Sat, 21th Oct: London United lose home debut to Sheffield Sharks..

Saturday 21th October, 2006

BBL CHAMPIONSHIP

London United 89-97 Sheffield Sharks  

QUARTERSCORES:

20-28, 42-48, 72-72, 89-97

GAME TOP SCORERS:

London United (Tarick Johnson 17, Chris Haslam 15, Marcus Knight 15)

Sheffield Sharks (Blake Shelton 30, Eddie Cage 21, Joel Burns 12)

Sheffield Sharks handed London United their first defeat of the season in the BBL Championship with a 97-89 victory at the SPACE Centre on Saturday evening.

Sheffield started the game the stronger, and were able to open up a 48-42 lead going into the second half. The visitors continued to score, but could not shake off a resilient London outfit. The home side clawed their way back into the game off the back of a 6-0 finish to the third quarter to tie the game up at 72-72 going into the final stanza.

In the final period however, Sheffield broke the game open with an 11-2 tear midway through the period to take

the score out to 91-82. London valiantly attempted to close the gap once more, and got to within seven points at 87-94, but the visitors sealed the victory from the foul line.

Blake Shelton was the star man for Sheffield bagging 30 points personal, while Tarick Johnson netted 17 for London.

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