BBL Cup
Semi-Finalss
Milton Keynes
Lions 68 (11,24,46) (Youngblood 19, Longpre 18, Jempierre 14)
Brighton Bears
78 (11,38,63) (Williams/Holley 20, Alleyne 14)
Brighton Bears secured
their BBL Cup Final berth with a 78-68 victory over the Milton Keynes Lions
at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre on Sunday afternoon.
Both sides traded
baskets throughout the opening period, and were tied at 11-11 at the end
of the quarter. In the second period, both sides enjoyed 6-0 bursts to
keep the game level at 17-17, but with the Bears ahead 23-22, they made
a decisive 13-0 to lead 36-22 towards the end of the first half.
The Lions, who were
without Shawn Jamison due to injury, began to fight back in the third period,
and got to within eight points at 42-34 off the back of a 10-4 run. However,
the Bears effectively made the game safe with a 9-0 run in the third to
take the score out to 53-38.
Yorick Williams and
Tony Holley led all scorers in the game bagging 20 points each for the
Bears, while Robert Youngblood led the Lions scoring with 19.
Chester Jets 90
(19,47,59) (Myers 31, Moore 20, Singleton 9)
Scottish Phoenix
Honda Record Rocks 75 (17,39,63) (McIntosh 31, Henning 15, Perre 14)
Scottish Record Rocks
claimed their BBL Cup Final place with a 90-75 victory over the TCS Chester
Jets. Both sides traded baskets in the opening period, but it was
the Jets who made the early break in the second quarter with a 11-0 run
to take the score out to 30-17. The Jets
increased that lead
to fifteen points at 40-25 thanks to Shawn Myers cool head from the foul
line,
but the Rocks came
back at them with a 25-7 run across the half-time interval to take a 50-47
lead
midway through the
third period. The final stanza saw the Rocks extend their lead in
the game, and
despite a gallant
attempt at a fightback from the Jets, the Rocks held their nerve from the
charity
stripe to secure
their second Cup Final berth in two seasons. Rookie Lamont McIntosh
was the star
man for the Rocks
netting 31 points, 21 from behind the three-point line, while Shawn Myers
also
netted 31 points
for the Jets.
