British League, Regular Season, Game 19: February 6-8, 2009
The Everton Tigers keep leading the British Championship standings with a 13-3 record. The Newcastle Eagles are right behind at 13-4, with the Scottish Rocks third at 13-5. It was an outstanding weekend for the Tigers, that added back-to-back wins to keep leading the league table. Everton downed the Sheffield Sharks 80-69 at home on Friday behind 26 points from Josh Gross and then rounded a perfect weekend by topping the Guildford Heat 82-94. Andre Smith paced the winners with 26 points, Gross added 21 while Marcus Bailey had 20 for the Tigers. The Eagles beat the Marshall MK Lions 88-72 at home on Friday with 21 points from Trey Moore, but then registered a 87-86 road loss against the Worcester Wolves. An unstoppable Anthony Paez led the Wolves with 31 points. Meanwhile, the Rocks defeated the Plymouth Raiders 95-83 at home on Sunday behind 21 points from Rob Yanders. The Wolves also managed to down London Capital 104-115 on the road on Saturday with Paez leading 5 players in double digits with 31 points. In other games, the Leicester Riders edged the Worthing Thunder 93-98, the Lions also bested the Thunder 91-79 while the Cheshire Jets overwhelmed London 110-73 with 34 points from Chez Marks.


LAST GAME GAME 19
February 6-8, 2009
Day Match Result
Feb. 6 Everton vs. Sheffield 80-69
Feb. 6 Newcastle vs. MK Lions 88-72
Feb. 7 Worthing vs. Leicester 93-98
Feb. 7 London Capital vs. Worcester 104-115
Feb. 8 Guildford vs. Everton 82-94
Feb. 8 Worcester vs. Newcastle 87-86
Feb. 8 Scottish vs. Plymouth 95-83
Feb. 8 Cheshire vs. London Capital 110-73
NEXT GAME GAME 20
February 13-15, 2009
Day Match
Feb. 13 MK Lions vs. Sheffield
Feb. 13 Newcastle vs. London Capital
Feb. 14 Worcester vs. MK Lions
Feb. 14 Worthing vs. Everton
Feb. 14 Plymouth vs. Guildford
Feb. 15 Guildford vs. Leicester
Feb. 15 Plymouth vs. Worthing
Feb. 15 Scottish vs. Cheshire


STANDINGS TG W L P+ P-
1 Everton Tigers 16 13 3 - -
2 Newcastle Eagles 17 13 4 - -
3 Scottish Rocks 18 13 5 - -
4 Leicester Riders 19 12 7 - -
5 Plymouth Raiders 19 12 7 - -
6 Guildford Heat 17 10 7 - -
7 Marshall MK Lions 17 8 9 - -
8 Worcester Wolves 21 8 13 - -
9 Cheshire Jets 19 7 12 - -
10 Sheffield Sharks 19 7 12 - -
11 Worthing Thunder 20 7 13 - -
12 London Capital 20 1 19 - -

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