Basketball

All 4 teams from Liverpool Basketball Club were in action this weekend on the run up to the final games of the season, Liverpools Senior Mens game was cancelled at the last moment, despite the team traveling south to take on Kent Crusaders, a massive pile up on the M25 prevented the team from arriving and the game was called off, England Basketball will be making a decision on the game early this week.

The U18s took the short trip to North Wales to take on Newi Nets. The first quarter seen Liverpool take a 19 – 16 point advantage and extended their lead to 38 points to Newi Netss 27 by half time. The third quarter seen Newi Nets fight back into the game and brought the score to within 4 points by the end of this quarter, leaving Liverpool with a slight advantage of 4 points. Liverpool managed to retain this 4 points advantage until the final whistle and took the game by the close margin, final result Newi Nets 50 – Liverpool 54. Top scorers for Liverpool were Sean Denny on 17 points and Tom Conley on 14.

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.