PAVI Depiro beat Honey Athleta 49-38 yesterday to lift the St James Hospital Shield, their first honour of the current women’s basketball season. The contest was tight and at half-time Depiro only enjoyed a slim three-point lead (23-20). It was near the end of the third quarter that Andrea Degabrieli’s team started to impose their play and, aided by the points from Nola Taylor, they opened a cushion lead which they preserved until the final whistle. Taylor was the match’s top scorer with 16 points. Picture shows the jubiliant Depiro team and fans after being presented with the Shield.