2nd February 2008 Newcastle Eagles 105-75 BiG Storage Cheshire Jets

BBL Trophy Semi-final

Game details:-

Venue: Ponds Forge, ISC, Sheffield

Competition:- BBL Tropy Semi-final

Tip-off:- 6.00pm

Quarterscores:-  38-11, 59-30, 77-46

Overtime periods:-

Final result:- 105-75

Officials:- Majid Shahab, Steve Ellis, Mac Callender

Top Scorers:

Eagles: Hyatt 21, Smith 19, Defoe 18

Jets: Obazuaye 26, Hamilton 20, Otten 19

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The Newcastle Eagles have reached the BBL Trophy Final for the fourth consecutive season after a 105-75 win over the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets, who themselves enjoyed a four-year 'dynasty' in this competition between 2000-04, at Ponds Forge on Saturday evening.

After losing the Trophy last season to the Kularoos Plymouth Raiders, the Eagles made their intentions known early on in the game as, after the teams had traded their way to 8-8, they rattled off the next 18 points. That duly became a 30-3 surge for the remainder of the first quarter which gave them a comprehensive 38-11 lead. Charles Smith had 10 points in the quarter, with Jeremy Hyatt adding 8 and Olu Babalola 6.

It was more of the same to open the second stanza as they pushed the lead out to 46-15. Led by Matt Otten, the Jets looked to make some headway with a 7-3 run, only for Lynard Stewart to hit 4 as the Eagles responded with 6 in a row. The Jets closed the half with the last 7 points, 5 of which came from Otten, to trim the deficit to 59-30 going into the dressing rooms.

The Eagles maintained that lead throughout the second half and were never threatened, before breaking through the century mark with 1.35 left in the game.

It was those early scorers that paced the Eagles as Hyatt finished with 21 points and 7 rebounds - he hit 4/5 from beyond the arc. Charles Smith had 19 points on 9/12 shooting, and Darius Defoe added 18 points and 8 boards.

For the Jets, Obazuaye had 26 points and 9 rebounds, whilst past Trophy winner James Hamilton had 20 points and 11 rebounds.

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