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BBL Trophy: First\u00a0Round<\/b><\/p>\n
Plymouth City Patriots 105 \u2013 53 St Mirren Saints (21-12, 47-32, 86-38) Plymouth City Patriots<\/a> wowed fans at the Plymouth Pavilions, beating Scottish side St Mirren Saints 105-53 in the BBL Trophy opener on Saturday night.<\/p>\n Troy Simons launched the Patriots\u2019 Trophy campaign in style with 16 points, eight rebounds, five assists, and five steals.\u00a0<\/p>\n Despite In Saints\u2019 After More Patriots As Plymouth\u2019s Isa Having Six St Mirren played valiantly to their credit, with Cleary coming away with 18 points and 10 rebounds in an impressive double-double display.<\/p>\n Catch all of the BBL Trophy games on the official BBL YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
(Patriots: Bell\/Simons, 16; Brandon, 15; Hawthorne Jr., 13 \u2013 Saints: Cleary, 18; Allahverdi\/Carroll, 10; Harte, 9)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nthe finish, St Mirren were a force to be reckoned with in the opening quarter
\nas powerful big Chris Cleary got the first points on the scoreboard, and Chris
\nCarroll followed with a thumping three.<\/p>\n
\nresponse, Plymouth City turned up the intensity, evidenced by their seven-point
\nrun, while St Mirren could not contain Simons, who cleaned up the defensive
\nrebounds and scored at will at the other end of the court.<\/p>\n
\nAli Allahverdi proved to be a one-person wrecking crew, making a handful of
\nstrong moves to the basket, finding himself and others open to knock down
\nshots.<\/p>\n
\na tiresome start to the opening quarter, the Patriots capitalised, going on a
\n14-0 spree to round up the opening period, emphasised by a confident dunk from
\nrookie centre Sam Keita.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nof the Plymouth City Patriots rotation saw generous minutes as the game evolved
\ninto a runaway victory.<\/p>\n
\nyoungster and hopeful for the future Will White took the floor and immediately
\nmade an impact, drawing a foul from beyond the arc and putting away all three
\nfree throws awarded to him.<\/p>\n
\nthe first half reached a close, Allahverdi and Cleary managed the bulk of the
\nload for St Mirren, but James Hawthorne Jr. made it a habit of pulling
\noffensive rebounds down, grabbing three in quick succession.<\/p>\n
\n21-2 second-half frenzy pushed the game well away in their favour, while St
\nMirren fought hard to make a comeback despite being outnumbered.<\/p>\n
\nBrandon poured in back-to-back triples, while Markedric Bell was equally
\neffective above the rim and beyond the arc.<\/p>\n
\noutscored the Saints by 33 in the third period, the hosts sealed the win and
\nadvanced to the next round.<\/p>\n
\nPatriots players scored double figures \u2013 an awe-inspiring feat.<\/p>\n