BBL Championship
Team Birmingham Panthers 71 (15,36,46) (Williams/Sandell
18, Jules 17)
Everton Tigers 113 (36,58,87) (Aliu 24, Robertson 23, Davis
20)
Everton Tigers finished off their inaugral BBL Championship
campaign in emphatic fashion with a 71-113 victory over Team
Birmingham Panthers at the John Sanford Centre on Saturday
evening. The Tigers broke the game open from the outset outscoring
the Panthers 23-7 in the opening minutes. The Panthers tried
valiantly to claw the deficit back, and got back to within
twenty-two points at 36-58 at the half. The Tigers put the
result beyond any doubt as they started the second half in
much the same vein as the first with a 27-5 burst to take
the score out to 41-85. The Panthers had no response for the
Tigers offense as the visitor ran out comfortable winners.
David Aliu led all scorers in the game with 24 points for
the Tigers, while Adam Williams top-scored for the Panthers
with 18 points personal.
BBL Championship
Worcester Wolves 82 (18,37,62) (Paez 20, Life/Evans 15)
PAWS London Capital 84 (21,36,55) (Bradley 21, Gariba 18,
Knight 10)
Worcester Wolves suffered a minor set-back going into next
week's BBL play-off quarter-final after an 82- 84 defeat at
the hands of the PAWS London Capital at Worcester University
on Saturday evening. The Capital started the stronger and
opened up an early 11-2 burst, but the Wolves responded immediately
with a 16-7 tear of their own to bring the score back to 18-19.
The remainder of the first half saw both sides trading baskets
and it was the Wolves who went in at the half with their noses
in front by a score of 37-36. The second half saw the Wolves
attempt to put some distance between them and their opponents
with a 7- 0 run to take the score out to 60-50. The Capital
fought back and scored ten of the next twelve points to get
to within two points at 62-60 midway through the final period.
Going into the closing stages, both sides were tied at 80-80
before Skouson Harker made two free-throws to give the Wolves
an 82-80. Ibrahim Gariba tied it again for the Capital, before
Marcus Knight won the game for the visitors with 2.2 seconds
remaining. The Wolves had a chance to win the game, but Chuck
Evans' long-range shot as time expired bounced out. Antony
Paez led the Wolves scoring with 20 points, thus making him
the BBL's leading scorer. Sam Bradley led all scorers with
21 points for the Capital.
BBL Championship
Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 82 (26,43,66) (Janiska 26,
Vear/Wellington/McKnight 11)
Guildford Heat 99 (28,48,74) (Harrison 22, Martin 21, Dorsey
19)
Guildford Heat secured the runners-up spot in the BBL Championship
table thanks to an 82-99 victory over the Jelson Homes DMU
Leicester Riders on Saturday evening. Both sides traded baskets
throughout the first half, but the Heat closed the second
quarter with a 5-0 burst to lead 43-48 going into the locker
rooms at the break. The second half continued in much the
same way as the first with both teams trading baskets. The
visitors again finished the quarter strongly with a 6-0 tear
to lead 66-74 going into the final stanza. In the final period,
the Heat broke the game open with an 11-1 run midway through
the quarter to take the score out to 73-90. The Riders tried
valiantly to close the gap, but were unable to do so as the
Heat ran out eventual winners. Mindaugas Janiska led all scorers
in the game with 26 points for the Riders, while the Heat
scoring was led by EJ Harrison with 22.
BBL CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE
No Team P W L Pts
1 Newcastle Eagles 32 28 4 56
2 Guildford Heat 32 24 8 48
3 Kularoos Plymouth Raiders 33 24 9 48
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 33 16 17 32
8 Worcester Wolves 33 14 19 28
9 PAWS London Capital 32 11 21 22
10Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 32 9 23 18
11BiG Storage Cheshire Jets 32 9 23 18
12Team Birmingham Panthers 32 6 26 12
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