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Plymouth steer course for title
Plymouth Raiders kept up their 100% record in the NBL Conference and go into the Christmas break four points clear at the top of the league after their terrific overtime victory on Teesside. Raiders led from the start and opened up a 2518 first quarter advantage which they maintained up until the half where they led 4235. The Mohawks closed the gap to four points after the third quarter, 66 62 and levelled the game at the death, 87 87 to force overtime.
The Raiders then assumed control once again as the home side hit foul trouble and a 14 5 run in the extra five minutes saw the visitors triumph. For the victors Canadian Pete Knechtel hit 31 with Todd Cetnar backing him up with 24 whilst for the Mohawks, Ralph Bucci grabbed 32 and Dennis Ley 24.
Mohawks Coach Tony Hanson said: We had a bad start to the game and were playing catch up from then on. Were very disappointed to lose but credit to Plymouth for hanging in there. Gary Stronach, Plymouth Coach said: We beat Teesside on the first day of the season when people said they were weakened by injuries and unavailability. Today we showed we deserve to be at the top of this league.
Elsewhere in the Conference Worthing Thunder moved up to second with a win at Manchester whilst Coventry joined the Thunder and Teesside on 10 points by virtue of their success at Inter-Basket London.
Oxford Devils, Derbyshire Arrows and Rhondda Rebels maintained their perfect records in their respective leagues with wins over Birmingham Aces, Hull Icebergs and Ipswich Bobcats respectively. The Devils have opened up a four point lead at the top of NBL Division One with Coach Bill Baker nurturing hopes of going the whole of the season unbeaten. Garnet Gayle top scored with 28 points for the Arrows as they notched up their tenth success of the season and with a four point lead over second place Ealing, they look a good bet for promotion to Division One.
Rhondda Rebels lead Thames Valley by two points in Womens Division One with Sheffield Hatters a further two points behind. The Rebels overcame Ipswich on Saturday, 72 61, with Olga Smirneou hitting 23 for the National Cup finalists. In Division Two Plymouth Racers maintained their four point lead over UWIC Cardiff at the top of the table with a 67 53 success at London Towers, Becky Lear hitting 25 for the Racers.
The National League now goes into a two week Christmas and New Year break with games resuming in all competitions on Saturday January 6th matches continue as normal in the BBL.
NBL CONFERENCE
INTER-BASKET 95 (40) Alexander 22, Durant 15, Smart 14
COVENTRY 103 (55) Collins 29, Harrison 23, Pope 19SUTTON 102 (53) Laws 26, Hopper 26, Powlesland 19
SOLENT 77 (36) Tripalin 25, Scott 21, Harper 18MANCHESTER 71 (34) Gomez 24, Mulgrave 18, Goodwin 16
WORTHING 79 (39)TEESSIDE 92 (35) Bucci 32, Ley 24, Jackson 19 (after overtime 87 87)
PLYMOUTH 101 (42) Knecthel 31, Cetnar 24, Williams 15DIVISION ONE MEN
KINGSTON 90 (48) Routledge 21, Whitaker 17, Poynton 12
CARDIFF C 60 (31) N Jones 18, Alexander 15, P Jones 13BIRMINGHAM 86 (35) Gerard 20, Robinson 17, Anderson 13
OXFORD 100 (51) Milnes 21, Smith 19, Kelly 16LIVERPOOL 79 (44) Perry 21, Hopkins 11, Walker 11
READING 108 (62) Hoods 23, Cooper 23, Eames 17DIVISION TWO MEN
NORTH LONDON 102 56 Hockey 29, Stiller 27, Burrell 22
MANSFIELD 95 43 Seamarks 29, Richards 24, Griffith 10BRIXTON 94 (43) Knight 39, John 27, Deng 5
SWINDON 66 (30) Cole 19, Glazier 9, Claringbould 9DERBYSHIRE 80 (40) Gayle 28, Ellmer 17, North 14
HULL 57 (26) Waite 14, Brignall 9, McKenna 12TAUNTON 63 (28) Yabsley 22, Bullock 9, Jones 8
DONCASTER 60 (32) Westbury 15, Modzelewski 14, McKinney 12DIVISION THREE MEN
BIRMINGHAM UNI 94 (51) Onions 21, Gabriel 17, Ferguson 16
COLCHESTER 90 (49) Heron 19, Nicholson 19, Edwards 18BRIGHTON C 78 (38) Morgans 18, Ramy Malik 16, Rani Malik 15
BARKING 88 (42) Richardson 26, Niaz 23, Powell 12DERBY STORM 51 (28) Stacey 15, Hart 8, Luke 8
NORTHUMBRIA 86 (43) Birch 37, Keeling 16, Southwood 12TAMAR VALLEY 67 (29) Marriott 18, Hatchell 12, Peake 10
NOTTINGHAM 76 (36) Lawson 22, Kavanagh 16, Hasse 10DIVISION ONE WOMEN
COVENTRY 53 (32) Smith 15, Mitchell 12, Stone 10
SPELTHORNE 90 (42) Parslow 25, Wiseman 22DONCASTER 74 (37) Bettesworth 25, Naylor 22, Robinson 9
NORTHAMPTON 65 (39) Burns 26, J Smith 12, Reynolds 10NOTTINGHAM 61 (27) Pass 16, Sarjant 16, Burn 13
SHEFFIELD 71 (40) Castanada 27, Ellis 12, Crowley 11RHONDDA 72 (32) Smirneou 23, Lender 22, Hogg 14
IPSWICH 61 (22) Brownsell 20, Gray 12, Mallett 11THAMES VALLEY 87 (34) McHugh 28, Brattnas 18, Andrew 17
NW LONDON 47 (23) Baquillon 17, Matthews 12, Renier 6WANDSWORTH 81 (42) Bucknall 20, Brown 16, Payne 12
ST ALBANS 59 (30) Murphy 14, Smith 13DIVISION TWO WOMEN
LONDON TOWERS 53 (19) Emaru 23, Mace 11, Adeshina 8
PLYMOUTH 67 (28) Lear 25, Rieksts 19, Pinch 12STOCKPORT 46 (24) Clayden 15, Leittner 14
UWIC CARDIFF 60 (31) Flores 22, Power 14, Edmonds 8
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