THE Commonwealth Bank Giants and Mr Ship It Freight Regulators, battling it out for the John Archer Divisional pennant, pulled off victories on Monday as the New Providence Basketball Association played a double header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.

While the Giants stomped the Pirates 92-83 in the men’s Division 1 opener, the Regulators routed the PJ Stingers 94-78.

Giants 93, Pirates 84

Michael Bain came off the bench and canned 21 points, shooting 7-for-12 from the field and 6-for-8 from the free throw line, in 24 minutes to lead Commonwealth Bank. Bain also had three rebounds and three assists.

Jeffrey Henfield had 19 points, 10 rebounds and four assists, Karon Pratt added 15 points with three rebounds and three assists and Trent Cox had 11 points, nine rebounds, two assists and two steals.

Kronoff Dean and Kevin Wright Jr both had 16 points and Domonique Fernander had 15 points, 13 rebounds and three assists to lead the Pirates. Tevin Hudson helped out with 13 points, four assists, two assists and two steals.

Regulators 94,

Stingers 78

In 33 minutes, Eugene Bain exploded for a game high 31 points, shooting 13-for-28 from the field and 5-for-5 from the foul line. He also had 11 rebounds and two block shots.

Dion McPhee had 19 points, nine rebounds, five assists and two steals and Brian Bain added 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists.  Simon Cruz came off the bench with seven points and seven rebounds and Gameliel Rose had six points and six rebounds with three assists.

For the Stingers, Domnick Bridgewater had 16 points, three rebounds, three assists and three steals, Devon Ferguson had 14 points and nine rebounds, Anthony Whylly had 12 points and eight rebounds and Ishmael Curtis also had 12 points with four rebounds.

• At 7pm tonight, Bargain Wholesale Kings take on Hype Basketball and, at 8:30pm, Island Game Pros face the Mail Boat Cybots.