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BBL Championship<\/b><\/p>\n
B. Braun Sheffield Sharks 73 \u2013 88 Cheshire Phoenix (18-21, 37-46, 52-60)<\/strong><\/p>\n (Sharks: Nelson<\/a>, 21; Nichols<\/a>, 17; Banks Jr.<\/a>, 11 \u2013 Phoenix: Jack<\/a>, 18; Austin<\/a>, 16; Teague<\/a>, 13)<\/strong><\/p>\n Cheshire Phoenix<\/a> began a back-to-back set of games with a decisive win on the road, beating the B. Braun Sheffield Sharks<\/a> by 15 points, 88-73.<\/p>\n Finding Larry Austin\u2019s 16 points, nine rebounds, and four assists also proved massive for the Phoenix as they look to go undefeated heading into the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Cheshire\u2019s Long-ranged The Nichols As well Neighbour\u2019s In Sharks Delpeche Phoenix Sharks Phoenix Sharks guard Sa\u2019eed Nelson \u2013 returning from a stretch of absences \u2013 began to convert crucial baskets, becoming the first on his team to draw double-figure points.<\/p>\n Nelson\u2019s Nelson For Phoenix Cheshire\u2019s While Despite With that, they tallied their seventh victory of the season, with another game at home tomorrow night.<\/p>\n
\nhis groove from three-point range, Buffalo alumni Maceo Jack drained in 18
\npoints off the bench, to lead all Phoenix scorers.<\/p>\n
\nopening quarter at Ponds Forge commenced with a back-and-forth exchange of
\nthree-point efforts.<\/p>\n
\nJamell Anderson dealt the first blow, converting a corner three with
\nSheffield\u2019s Kipper Nichols quickly responding with his own triple from the top
\nof the arc.<\/p>\n
\nshots continued to be the flavour of the game early on, Phoenix\u2019s Will
\nNeighbour pulling off a handful of exceptional efforts.<\/p>\n
\nvisitors also made use of lightning-fast guard Larry Austin, who managed to
\nbreeze past three Sharks uniforms, completing a gutsy layup following the spin
\nmove.<\/p>\n
\nremained the go-to option for the Sharks, knocking down eight first-quarter
\npoints\u00a0without a miss.<\/p>\n
\nas efficient shooting to start the game, Nichols was able to set-up athletic
\nbig man Marcus Delpeche in transition to complete an effortless alley-oop
\nplay.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nquarterback throw in the closing seconds provided guard Jack Hudson with an
\neasy uncontested layup, putting the visitors ahead by three points.<\/p>\n
\nsimilar style to the first quarter, Neighbour once again found his range,
\ndrilling shots from deep range.<\/p>\n
\nramped up their defensive pressure, Nichols heroically denying what would have
\nbeen another three-point shot for Cheshire following a shooting spree.<\/p>\n
\nbattled hard as he operated in the low post for the Sharks, finding visits to
\nthe free-throw line off the back of intense post moves.<\/p>\n
\nmade use of their bench players, who added 13 points as they began to edge
\nfurther away into the lead.<\/p>\n
\nguard Channel Banks Jr. showed off his range but three personal fouls limited
\nhis time to keep this going.<\/p>\n
\nrounded out a\u00a025-point second quarter to put the visitors ahead by nine.<\/p>\n
\nability to wade through the Phoenix defence found him plenty of opportunities
\nto score at the charity stripe, where he was near-perfect, hitting ten of 11.<\/p>\n
\ntallied ten of Sharks\u2019 15 third-quarter points.<\/p>\n
\nCheshire, Austin continued to fill the stat sheet, escaping the Sharks
\ndefenders for a handful of easy buckets.<\/p>\n
\nmaintained their solid lead heading into the final period.<\/p>\n
\nunlimited array of shooters came out firing again \u2013 Marcus Evans, Lloyd
\nDaniels, and Tahjai Teague all converting consecutive three pointers to put
\nPhoenix ahead.<\/p>\n
\nCheshire carried on taking plenty of perimeter shots, Sharks were able to
\ncounter-attack effectively with Javion Ogunyemi finding himself all alone under
\nthe Cheshire basket to knock down a wide-open layup.<\/p>\n
\na flurry of points for the Sharks, Cheshire\u2019s abundance of three-point makes \u2013
\n11 in total \u2013 pushed the Phoenix\u2019s lead to 15 points.<\/p>\n