BBL Championship Roundup: Wednesday 14th April 2010

PAWS London Capital 64 (18, 33, 51) (Jordan 21, Janusauskas 15, Jivens 11)

Marshall MK Lions 105 (29, 57, 87) (Morris 30, Naughton 22, Holmes 16)

Marshall MK Lions picked up a valuable midweek win to give their hopes of finishing towards the higher end of the 7th to 9th spots in the BBL Championship Table a boost, as they beat PAWS London Capital tonight, 105-64 at Capital City Academy thanks to a third quarter in which they outscored the hosts 19-30.

Although the hosts started off brightly, the Lions, who are gradually re-instating injured Americans EJ Harrison and Frank Holmes, as well as stalwart, Mike New, back into their squad, led 18-29 after ten minutes of play. They then extended this to 33-57 by half time, and the third quarter was a period of runs by both teams – who took it turns to outscore the opposition 8-0, until Milton Keynes went on a 16-0 burst at the end of the quarter, which effectively decided the outcome of the game. The Lions led a commanding 51-87 going into the final stanza, and the Capital had no answer for them in this period, as the visitors led Capital City Academy 105-64 winners.

The Capital were led by the in-form Russell Jordan (21 points), whilst Tomas Janusauskas added 15 points and player-coach Milek Jivens scored 11 points. For the Lions, Dawud Morris led the chrage with 30 points personal, new boy Justen Naughton had 22 points to his name and Frank Holmes had a solid 16 points.

Source: www.bbl.org.uk