BBL Championship
Team Birmingham Panthers 71 (12,30,44) (Wright 17,
Sandell 15, A Williams 15)
Sheffield Sharks 96 (28,49,76) (Chaney 24, Okorie 13, Whyte
13)
Sheffield Sharks surge continued at Birmingham Panthers as
they moved level on points with fifth placed Scottish Rocks
with a 71-96 victory in the West Midlands.
Shelby Chaney continued his impressive run of form to score
a game high 24-points and be the main focus of the Sharks
offence.
Chaney scored 12 in a 26-5 start to the match for Sheffield,
which set the tone for the match. After leading 12-28 at the
first break the Sharks then hit a 14-0 run around the half
time break - with six from Chaney - to go ahead 30-55.
From there a further 15-0 tear to end the third quarter ensured
that Sheffield kept their hosts at more than arm's length
and put the pressure on Scottish Rocks to maintain their position
in fifth.
Worcester Wolves 96 (25,43,65) (Paez 30, Harker 23,
Life 22)
BiG Storage Cheshire Jets 91 (18,46,61) (Obazuaye 26, Hamilton
19, Costantiello 15)
Worcester Wolves kept alive their hopes of a seventh placed
finish with a hard fought 96-91 home win over BiG Storage
Cheshire Jets.
In a see-saw match the Wolves were well in control during
the first quarter. A 21-11 lead, however, was trimmed to 25-18
by the end of the first ten minutes. Jets wouldn't lay down
though and runs of 6-0 and 5-0 contributed to a 43-46 half
time advantage.
The lead continued to change hands several times during a
hectic third quarter. James Life and Anthony Paez connected
for one of many alley-oops as the home side forged 65-61 ahead.
Wolves were well in the ascendancy in the final stanza at
89-78 before a Jets 9-0 burst made it interesting. Paez and
Life worked their routine again to settle the nerves of Skouson
Harker's men as they pulled away to the victory.
Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 70 (14,25,45)(Lamble
14, Wellington 14, Jordan 13)
PAWS London Capital 82 (25,46,60) (Bradley 23, Perkins 16,
Gariba 15)
PAWS London Capital moved up two places in the league table
with an excellent away performance at Jelson Homes DMU Leicester
Riders.
The 70-82 victory was Capital's fifth away win of the campaign
and saw them leap ahead of Riders and BiG Storage Cheshire
Jets into ninth position.
Capital were in control throughout as they eased into a 14-25
first quarter lead. They were helped somewhat by double-technical
fouls on Riders duo Marcus Knight and Mindus Janiska, which
helped them go in 25-46 at half time.
Riders trimmed the deficit back to 15 at the end of third
quarter (45-60) but couldn't get close enough during the final
stanza to worry a confident Capital team.
BBL CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE
No Team P W L Pts
1 Newcastle Eagles 32 28 4 56
2 Guildford Heat 30 22 8 44
3 Kularoos Plymouth Raiders 31 22 9 44
4 Marshall MK Lions 32 19 13 38
5 SAMG Verve Scottish Rocks 30 17 13 34
6 Sheffield Sharks 32 17 15 34
7 Everton Tigers 30 14 16 28
8 Worcester Wolves 32 14 18 28
9 PAWS London Capital 32 10 21 20
10 BiG Storage Cheshire Jets 31 9 22 18
11 Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 31 9 22 18
12 Birmingham Panthers 30 5 25 10
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