British League, Game 14: December 11-13, 2009
The Sheffield Sharks lead the British Championship standings with a 13-3 record. Defending champions Newcastle Eagles are second at 10-4, with the Marshall MK Lions right behind at 9-5. The Sharks registered consecutive wins this weekend to make it to the BBL Cup final. The Sharks downed the Leicester Riders 86-74 at home on Friday behind 31 points from an unstoppable Mike Cook to get a 12-point lead in the two-way series. The Sharks went on to down the Riders 78-81 to sweep the series with 21 points from Cook. The Sharks will take on Cheshire Jets in the BBL Cup final at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham on January 17, 2010. In British Championship action, the Everton Tigers downed the Lions 99-87 on Friday with 28 points from Jerome Gumbs. On Saturday, the Essex Pirates defeated the Cheshire Jets 80-72 at home. On Sunday, the Eagles thrashed London Capital 68-89 behind 26 points from Darius Defoe, the Jets edged the Guildford Heat 85-84, the Lions downed the Plymouth Raiders 103-98 while the Glasgow Rocks topped the Worthing Thunder 103-85. Jessie Sapp led the Rocks with 26 points.


LAST GAME GAME 14
December 11-13, 2009
Day Match Result
Dec. 11 Everton vs. MK Lions 99-87
Dec. 12 Essex vs. Cheshire 80-72
Dec. 13 Cheshire vs. Guildford 85-84
Dec. 13 Rocks vs. Worthing 103-85
Dec. 13 PAWS London vs. Newcastle 68-89
Dec. 13 MK Lions vs. Plymouth 108-93
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NEXT GAME GAME 15
December 16-20, 2009
Day Match
Dec. 16 Plymouth vs. Rocks
Dec. 18 Essex vs. Newcastle
Dec. 18 Everton vs. Sheffield
Dec. 18 MK Lions vs. Guildford
Dec. 19 Worthing vs. Leicester
Dec. 20 Rocks vs. Sheffield
Dec. 20 Guildford vs. Plymouth
Dec. 20 PAWS London vs. MK Lions


STANDINGS TG W L P+ P-
1 Sheffield Sharks 16 13 3 - -
2 Newcastle Eagles 15 11 4 - -
3 Marshall MK Lions 15 10 5 - -
4 Cheshire Jets 14 9 5 - -
5 Jelson Homes DMU Leicester 14 8 6 - -
6 Glasgow Rocks 11 7 4 - -
7 Everton Tigers 13 7 6 - -
8 Guildford Heat 13 7 6 - -
9 Worthing Thunder 15 6 9 - -
10 Worcester Wolves 11 3 8 - -
11 Essex Pirates 13 3 10 - -
12 PAWS London Capital 14 3 11 - -
13 Airwaves Plymouth Raiders 12 1 11 - -

Sunday, December 13, 2009
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