BBL Championship
The Kularoos Plymouth Raiders kept their slim hopes of stealing
second place in the BBL Championship table from the Guildford
Heat thanks to a 71-76 road victory over the SAMG Verve Scottish
Rocks on Sunday evening. The Raiders netted the last eight
points of the game to steal the victory. This victory was
in response to a 78-73 defeat at the hands of the Sheffield
Sharks on Friday night.
The Heat held onto second place thanks to victories over
the Everton Tigers (106-82) on Sunday afternoon and the Worcester
Wolves (106-79) on Wednesday night in front of the Setanta
Sports TV cameras.
In the race for fourth place, the Marshall MK Lions suffered
back-to-back defeats in the quest to hold onto the position.
A 76-75 defeat by the Tigers on Wednesday night was followed
by an 86-93 double- overtime defeat at the hands of the newly-crowned
BBL League Champions Newcastle Eagles.
The battle for the lower positions in the play-offs is also
hotting up with victories for the Sharks and the Wolves on
Saturday night. The Sharks defeated Team Birmingham Panthers
71-96, while the Wolves knocked off the BiG Storage Cheshire
Jets by a score of 96-91.
In other BBL Championship action, the PAWS London Capital
moved into ninth position with a 79-82 victory over the Jelson
Homes DMU Leicester Riders on Saturday evening, while the
Panthers picked up their sixth victory of the campaign with
a 97-100 victory over the Jets on Sunday night.
BBL Championship
BiG Storage Cheshire Jets 97 (24,57,74) (Otten 26, Hamilton
23, Obazuaye 18)
Team Birmingham Panthers 100 (24,43,69) (Williams 30, Popoola/Sandell
19)
Team Birmingham Panthers picked up their sixth victory of
the BBL Championship campaign thanks to a 97-100 victory over
the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets at the Northgate Arena on Sunday
evening. The Jets led 91- 83 going into the closing stages
of the game, but an 11-2 run from the Panthers, including
two long-range three-pointers from Lekan Popoola, bought the
score back to 95-94 with twenty-four seconds remaining. A
further three- pointer from Adam Williams after Gianni Costantiello
had bagged two free-throws for the Jets bought the scores
level at 97-97. With the game looking destined to go into
overtime, it was left to Daniel Sandell to launch a huge three-pointer
from the halfway line as time expired to steal the victory
for the Panthers. Matthew Otten led the Jets scoring with
26 points, but it was Williams who led all scorers in the
game with an impressive 30-point haul.
BBL Championship
Guildford Heat 106 (25,50,80) (Dorsey 23, Martin 20, Williams/Wardrope
15)
Everton Tigers 82 (15,43,61) (Robertson 23, Aliu/Haslam/Midgley
11)
Guildford Heat kept their stranglehold on second position
in the BBL Championship table thanks to a comfortable 106-82
victory over the Everton Tigers at The Spectrum on Sunday
afternoon. The Heat started the stronger and a 12-5 burst
midway through the opening period took the score out to 21-12.
The Tigers began to claw their way back into the game, and
a 8-4 run to close out the first half bought the visitors
to within seven points at 50-43 at the half. A 10-5 burst
to start the second half for the Tigers bought them to within
four points at 57-53, but they were never to get any closer
as the Heat rattled off a 21-4 tear to take the score out
to 78-57. A 9-3 run to close out the game for the home side
in the final minute handed them the all-important victory.
Tony Dorsey led the Heat scoring with 23 points, while David
Robertson led the Tigers scoring with 23 points as well.
BBL Championship
SAMG Verve Scottish Rocks 71 (18,45,60) (Yanders 19, Davis
16, Wohlers 14)
Kularoos Plymouth Raiders 76 (13,31,50) (Moore 20, Gall 15,
Durham 13)
Kularoos Plymouth Raiders kept up their hopes of taking second
place in the BBL Championship thanks to a 71-76 come-from-
behind victory over the SAMG Verve Scottish Rocks at the Braehead
Arena on Sunday evening. The Rocks led by nineteen points
at the start of the second half to take the score out to 50-31.
The Raiders began to claw their way back into the game, and
an 11-6 finish to the third period bought the score back to
60- 50. A 14-2 start to the final stanza for the visitors
gave them a slender two-point advantage at 62-64. Both sides
traded baskets, and the Rocks led 71-68 going into the final
two minutes. The Raiders picked up their intensity in the
closing stages, and netted the last eight points of the game
to take the victory. Earlier in the game, the Rocks had dominated
the first half of the game, and runs of 9-0 and 16-2 in the
second quarter gave them a 45-31 lead at the half before the
excitement built in the closing stages. Gaylon Moore led all
scorers with 20 points for the Raiders, while Rob Yanders
led the Rocks scoring with 19.
BBL CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE
No Team P W L Pts
1 Newcastle Eagles 32 28 4 56
2 Guildford Heat 31 23 8 46
3 Kularoos Plymouth Raiders 32 23 9 46
4 Marshall MK Lions 32 19 13 38
5 SAMG Verve Scottish Rocks 31 17 14 34
6 Sheffield Sharks 32 17 15 34
7 Everton Tigers 31 14 17 28
8 Worcester Wolves 32 14 18 28
9 PAWS London Capital 32 10 22 20
10BiG Storage Cheshire Jets 32 9 23 18
11Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 31 9 22 18
12Team Birmingham Panthers 31 6 25 12
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