BBL Championship
Everton Tigers 82 (14,39,55) (Midgley 32, C Davis
18, Robertson 10)
SAMG Verve Scottish Rocks 68 (19,37,46) (S Davis 17, Yanders
14, Wohlers 12)
Everton Tigers kept the opportunity of finishing seventh
in their first season in the BBL in their own hands with an
82-68 win over Scottish Rocks.
It was a bad defeat for the Rocks with it moving them down
into sixth place because of Sheffield Sharks holding the head-to-head
series against the Glasgow- based club.
After leading 14-19 at the end of the first quarter the Rocks
allowed Tigers to nose ahead 39-37 heading into the half time
interval. During the break the crowd were entertained by basketball
legends the Harlem Globetrotters.
Tigers dominated the third quarter to lead 55-46 and then
Great Britain guard Richard Midgley nailed several three-pointers,
on his way to a game-high 32- points, as the home team closed
out the match with a 12-3 run.
BBL CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE
No Team P W L Pts
1 Newcastle Eagles 32 28 4 56
2 Kularoos Plymouth Raiders 33 24 9 48
3 Guildford Heat 31 23 8 46
4 Marshall MK Lions 33 19 14 38
5 Sheffield Sharks 32 17 15 34
6 SAMG Verve Scottish Rocks 32 17 15 34
7 Everton Tigers 32 15 17 30
8 Worcester Wolves 32 14 18 28
9 PAWS London Capital 31 10 20 20
10 Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 31 9 22 18
11 BiG Storage Cheshire Jets 32 9 23 18
12 Birmingham Panthers 31 6 25 12
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