Newcastle under Lyme College Knights survive a late scare to beat the Stockport Spartans 92-84 to advance in the Men's National Shield Tournament.
The Knights bounced back after a narrow defeat last weekend to the Rossendale Raptors. The Knights started out with all guns blazing to take an early lead of 14pts. As we all know basketball is a 40 minute game and the Knights seemed to lose focus in the 2nd quarter. For the second week in a row Knights players got themselves in early foul trouble. This would prove to be a problem for the Knights as most of the starters were on the bench due to this problem.
The Knights bounced back after a narrow defeat last weekend to the Rossendale Raptors. The Knights started out with all guns blazing to take an early lead of 14pts. As we all know basketball is a 40 minute game and the Knights seemed to lose focus in the 2nd quarter. For the second week in a row Knights players got themselves in early foul trouble. This would prove to be a problem for the Knights as most of the starters were on the bench due to this problem.
The Knights did show the depth of their bench as players came in and did a solid job until the starters could returned. The final quarter would be the deciding factor of the game, the Knights outscored the Spartans 30-22 and this would be enough to seal the victory.
Jared Rushton had a monster of a game with 19pts and 17 rebounds.
Coach Jamison had this to say "Any coach will tell you, he/she is happy to get the victory. I thought we were not very focused today and I will take responsibility for that. 32 turnovers and 5 players fouling out will make it very difficult to win basketball games. We will be better and I look forward to our next match."
The Knights next home match on the 21st of October which again is in the cup against Huddersfield Heat.
Anyone is welcome to come alaong and watch at the Gordon Banks Sports Centre. Tip off is 2pm.
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