SATURDAY 8 MARCH 2008
BBL Championship
Team Birmingham Panthers 67 (20,27,43) (L Williams
22, Sandell 16, A Willams 15)
Newcastle Eagles 88 (18,34,56) (Defoe 28,
Leven 23, Babalola 12)
Newcastle Eagles secured their eigth successive victory in
the BBL Championship to remain top of the table after a 67-88
defeat of Team Birmingham Panthers at the University of Wolverhampton,
Walsall Campus on Saturday evening. The home side started
the stronger, and ten points from Lataryl Williams helped
them to a 16-9 advantage midway through the opening period.
The Eagles responded by stepping up their intensity on both
ends of the court, and bagged sixteen of the next twenty points
to lead 20-25 midway through the second period. The Eagles
maintained their advantage to lead 27-34 going in at the half.
The second half saw the Eagles continue to pressurise the
Panthers, and they broke the game open with a 15-5 tear across
the final quarter break to lead 43-61 in the final stanza.
Despite the best efforts of the Panthers in the closing stages,
the Eagles were able to hold on for the victory. Williams
led the Panthers scoring with 22 points, while Darius Defoe
led all scorers in the game netting 28 points for the Eagles.
BBL Championship
Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 71 (4,23,46) (McKnight
23, Wellington 14, Burns 13)
Kularoos Plymouth Raiders 107 (28,59,80)
(Moore 21, Lasker 18, Durham 16)
Kularoos Plymouth Raiders kept up the pressure on the Newcastle
Eagles at the top of the BBL Championship table thanks to
a comfortable 71-107 victory over the Jelson Homes DMU Leicester
Riders at the John Sanford Centre on Saturday evening. The
Raiders ended the game as a contest in the opening period
outscoring their opponents 28-4. The rest of the game saw
the Riders try desperately to recover, and despite a three-pointer
from Michael Martin on the buzzer at the end of the game for
the home side, the Raiders secured the comfortable victory.
Gaylon Moore led the Raiders scoring with 21 points, while
Chad McKnight led the scoring for the home side with 23 points
personal.
BBL Championship
PAWS London Capital 99 (14,38,68) (Bradley 18, Ogedengbe
16, Knight 15)
Guildford Heat 92 (20,36,70) (Harrison/Dorsey
24, Gilbert 21)
PAWS London Capital picked up a huge victory over title contenders
the Guildford Heat by a score of 99-92 at the Capital City
Academy on Saturday night. Both sides traded baskets in the
early going, and it was the Capital who took the initiative
with a 15-6 tear midway through the second period to lead
29-26. The home side held onto their slender advantage at
38-36 going in at the half. The second half saw the visitors
get themselves in front, and a three-pointer from Daniel Gilbert
gave them their biggest lead of the game at 46- 55. The Capital
clawed their way back into it, and only trailed by two points
at 68-70 going into the final stanza. The final quarter started
with the Capital netting six of the first eight points to
take the lead at 74-72. From then on, both sides traded baskets,
and the lead changed hands on numerous occasions, before the
Capital enjoyed a 10-2 run to take the score out to 86-82
with less than two minutes remaining. The Heat tried desperately
to get back in the game, and an EJ Harrison basket inside
the final minute of the game got them to within two at 92-90,
but that was as close as they got as the Capital sealed the
victory from the foul line. Sam Bradley led the Capital scoring
with 18 points, while Harrison and Tony Dorsey led all scorers
with 24 points a-piece for the Heat.
BBL Championship
Worcester Wolves 119 (33,69,91) (Paez 29,
Harker 26, Evans 25)
Everton Tigers 104 (23,44,76) (Midgley 33,
Aliu 25, Herriman 20)
In a battle between the form sides in the BBL Championship,
it was the Worcester Wolves who came out on top with a 119-104
victory over the Everton Tigers at Worcester University on
Saturday evening. The Wolves leapt out to an early 14-5 lead
in the opening, and maintained their advantage throughout
the opening quarter to lead 33-23 at the end of the first.
The second quarter saw the Wolves take control and break the
game open with a 24-5 tear to close out the first half at
69-44. The second half saw the Tigers begin to claw their
way back into the contest, and a 9-2 burst midway through
the third period bought the score back to 71-53. The Wolves
were able to hold off the onslaught and lead 91-76 going into
the final stanza. In the final period, both sides traded baskets
in the early stages, and a 9-0 run for the Tigers got them
to within ten points at 100- 90, but the Tigers could get
no closer as Worcester secured the victory from the foul line.
Antony Paez led the Wolves scoring with 29 points, and was
ably assisted by Chuck Evans who picked up his second "triple-double"
in successive games with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
Richard Midgley led all scorers in the game with 33 points
for the Tigers.
BBL CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE
No Team P W L Pts
1 Newcastle Eagles 24 21 3 42
2 Kularoos Plymouth Raiders 26 19 7 38
3 Poujoulat Heat Guildford 22 16 6 32
4 Marshall MK Lions 24 15 9 30
5 SAMG Verve Scottish Rocks 25 14 11 28
6 Everton Tigers 23 12 11 24
7 Sheffield Sharks 23 11 12 22
8 Worcester Wolves 26 11 15 22
9 BiG Storage Cheshire Jets 22 7 15 14
10PAWS London Capital 25 7 18 14
11Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 27 7 20 14
12Team Birmingham Panthers 23 5 18 10
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