British League, Regular Season, Game 11, November 18-22, 2009
Mike Cook – Sheffield Sharks (Photo: sharks-bbraun.com)The Sheffield Sharks held on to beat Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 99-104 on the road to remain atop the British League standings. Mike Cook led the way for the Sharks with 32 points, while Tafari Toney, whose free throws in the closing seconds iced the game, recorded 18 points and 15 rebounds. Tack Minor led Leicester with 32 points. Closing in on the top spot are the Marshall MK Lions after a pair of weekend wins. The Lions routed PAWS London Capital 102-54 on Wednesday and then the Essex Pirates 70-99 on Saturday. Frank Holmes shined with 32 points and 13 rebounds against London and 16 points against Essex, while EJ Harrison had 13 points and 9 assists against London and 28 points against Essex. The defending champion Newcastle Eagles also added to their win column with a 101-87 triumph over Airwaves Plymouth Raiders led by 23 points from Charles Smith. The other two-game winner this week as the Cheshire Jets, who downed Worcester Wolves 80-96 as Shawn Myers and Paul Peterson scored 16 points apiece and beat the Worthing Thunder 97-73. In other games, Worthing topped London 92-69 behind 28 points from Reggie Bratton and the Guildford Heat edged Plymouth 90-87.


LAST GAME GAME 11
November 18-22, 2009
Day Match Result
Nov. 18 MK Lions vs. PAWS London 102-54
Nov. 20 Newcastle vs. Plymouth 101-87
Nov. 21 Essex vs. MK Lions 70-99
Nov. 21 Leicester vs. Sheffield 99-104
Nov. 21 Worcester vs. Cheshire 80-96
Nov. 21 Worthing vs. PAWS London 92-69
Nov. 22 Cheshire vs. Worthing 73-56
Nov. 22 Guildford vs. Plymouth 90-87

NEXT GAME GAME 12
November 27-29, 2009
Day Match
Nov. 27 Essex vs. Worthing
Nov. 27 Newcastle vs. Everton
Nov. 28 Guildford vs. MK Lions
Nov. 28 Leicester vs. Newcastle
Nov. 29 Cheshire vs. Sheffield
Nov. 29 PAWS London vs. Essex
Nov. 29 Rocks vs. Worcester
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STANDINGS TG W L P+ P-
1 Sheffield Sharks 14 11 3 - -
2 Marshall MK Lions 12 9 3 - -
3 Newcastle Eagles 11 8 3 - -
4 Cheshire Jets 10 7 3 - -
5 Leicester Riders 11 6 5 - -
6 Guildford Heat 9 5 4 - -
7 Everton Tigers 10 5 5 - -
8 Glasgow Rocks 8 4 4 - -
9 Worthing Thunder 11 4 7 - -
10 Worcester Wolves 10 3 7 - -
11 Essex Pirates 8 2 6 - -
12 PAWS London Capital 11 2 9 - -
13 Plymouth Raiders 9 1 8 - -

Sunday, November 22, 2009
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