FRIDAY 21 MARCH 2008
BBL Championship
Marshall MK Lions 75 (17,41,50) (Williams 18, Brown
15, Youngblood 14)
PAWS London Capital 74 (23,45,63) (Gariba/Perkins
19, Ataha 8)
Marshall MK Lions kept their noses in front in the race for
fourth place in the BBL Championship thanks to a come-from-behind
75-74 victory over the PAWS London Capital at the Bletchley
Leisure Centre on Friday evening. A 10-0 burst for the Lions
bought them level at 67-67 in the final period. The Capital
immediately responded with a 7-2 tear of their own to take
the score out to 69-74. Yorick Williams bagged a pair of free-throws
for the Lions, and that was followed by a Greg Harvey basket
to get the Lions to within a point at 73-74. A steal from
Terrell Brown and a foul by the Raiders sent Brown to the
foul-line with 4s remaining. Brown held his nerve to sink
both free- throws to secure the victory for the Lions. Earlier
in the game, the Capital had opened an eight point lead in
the opening quarter at 15-23 off the back of a 6-0 run. They
increased their advantage in the third period to twelve points
at 48-60 after an 8-0 burst before the Lions came back at
them in the closing stages. Williams led the Lions scoring
with 18 points, while the Capital had Ibrahim Gariba and Lijah
Perkins to lead their scorers with game-high 19 points a-piece.
BBL Championship
Newcastle Eagles 94 (21,50,73) (Babalola 21, Stewart
20, Levan 18)
Kularoos Plymouth Raiders 78 (19,27,43) (Durham
15, Moore 13, Beasley 11)
Newcastle Eagles took a massive step towards securing the
BBL Championship league title thanks to a 94-78 victory over
their nearest rivals Kularoos Plymouth Raiders at the MetroRadio
Arena on Friday night. After a close opening quarter that
the Eagles shaded 21-19, the home side broke the game open
with a 17-0 burst in the second period to take the score out
to 46-24. The Eagles lead 50-27 at the half. In the second
half, the Eagles enjoyed their biggest lead of the game at
69-37. The Raiders tried desperately to get themselves back
into the game, and managed to close the deficit in the final
period to 92-78 off the back of a 7-0 run at the end of the
game but the Eagles held on for the comfortable victory. Olu
Babalola led all scorers in the game with 21 points for the
Eagles, while Terrence Durham led the Raiders scoring with
15.
BBL CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE
No Team P W L Pts
1 Newcastle Eagles 26 23 3 46
2 Kularoos Plymouth Raiders 27 20 7 40
3 Poujoulat Heat Guildford 25 18 7 36
4 Marshall MK Lions 26 17 9 34
5 SAMG Verve Scottish Rocks 27 16 11 32
6 Everton Tigers 25 12 13 24
7 Worcester Wolves 27 12 15 24
8 Sheffield Sharks 26 11 15 22
9 BiG Storage Cheshire Jets 26 9 17 18
10Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 28 8 20 16
11PAWS London Capital 27 7 20 14
12Team Birmingham Panthers 26 5 21 10
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