Solent shoot for
Stars with D1 title
Just 12 months after taking the NBL Men's
Division Two prize, Solent Stars' have made the massive leap to Division
One success, edging out Plymouth Raiders for the title in the tightest
fo finishes.
Needing to beat Oxford Devils in their
final match, Stars romped home 124-92 to finish on a 21-5 record, taking
the championship by a two point aggregate differential in the head to head
with the unlucky Raiders.
The outcome was not without contraversy
- during the final meeting between the pair which Solent won 99-88, a Raiders
fan ran on court. With the referee incorrectly assuming that it was one
of the Raiders bench making the illegal intervention, a technical foul
was given against Raiders' coach Gary Stronach.
With the subsequent two shots from the
line hitting home, and equalling the difference between title success and
failure for Plymouth, the Devon side have legitimate reason to feel aggrieved.
However for Alan Cunningham and his Stars
side, the achievement is no less impressive and takes them a step closer
to their heights of the eighties.
