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NBL Review: Teesside remain 100%             NBL Round Up NBL Conference: Solent 107 Teesside 123 Solent Stars surprised the unbeaten Teesside team when they opened brightly to take an early 6 -2 lead by the third minute, despite having missed three successive free throws in the process. However, Teesside took control between the fifth and ninth minute when they restricted Solent to just one basket by John Neale whilst they themselves added seventeen points.  Most of these were scored by players who were able to penetrate an almost non-existent Solent defence.  Coach Mark Scott had called a time-out in the middle of this Teesside onslaught, but it was not until the last minute when Dominique Jones scored five points that Solent made any progress. Only four points separated the scoring of the two teams in the second quarter as Solent made more headway against the Teesside defence. Solent had wobbled in the middle of the quarter as they let Teesside forge a 26 point lead (31 - 57) but a determined spell at the end of the first half that included three three pointers from Mark Jackson brought Solent back to respectability despite missing leading scorer David Butterworth. With Adam Willis, Chris Glover and Jones all fighting hard under the defensive boards, Solent were able to inch back into the game through yet two more three pointers from Jackson to bring the ascore to 69 - 85 by the seventh minute of the third quarter.  The home team once again responded, helped by new signing ex-international Carl Miller, to open up a 22 point lead (71 - 93) with just one quarter remaining. It says much for the Solent team that despite being outplayed for most of the game by their unbeaten league rivals, at no time did the heads go down.  Aided by a solid team effort, in which youngsters Anthony Rutter and Ollie March played a full part, Solent shaded the final quarter by 36 - 30 to record their highest quarter score of the season.  Jackson with eight three pointersin his 35 points total was instrumental in Solent's final effort despite being on four fouls throughout the quarter.  Ollie Marsh ended the game with a spectacular basket scored from close to the centre line.  Coach Mark Scott was pleased with the team performance against their more experienced opponents.  "It was a credit to them all that they battled right to the end and refused to be overawed by the points difference that Teesside had to their advantage at one stage."  Division One: London United 79 Derbyshire Arrows 71    Saturdays game was billed as the head to head clash of the title contenders for the National league Division One championship with last years champions Derbyshire Arrows travelling to London. London United, the merged team between Ealing and Lords had suffered a shock defeat last weekend versus Westminster were aware of the importance of bouncing back to a victory against Garnet Gayle’s well drilled Champions. Pete Deppisch returned from a back injury for United while scorer Gary Maitland was still sidelined with ankle ligament damage. The game started brightly for London with Mumuni and Hockey nailing mid range jumpers and then Pete Deppisch stepped up to hit 3 three pointers off of well designed sets for the American. Marsh and Waite kept Derbyshire close as the first quarter ended 23-15 in favour of London. Coaches Majewski and Schiller were happy with the intensity the team was bringing and urged them to keep that up. However Derbyshire fought back well in the second quarter outscoring London by 12-23 with spread scoring from Bevington, Waite and Gayle that gave Derbyshire a 35-38 lead at the half. The half time realisation of a win would only do for the London team was enough to motivate them to perform in the second half eventhough they went some 10 points behind at one stage in the third quarter until Pete Deppisch scored another three, three pointers and Sammy Rahman chipped in with two long range shots. Suddenly the momentum was going London’s way as the game was swinging back to them after they cut the Derby lead down to only one. The final quarter saw Deppisch scoring freely with Walid Mumuni stepping up on the offensive end. London took a lead of 6 points as the clock ran down and Derbyshire were forced to foul London to try to clawback the game by sending them to the line. That looked to pay dividends as Steve Vear missed his two shots and Garnet Gayle came back to hit a three, however the game was killed off as Deppisch was sent to the line on a further 7 occasions in the last minute to extend the lead to an eight point victory.   Click here to discuss this story

 

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