Fri 19th Jan: London United lose on the road to Newcastle Eagles..

Friday 19th January, 2007

BBL CHAMPIONSHIP

Newcastle Eagles 89-68 London United  

QUARTERSCORES:

21-19, 51-26, 73-42, 89-68

GAME TOP SCORERS:

Newcastle Eagles (Shawan Robinson 15, TJ Walker 15, Darius Defoe 13)

London United (Tarick Johnson 23, Chris Haslam 16, Marcus Knight 11)

The Springfield Honda Newcastle Eagles moved up into third place in the BBL Championship after a resounding 89-68 defeat of London United at the MetroRadio Arena, notching their seventh consecutive win in the process.

After a tight first quarter, the reigning BBL Champions dominated the second stanza. They restricted United to just 7 points, whilst pouring in 30 at the other end to take a 51-26 lead into the locker rooms. The damage was done with 19 unanswered points to open the second as the visitors failed to score in the opening 8:00 minutes.

The lead was extended throughout the third period. A 16-8 burst fresh from the break pushed the lead out to its peak at 67-34, which became 73-42 by the end of the quarter.

The lead was never threatened, although United made a go of it with 10 consecutive points late in the game to narrow the deficit to 87-64.

The Eagles were led by high-scoring rookie Shawan Robinson's 15 points, which was matched by point guard TJ Walker (pictured). British big-man Darius Defoe was just behind on 13. It was Tarick Johnson who led all scorers with 23 points.

Report Courtesy of www.bbl.org.uk

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