Sun 27th January: London United suffer heavy home reverse vs Scottish Rocks..

Sunday 27th January, 2007

BBL CHAMPIONSHIP

London United 77-105 Scottish Rocks   

QUARTERSCORES:

16-17, 35-37, 54-74, 77-105

GAME TOP SCORERS:

London United (Tarick Johnson 22, Marcus Knight 19, Marlin Capers 12)

Scottish Rocks (Julius Joseph 19, Maurice Hampton 17, Hugo Sterk 17)

The Scottish Phoenix Honda Rocks remain in a tie for fifth place in the BBL Championship after defeating London United 77-105 in the capital.

The teams could barely be separated in the first half as the Rocks edged a 16-17 advantage at the end of the first quarter and still led 35-37 going into the locker rooms at the halfway point.

The visitors broke the game open in the third stanza as, with 3:00 left, they went on a 17-3 surge, inspired by 7 points from Moritz Wohlers, to lead 54-74 going into the fourth quarter.

United couldn't get much closer and the Rocks sealed the game with a further 14-3 burst with 5:00 left in the game that made it an unassailable 69-98.

Julius Joseph led the Rocks with 19 points, ably backed up by 17 each from Maurice Hampton, Hugo Sterk and Moritz Wohlers. Tarick Johnson and Marcus Knight led all scoring with 22 points each in vain for United.

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