BBL Championship
Guildford Heat 106 (25,49,83) (Jones 22, Gilbert 21, Harrison
17)
Worcester Wolves 79 (16,40,67) (Paez 21, Durant 17, Harker
16)
Guildford Heat were merciless in their treatment of Worcester
Wolves in the Setanta Sports 1 televised match at The Spectrum.
The Heat bounced straight back from losing their league title
to Newcastle Eagles with a comprehensive 106-79 victory, which
moves them into second place in the BBL.
After racing out to a 23-10 lead the Heat were pegged back
to 25-16 at the end of the first quarter. Wolves refused to
go away in the second quarter as they closed to 36-32 before
Heat unleashed a three-point barrage to move 49-40 ahead at
half time.
Guildford continued to punish Wolves from behind the arc
and scoring fast break points from Worcester turnovers in
the third quarter. A 25-15 run took the score from 58-52 to
83-67 heading into the final stanza.
There was no way back for Wolves from there as Heat coach
Paul James took the opportunity of emptying his bench.
James Jones celebrated his call up to the Great Britain training
squad with a game high 22-points including six from nine three-pointers.
Everton Tigers 76 (23,41,62) (Midgley 25, Aliu 23, Davis
8)
Marshall MK Lions 75 (23,47,61) (Y Williams 15, New 11, Windless
10) Everton Tigers kept themselves in the hunt for sixth spot
in the BBL with a come from behind home victory over fourth
placed Marshall MK Lions.
The defeat means the Lions can finish no higher than their
current fourth position and they must now hold off SAMG Verve
Scottish Rocks to secure home-court advantage in the first
round of the play-offs.
After a first quarter which ended 23-23 the Lions edged ahead
41-47 at half time. Tigers responded in the third quarter
to lead 62-61 heading into the final ten minutes of action.
The see-saw nature of the match continued with a 14- 3 Lions
run to give them a 65-75 advantage with five minutes remaining.
However, that was to be the end of the scoring for the visitors.
An 11-0 Tigers run culminating with Richard Midgley's bucket
with 2.5 seconds left on the clock clinched the win for Everton.
BBL CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE
No Team P W L Pts
1 Newcastle Eagles 31 27 4 54
2 Guildford Heat 30 22 8 44
3 Kularoos Plymouth Raiders 30 22 8 44
4 Marshall MK Lions 31 19 12 38
5 SAMG Verve Scottish Rocks 30 17 13 34
6 Sheffield Sharks 30 15 15 30
7 Everton Tigers 30 14 16 28
8 Worcester Wolves 31 13 18 26
9 BiG Storage Cheshire Jets 30 9 21 18
10 Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 30 9 21 18
= PAWS London Capital 30 9 21 18
12 Birmingham Panthers 29 5 24 10
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