Liverpool Basketball Club - 18th February

It was a double blow at the weekend for Liverpool Basketball Club’s Senior Mens team when they played two games in two days without securing a victory.

The first game was away to Bristol and due to various reasons, the team only managed to take a much reduced side.   Liverpool went down to 4 points at the end of the first quarter, but a poor second quarter gave Bristol a 15 points advantage at half time, Bristol 40 – Liverpool 25.  Liverpool continued to struggle during the 3rd quarter and despite a fight back in the final 10 minutes, scoring 19 points to Bristol’s 13, the overall deficit was too much and Bristol eventually ran out winners, Bristol 77 – Liverpool 56.  Top scorers for Liverpool were Chiz Onuora on 19 points and Paul Parry Jnr on 14.

Liverpool’s second game was a home to Taunton Tigers, currently 4th in the league. Despite a poor start in the game, Liverpool came back from a 16 – 20 first quarter to take the second quarter 18 points to 12, giving Liverpool a small but important 2 point advantage at half time, Liverpool 34 – Taunton 32.  With only 2 points separating the two teams in the 3rd quarter it was 46 points apiece with a final 10 minutes to go.  Liverpool fought hard to overcome the quickness of Taunton and despite putting up as many shots as Taunton, the ball never seemed to want to go into the basket for Liverpool, scoring 10 points to Taunton’s 19, Liverpool seen the game disappear before their very eyes, giving Taunton a 9 point victory.  Final result Liverpool 56 – Taunton 65.  Top scorers for Liverpool were Aaron Esskeli on 14 points and Paul Parry Snr on 12 points. 

Liverpool travel north to Northumbria next weekend in the quest to look for victory, whilst the U18 and U16’s take the shorter route to Bradford.