29th December 2007 Kularoos Plymouth Raiders 74-71 BiG Storage Cheshire Jets

BBL Trophy, Group Stages

Game details:-

Venue: Plymouth Pavilions

Competition:- BBL Tropy, Group Stages

Tip-off:- 7.30pm

Quarterscores:- 16-16, 37-34, 57-54

Overtime periods:-

Final result:- 74-71

Officials:- Haydn Jones, Majid Shahab, Darren Bolt

Top Scorers:

Raiders: Bishop 17, Martin 16, Noel 13

Jets: Myers 17, Obazuaye 16, Otten 16

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A hard-fought game between the reigning BBL Trophy champions, the Kularoos Plymouth Raiders, and the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets, who won the competition for four consecutive years between 2001-2004, saw the Raiders come out on top by 74-71, taking them to the head of group 1 in the process.

The backcourt pairing of Brody Bishop, who had 17 points, and Anthony Martin, who had 16 points, carried the Raiders to the victory, whilst James Noel contributed 13. Shawn Myers led the Jets with 17 on the night.

The teams could barely be separated in the early stages as they played out a 16-16 first quarter. With the Jets taking an early second stanza lead at 17-18, Bishop's 5 points and 4 from Terrence Durham helped the home side on a 10-3 burst that gave them a lead they would maintain through to the half at 37-34.

The Jets came back in the third period and after tying the game at 39, two scores from Jayson Obazuaye and a bucket from Matt Otten gave them a lead as large as 39-45 on an 11-2 opening to the third quarter. However, that didn't last long as a further triple from Bishop and 5 points from Martin ignited a 12-4 response and saw the home side snatch the lead back at 51-49, which became 57-54 going into the decisive stanza.

Once in the fourth, the Raiders had the better of the opening exchanges and 7 points from Martin helped them to stretch their lead to 70-63. The Jets clawed their way back and looked to rescue the game late on; an Obazuaye score brought it back to 74-71 and the same player looked to tie the game with a last-gasp three-pointer, only to see it rim out and condemn the Jets to their second away defeat in the 2007/08 BBL Trophy.

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