23rd November 2007 Everton Tigers 67-64 Marshall MK Lions

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Everton Tigers moved above Team Birmingham Panthers into seventh position in the BBL Championship table after a hard-fought 67-64 victory over the Marshall MK Lions at the Greenbank Academy on Friday night.

In a close game throughout, the Tigers held the advantage for the majority of the contest, but they could not shake off a resilent Lions team. In the closing stages, Tony Windless bought the Lions back into the game with a three-pointer to tie the scores at 61-61.

Tony Robertson then bagged a lay-up for the Tigers, but Yorick Williams netted another three-pointer for the Lions to give them a 63-64 lead with 2:20 remaining. The Tigers continued the pressure on the Lions, and two baskets from Tony Miller gave them a 67-64 lead with 20 seconds remaining.

The Lions had the opportunity to force overtime, but Peter Heizer missed the three-point shot with 8 seconds remaining, and the home side held on for the victory.

Robertson led all scorers in the game with 17 points for the Tigers, while Michael New led the Lions scoring with 13.

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Stats Corner: Tigers Lions

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T Robertson, 20.6

C Davis, 9.6

T Miller, 3.3

81.8 (7)

39.8 (11)

15.3 (4)

47.5 (4)

36.0 (4)

63.6 (9)

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Y Williams, 17.2

S Jamison, 6.8

T Brown, 5.5

90.5 (2)

39.7 (12)

18.1 (3)

46.1 (5)

37.2 (2)

71.6 (2)