Newcastle Eagles
69 (19,40,50) (Leak 19, Hyatt 18, Myers 16)
Edinburgh Rocks
76 (13,39,58) (Berry 30, Graves 20, Bunyan 12)
Edinburgh Rocks gained
a first road win of the BBL Championship campaign last night, upsetting
Newcastle Eagles 76-69 at the Telewest Arena, spurred by a virtuoso 30
point contribution from All Star Ted Berry.
The Scots, coming
off a woeful display against Leopards, recovered from a poor start to rattle
their hosts, Ted Berry firing eight unanswered points in the second quarter
to put Edinburgh in front. There was more to come as Scotland guard Keith
Bunyan downed four three-pointers but Newcastle found their range to fight
back and snatch a 40-39 half-time lead.
With Eagles' TJ Walker
benched with a groin injury, the Rocks punished a wholly lethargic Newcastle
after the break, Berry and Brendan Graves combining in a stealthy one-two
punch which so nearly floored the Tyneside outfit. A 19-4 burst in an eight
minute spell took Kevin Wall's men as
much as 14 ahead
but they allowed their cross-border rivals to rebound with 13 straight
points
around the third
period break before pulling away once more at the close.
Malcolm Leak returned
from injury and bagged 19 points for the home side. whose performance was
described by coach Tony Garboletto as "the worst since I arrived in Newcastle."
Eagles will expect to have Fab Flournoy back for Cup duty against Chester
after missing the contest.
Milton Keynes Lions
74 (20,36,57) (Kirk 18, Alleyne 17, Lloyd/Payne 12)
Leopards 77
(17,36,59) (Alderson 20, Brown 18, Robinson 14)
Leopards picked up
their second win in a week with a 77-74 success away to Milton Keynes Lions
in the BBL Championship on Thursday evening.
The game was close
throughout, with the teams tied at 36-36 at half-time. With Lions leading
67-66 with five minutes to go in the game, Leopards hit a 7-1 run to lead
73-68. Lions rallied and a Nigel Lloyd three pointer put Lions 74-73 to
the good with less than a minute remaining. A Rod Brown
bucket and two foul
shots from Carl Miller reversed the deficit and gave the Leopards the victory.
Leopards' Rico Alderson led all scorers with 20 points; Reggie Kirk added
18 for the sixth-placed Lions.
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