Starlites kept up their run of victories, over Depiro, with a sixth straight win. With Hibs playing after, Starlites were momentarily alone, at the top of the standings....

It was an afternoon of high scores, with the first game having to go into overtime, before Floriana had the better of Depiro, after having survived, through a David Bugeja hoop, just seconds from normal time. ...

The Paolites turned on a powerful performance, to continue where they left off, against Starlites, to propel themselves to the top of the standings, on a par with the same Starlites, but ahead on direct encounters. ...

Vincent Pace and Ashley Gray are the BOV Basketball Players of the Month for December 2018. They received a commemorative plaque for their achievement from Peter Perotti, Chief Officer at Bank of Valletta....

The champions remain locked in a two-way race at the top, after disposing of Depiro. They have now beaten their opponents five times, from six matches. The opening two sessions were enough for the champions, to claim the win, even if, after the break, it was Depiro winning the next couple of sessions, with minimal differences. ...

The champions inflicted the first league defeat on Starlites, and now the losers have company in the top placing, along with Athleta. Hibs came from a heavy third quarter deficit....

The January transfer window provided several teams with new foreigners, and there now a-plenty of them, in the top division. We have come to the situation, where a club now fields more foreigners than locals. ...

Luxol were in control for most of the encounter, even enjoying good advantages throughout the match. It was still not enough, as the league leaders showed their mettle, as the game came to a close, surpassing their opponents, and then their new face, American, William Darley, shot a triple, to seal the game. ...

Depiro already had a heavy advantage, from the first game, and a powerful start had them on velvet, but then they had to endure Luxol's comeback, in the next three sessions. The Violets went close, on aggregate, in the last period, but Depiro held out, and made sure, even though Luxol had a fine ending, but time was against them....

With such a hefty advantage, from the first encounter, Athleta had absolutely no worries about progressing to the final. They led for practically the whole match, and also established good leads at times, but the Greens came back, towards the end of the match, to post a reduced deficit, of only a handful of points....