by JUSTIN MARVILLE

THE STREAK is over.

Despite a game-high 20 points from Sagicor Tridents shooting guard Keefe Birkett, the Roll-A-Way Storm and Security Shutters St John's Sonics held the schoolboys to a season low 63 points, snapping their opponents' three-game winning streak with a comfortable 12-point victory at the Wildey Gym on Tuesday in the Sprite/BOA Premier League.

Led by the sharp-shooting Birkett, the Tridents (3-2) entered the contest scoring a league best 85.5 points per game and seemed well on their way to dropping their second successive 100 point performance as the six-foot guard had his way with the Sonics' perimeter defenders from the opening tip.

Last season's Most Improved Player started the first quarter aggressively, scoring his side's first seven points in the game to initiate the Tridents' high-powered offence. The schoolboys put up a staggering 21 points within the first eight minutes of the first quarter to blow open a quick double-digit lead.

But the Sonics (4-1) would respond with a run of their own to close the period, rallying behind five quick points from reigning Most Valuable Player Jefferson Trotman to pull within six, 24-18, heading into the second quarter.

Trailing 30-21 two-and-a-half minutes into the second quarter, Trotman took over the game's proceedings, forcing the issue in transition by scoring eight points in the open court against multiple Trident defenders as the Sonics turned up their defensive intensity and forced several timely turnovers.

The schoolboys' offence faltered in the second quarter, scoring just ten points as the Sonics took a 41-34 lead into the half with Trotman finding the perfect foil in forward Hayden Forde.

Constiantly doomed by their poor decision-making and failure to get the ball into national forward Akeem Marsh in the low blocks, the Tridents' offensive woes carried over to the third quarter allowing their opponents to stretch the advantage to double digits despite Trotman having a quiet period.

The schoolboys would end up scoring just eight points in the period, only managing four of 17 from the floor in the third to highlight their offensive futility.

Five quick points from guard Nicholas Bradshaw gave St John's their biggest lead at 61-48 early in the fourth before the Tridents finally found their groove offensively behind a resurgent Birkett.

Back-to-back three-pointers from the Tridents' scoring leader got the schoolboys within nine points midway through the fourth but that was as close as they would get.

Trotman finished with a team-high 15 points, Rommel Garnes and Forde both ended with 12 points apiece while Bradshaw chipped in with a further 11. For the Tridents, Marsh had a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds while adding six steals.

A career best 32 points from reserve shooting guard Adrian Allman steered reigning double-crown champs Lumber Company Lakers to a 92-51 blow-out of WEEKEND NATION Nico Deacons Fastbreaks in the night's second game.