British League, Regular Season, Game 20: February 13-15, 2009
The Everton Tigers keep leading the British Championship standings with a 14-3 record. The Newcastle Eagles are right behind at 14-4 while the Scottish Rocks are third with a 13-6 record. Everton did not find much trouble to down the Worthing Thunder 100-111 on the road on Saturday. Andre Smith paced the winners with 30 points while Olu Babalola added 21 for the Tigers. Newcastle thrashed end-of-the-table London Capital 100-68 at home on Friday, as Andrew Bridge led 5 Eagles in double digits with 18 points. The Rocks registered a 78-87 road loss against the Cheshire Jets. Chez Marks paced the winners with 25 points. It was a bittersweet weekend for the Marshall MK Lions, that downed the Sheffield Sharks 86-79 at home on Friday behind 20 points from Tommie Eddie and then registered a 80-78 road loss against the Worcester Wolves. Anthony Paez led the Wolves with 32 points while Justin Brown added 27. The Leicester Riders downed London 79-99 on the road on Saturday with 29 points from Brad Wierzbicki but then had a 99-89 road loss against the Guildford Heat on Sunday. EJ Harrison had 23 points for the Heat while Keonta Howell added 20. In other games, the Plymouth Raiders beat the Thunder 106-89 behind 20 points from Gerald Robinson.


LAST GAME GAME 20
February 13-15, 2009
Day Match Result
Feb. 13 MK Lions vs. Sheffield 96-79
Feb. 13 Newcastle vs. London C. 100-68
Feb. 14 Worcester vs. MK Lions 90-88
Feb. 14 Worthing vs. Everton 100-111
Feb. 14 Plymouth vs. Guildford 76-97
Feb. 15 Guildford vs. Leicester 99-89
Feb. 15 Plymouth vs. Worthing 106-89
Feb. 15 Scottish vs. Cheshire 78-87
NEXT GAME GAME 21
February 17-22, 2009
Day Match
Feb. 17 Everton vs. Newcastle
Feb. 18 Guildford vs. Plymouth
Feb. 20 Newcastle vs. Everton
Feb. 20 Scottish vs. Plymouth
Feb. 21 Worthing vs. Cheshire
Feb. 21 Leicester vs. Worcester
Feb. 21 London Capital vs. Sheffield
Feb. 21 MK Lions vs. Guildford


STANDINGS TG W L P+ P-
1 Everton Tigers 17 14 3 - -
2 Newcastle Eagles 18 14 4 - -
3 Leicester Riders 21 13 8 - -
4 Plymouth Raiders 20 13 7 - -
5 Scottish Rocks 19 13 6 - -
6 Guildford Heat 18 11 7 - -
7 Marshall MK Lions 19 9 10 - -
8 Worcester Wolves 22 9 13 - -
9 Cheshire Jets 20 8 12 - -
10 Sheffield Sharks 20 7 13 - -
11 Worthing Thunder 22 7 15 - -
12 London Capital 22 1 21 - -

Sunday, February 15, 2009
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