Fuente: © FIBA (Federación Internacional de Basket)
http://www.fiba.org/

FIBA: GBR - Eagles claim Cup glory

/noticias.info/ SPRINGFIELD (BBL Cup) - Springfield Honda Newcastle Eagles have won the first piece of silverware of the 2005/06 British basketball season, thanks to an 83-69 success over Noray Properties London Towers in Sunday’s BBL Cup Final at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham.

TJ Walker was named the Most Valuable Player for Eagles with an impressive double double of 28-points and 12-rebounds on the way to victory.

Eagles’ Head Coach Fabulous Flournoy commented, “I‘m proud of the guys. We played well as a team and we got our rewards. We want to win every competition that we play in, so it‘s good to start off by winning the first piece of silverware on offer.”

Eagles led for much of the game and were fastest out of the traps, scoring nine of the opening 11 points. Towers battled their way back into the match, bagging the following ten points to lead 12-9.

An Andrew Bridge three pointer started Eagles off on another tear later in the quarter as Newcastle retook the lead and finished the first stanza 22-17 to the good.

Quincy Wadley sunk his second three pointer of the game early in the second quarter as Towers took the lead at 23-22. Eagles response was immediate and their 6-0 run gave them an advantage that they would not surrender.

Lynard Stewart and Niki Arinze shouldered the scoring burden for Towers in the third, but their efforts were not enough as a TJ Walker inspired Eagles stretched their lead into double figures, leading by as many as 14 points at 58-44.

A late Towers rally cut the deficit to eight points at 58-50 at the close of the quarter and they began the fourth as they finished the third, taking the score to as close as five points at 60-55.

Towers could not maintain the momentum however, as Eagles bagged seven in a row to lead 71-57. Quincy Wadley’s seventh three pointer of the game at the close was mere consolation for Towers.

Springfield Honda Newcastle Eagles 83 (22,41,58) (Walker 28, Hyatt/Sullivan 18)
Noray Properties London Towers 69 (17,36,50) (Wadley 24, Arinze/Stewart 16)

Also at the NIA today:

EBL Women’s National Cup Final
Coca Cola Rhondda Rebels 86 (25,45,61) (Koehn 34, Lender/Mason 15)
Windsor Foodservice Sheffield Hatters 77 (9,34,52) (Gandy 27, Maytham 20, Hutchinson 8)

EBL Men’s National Cup Final
Essex & Herts Leopards 79 (23,39,57) (Selvey 22, Salter 16, Ogunjimi 12)
Reading Rockets 75 (9,31,53) (Tonkovich 21, Harrison 16, Madsen 15) notas_de_prensa_archivo