9th April 2008 Everton Tigers 76-75 Marshall MK Lions

BBL Championship Match Preview

Game details:-

Venue: Greenbank Academy

Competition:- BBL Championship

Tip-off:- 8.00pm

Quarterscores:- 23-23, 41-47, 62-61

Overtime periods:-

Final result:-  76-75

Officials:- Ian Pollard, Paul Walton, Simon Unsworth

Top Scorers:

Tigers: Midgley 25, Aliu 23, Davis 8

Lions: Y Williams 15, New 11, Windless 10

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Everton Tigers kept themselves in the hunt for sixth spot in the BBL with a come from behind home victory over fourth placed Marshall MK Lions.

The defeat means the Lions can finish no higher than their current fourth position and they must now hold off SAMG Verve Scottish Rocks to secure home-court advantage in the first round of the play-offs.

After a first quarter which ended 23-23 the Lions edged ahead 41-47 at half time. Tigers responded in the third quarter to lead 62-61 heading into the final ten minutes of action.

The see-saw nature of the match continued with a 14-3 Lions run to give them a 65-75 advantage with five minutes remaining. However, that was to be the end of the scoring for the visitors.

An 11-0 Tigers run culminating with Richard Midgley’s bucket with 2.5 seconds left on the clock clinched the win for Everton.

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