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NBL Round-Up - Week One
The National Basketball League and Men’s National Trophy began with all the action promised by the re-structure and the events of the close season. All teams held a minutes silence to mark the horrific events in New York earlier this week. The Pool stage of the Men’s National Trophy sees the top flight of the NBL take on Division One as each pool contains teams from both divisions.
Holders of the National Trophy, Teesside Mohawks brought back some familiar faces for the 2001/2002 season in a bid to retain the Trophy and go a couple of steps further in the NBL Conference. Ralph Bucci lead the scoring as the Mohawks beat Doncaster Panthers 130 – 61. NBL Conference Winners and Play Off Champions, Plymouth Raiders were pushed to the edge by last seasons’ Men’s Division One Winners, Oxford Devils. Trailing by 12 points (26 – 14) at the end of the first quarter and by 9 at the half (49 – 40), the Raiders showed their experience as Todd Cetnar returned to the line up, leading Plymouth to an 83 – 82 victory. Worthing Thunder had the upperhand in the south coast derby against Solent Stars (109 – 86) who quite clearly had their mind on other things after players yet to arrive in the country have been affected by the tragedy in New York.
NBL Conference outfits, InterBasket London and Kingston Wildcats both received shocks against Division One opposition. Milek Jivens made 22 points to help Ealing Tornados see off last season’s Trophy Finalists, InterBasket 106 – 76 at Brunel University and Kingston’s first taste of competition as members of the Conference did not go to plan against Ware Rebels, losing 87 – 70.
Newcomers to NBL Division One Women, UWIC Cardiff Stealers saw of last season’s sixth placed Wandsworth Sting, 60 – 49. Spelthorne Acers fell to a home defeat against Thames Valley Tigers, 75 – 67 but their second team won in the new look NBL Division Two Women, beating fellow southern outfit Brixton Lady Topcats, 60 – 49. Tyne and Wear look strong going into the new season, beating Ipswich Bobcats 91 – 78 at Temple Park. Chelmsford Swifts could not quite hold on against Swindon Sonics, a new team in Division Two Women South, missing out 70 – 67. There were mixed fortunes for newcomers to the Women’s game with wins for Oxford SheDevils and Birmingham Force but disappointment for Caister Champions, Sheffield Hallam Hatters.
Northampton Neptunes got off to a flying start against Northumbria University making a staggering 40 points in the first quarter. Lead by former London Towers guard Mark Spatcher (34pts), Northampton stretched out a lead that despite fighting to the end, Northumbria could not claw back.
Division Three Play Off Finalists, Barking & Dagenham and Bristol Bombers both continued from where they left off demolishing Swindon Sonics (84 – 54) and Tamar Valley Cannons (89 – 42) respectively.NBL Trophy
Coventry Crusaders 92 (44) Pope 25, Barrett 21, Harper 13
NW London Wolverines 84 (57) Baptiste 18, Madike 13, Ubana 12Ealing Tornadoes 106 (58) Jivens 22,Cadogan 28,Henry-Fontaine 10
InterBasket London 76 (40) Ubana/Batimba 20, Smart 14Kingston Wildcats 70 (14, 29, 43) Kidd14, Poynton/Rich 11
Ware Rebels 87 (24, 41, 55) Scott 21, Burgess 18, Sableski 14Manchester Magic 108 (25, 49, 86) Lara-Berical 35,Mulgrave 17, Aris/McKie 11
Liverpool 91 (18, 51, 69) Lees 21, Brannigan 18, Parry 16North London Lords 107 (47) Odelaja 28, Chioni 27, Burrell 16
Solent Stars 72 (28) McKie 18, Scheldrake 16, Donaldson 10Oxford Devils 82 (26, 49, 64) Alexander 17, Milnes 15, Kelly 14
Plymouth Raiders 83 (14, 40, 63) Cetnar 30,Wellington 23,Samuels 22Reading Rockets 87 (25, 51, 81) Hodds 23, Smith 22, Cooper 12
Cardiff Clippers 66 (9, 22, 45) Lord 23, Cassaglia 16, Rees 11Sutton Pumas 82 (18, 39, 67) Cooke 20, Moore 17, Payne 14
Mansfield Express 63 (12, 22, 40) Duncan 24, Richards/Wainwright 10, Bogg 9Teesside Mohawks 130 (32, 64, 96) Bucci 33, Harrison 20, Swaine 17
Doncaster Panthers 61 (14, 35, 48) Dottin 20, Modzelewski 11, Keeling/Holmes 8Worthing Thunder 109 (57) Hampton 30, Moore 24, Martin 21
Solent Stars 86 (42) Laight 17, MacDonald/Donaldson 15NBL Division One Women
Spelthorne Acers 60 (30) Wiseman 12, Hardy 10, Jones 8
Thames Valley Tigers 75 (32) Urmes/Mallett 17, Beckford 12UWIC Cardiff 60 (13, 25, 46) Flores 16,Edmunds 14,Morris 13
Wandsworth Sting 49 (10, 22, 39) Payne 17,Batiaba 13,Faulkner 9NBL Division Two Men North
Dudley Bears 71 (22, 32, 56) Richardson 26, White 19, Landell 7
Worcester Wolves 74 (19, 30, 45) Tillerton 28, Solvason 20, Vinsonneau 14Manchester Magic 80 (21, 35, 57) Shaw 22
Middlesbrough College 54 (12, 28, 39) Henry 14, Omope 12Northampton Neptunes 101 (40, 59, 75) Spatcher 34, Wilson 22, Knight 17
Northumbria University 83 (22, 41, 63) Wintersgill 22, Campbell 17, Brook/Kelly 15NBL Division Two Men South
Barking & Dagenham 84 (14, 28, 42) Niaz 16, Churches 15, Roofe 14
Swindon Sonics 54 (8, 28, 43) Williams 14,Claringbould 13,Wilson 8Brixton Topcats 72 (24, 39, 58) Owusu 22, Olate 12, Donlan 11
Bognor Pirates 49 (8, 20, 38) Sparrowhawk 15, Barnes 10, Byrne 9Tamar Valley Cannons 49 (15, 26, 28) Stronin 10,Jones 9,Spearman 7
Bristol Bombers 82 (20, 35, 61) Ahmed 21, Sutcliffe 11, James 10Taunton Tigers 84 (18, 38, 64) Nolan 20, Reid 14
Brighton Cougars 68 (19, 33, 47) Malik 18, Morgan 14NBL Division Two Women North
Birmingham Force 75 (42) Smith 27, Brown 17
Derby Ladies 40 (26) Helmsley 11, Marriott/Gaskin 8Oxford SheDevils 64 (13, 33, 48) Boscott 19, Rolfe 18
Leicester Ladies 59 (16, 34, 48) Geram 19, Shaw 12Sheffield Hallam Hatters 46 (13, 27, 34) Lofthouse 15,Hinchley 14,Lafferty 8
Stockport Lapwings 66 (15, 38, 56) Robinson 19,Leittner 12,Maybe 10Tyne & Wear 91 (46) Brown 30, Vickers 28, Hayes 19
Ipswich Bobcats 78 (37) Gray 29, Rees 20, McLean 10NBL Division Two Women South
Spelthorne Acers 60 (30) Llewellyn 12, Hardy 10, Jones 8
Brixton Lady Topcats 42 (13) Emaru 10, O'Neil 9Chelmsford Swifts 67 (14, 30, 47) Andrews 27, Willmore 19, DaSilva/Wilhelmy 7
Swindon Sonics 70 (18, 34, 51) Andrew 19, Thomas 13, Book 21
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