dunn both contributed nine points to pace the winners to an opening day victory.

Smith Wildcats 36

Hamilton Tsunamis 21

High man Jason Simons scored 14 points to guide the Wildcats to victory over Hamilton Tsunamis.

Korim McKinnie led the Tsunami charge with 10 points.

Pembroke Cane Toads 59

Paget Bearcats 58

Bermuda international Chris Crumpler's impressive performance was all in vain as his Bearcats were beaten by a single point by the Cane Toads in highly entertaining and closely contested match.

Crumpler scored 30 for Bearcats while Lee Greene led the Toads with 15.

Devonshire Dragons 44

Warwick Rim Rockers 42

John Lee's 20 points were enough to drive Dragons to victory in a hard fought win over the Rockers.

Shannon Thompson was the high man for the Rockers.

Standings

won lost

St. George's Internationals 1 0

Smith Wild Cats 1 0

Pembroke -Cane Toads 1 0

Somerset 1 0

Devonshire Dragons 1 0

Hamilton Parish Chargers 0 1

Paget Bearcats 0 1

Warwick Rimrockers 0 1

Hamilton Tsunamis 0 1

Southampton Titans 0 1