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Worcester Wolves v PLC

Venue: Worcester Uni
Final Result: Worcester Wolves 82 - 84 PAWS London Capital
Quarter Scores: 18-21, 37-36, 62-55  
Top Scorers: PLC: Bradley 21, Gariba 18, Knight 10
Worcester: 
Paez 20, Life/Evans 15
Officials: Steve Ellis, Paul Walton, Paul Unsworth

Worcester Wolves suffered a minor set-back going into next week's BBL play-off quarter-final after an 82-84 defeat at the hands of the PAWS London Capital at Worcester University on Saturday evening.

The Capital started the stronger and opened up an early 11-2 burst, but the Wolves responded immediately with a 16-7 tear of their own to bring the score back to 18-19.

The remainder of the first half saw both sides trading baskets and it was the Wolves who went in at the half with their noses in front by a score of 37-36.

The second half saw the Wolves attempt to put some distance between them and their opponents with a 7-0 run to take the score out to 60-50.

The Capital fought back and scored ten of the next twelve points to get to within two points at 62-60 midway through the final period.

Going into the closing stages, both sides were tied at 80-80 before Skouson Harker made two free-throws to give the Wolves an 82-80.

Ibrahim Gariba tied it again for the Capital, before Marcus Knight won the game for the visitors with 2.2 seconds remaining. The Wolves had a chance to win the game, but Chuck Evans' long-range shot as time expired bounced out.

Antony Paez led the Wolves scoring with 20 points, thus making him the BBL's leading scorer. Sam Bradley led all scorers with 21 points for the Capital.

PLC v Birmingham Panthers

Venue: Capital City Academy
Final Result: PAWS London Capital 85 - 65 Birmingham Panthers
Quarter Scores: 21-19, 47-38, 68-52
Top Scorers: PLC: Bradley 22, Perkins 13, Knight 11
Panthers: 
A Williams 21, Popoola 18, Sandell 16
Officials: Keith Williams, Gavin Williams, Simon Appleby

PAWS London Capital completed their first season in the BBL with a win over fellow new boys Team Birmingham Panthers.

Capital ended the season well to finish in ninth position, while Panthers couldn’t get any momentum going to end the campaign in twelfth.

Runs of 10-3 each in the first quarter cancelled each other out as Capital led 21-19 at the end of ten minutes. And they stretched it out to 47-38 by half time.

An 8-2 opening to the third put Capital well in control despite Panthers’ 7-0 burst later in the period. A further 9-0 start to the final stanza put the match beyond the visitors reach as London cruised to the win.

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