London Capital edged out at home to Panthers

The basement battle between the PAWS London Capital and Team Birmingham Panthers went in favour of the latter as they kept their playoff hopes alive with a 60-64 victory. It was their second win over the Capital in less than a month, and gives them the head- to-head between the sides.

Birmingham favourite Rob Paternostro led the way with 16 points, whilst Dan Sandell had 14 and Williamz Omope added 11. It was former Birmingham player Santa Ataha that led all scorers with 20 for the hosts. Sam Bradley added 14 and Stancil chipped in with nine.
The Panthers led for large parts of the game and had a 17-20 edge after the opening stanza. The Londoners then opened the second quarter with the first 10 points as they looked to assert themselves on the game, but their visitors dug in and rattled off the last 6 points of the half to see the teams knotted at 34.

The game was broken open in the third quarter as Williamz Omope netted 7 points to inspire the Panthers on a 14-2 push that made the score 40-53 and they maintained a commanding lead at 44-57 going into the decisive quarter.

The game was all but won when the Panthers scored 6 unanswered points early in the fourth, although 5 points from Jerome Stancil and a late rally that saw the Capital go 10-2 in the last five minutes and restrict their second-city rivals to just 7 fourth quarter points was not enough as they got no closer than the final score.

Scottish Rocks too strong for PLC

A poor offensive display in the first half proved too much for Capital as SAMG Verve Scottish Rocks moved themselves into joint third position in the BBL Championship table thanks to a 77-57 victory at the Braehead Arena on Sunday evening. After a close opening quarter which saw the Rocks edge it 18-11, the Rocks took control of the game in the second period, restricting the Capital to just eight points in the quarter. The Rocks themselves netted twenty-five of their own, including an 11-1 tear to close out the quarter to take the score out to 43-19 at the half. The second half saw the Rocks continue to assert their authority on the game, and maintained a twenty-three point lead at 64-31 going into the final stanza. In the final quarter, the Capital tried desperately to get themselves back in the game, and a 15-1 burst midway through the quarter bought the score back to 72-48. The Capital continued to claw their way back into the game, and despite scoring the last seven points of the contest, they could not overturn the deficit as the Rocks held on to secure the win. Moritz Wohlers led all scorers in the game with 17 points for the Rocks, while Ibrahim Gariba and Mansour Mbeye led the Capital scoring with 15 points apiece






















Article by Dave Ryan.
Photos by Daniel Parsons

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