16 year old Alex Roberts led the way with 15 points as Myerscough battled to a hard fought victory in front of a packed house in Gateshead.
The fixture was a special occasion as Gateshead welcomed a very inspirational group of people to the game. ‘Oliver’s Army’ which is just that, an army of children and parents who came together to raise an astonishing amount of money in a short space of time for their school friend Oliver, who was suffering from a brain tumour. (http://gatesheadphoenix.wordpress.com/news/).
With a crowd of well over 300 in attendance a fired up Phoenix started quickly dropping 6 triples in the opening quarter, former BBL player Will Spragg caught fire early netting 12 points during the first. Myerscough kept their cool even taking a 4 point lead following back to back buckets from Earl Russell and Emmanuel Kabengele but a 10 – 3 run from the home side left the young Myerscough side down 3 going into the second.
Myerscough nullified the three point threat from Phoenix during the second and began to assert themselves on the game, Kiko Stravrev sparked a 9 – 2 run as the visitors pushed out to an 8 point lead. With time winding down on the half and a trip to the charity stripe for the home side, the quarter ended Myerscough up 43 – 36.
The Phoenix got off to a hot start after the break and piled the pressure on the visitors; Myerscough who struggled for rhythm had to wait until the 8th minute of the quarter to find some composure following a pair from the line from Cian Hickey and an excellent finish from Montel Dennis. Myerscough held a slender 1 point lead going into the fourth.
Myerscough held their nerve capitalising on relentless defensive work to power together a 12 – 6 run to start the final period. The visitors showed maturity beyond their years as they controlled the quarter, running out with the win 73 – 66, extending their unbeaten start to the season.
Youngster Alex Roberts was pleased with the performance ‘it was a great venue and a great crowd, I think we showed our class during periods of the game and we did really well in securing the win considering it was our first real road game’, Alex continued ‘I’m really enjoying the season, I hope we keep improving as the season goes on and of course, we keep winning’.
The fixture also saw four brother re-unite, Myerscough's Irish contingent Tadhg and Cian Hickey faced off against Aodhan and Colm, bragging rights will be with the twins (Cian and Tadhg) this time.
Myerscough now take a weekend off before taking on local rivals Preston College on the 9th of November.
Qtr 1; 24 – 21 Qtr 2; 12 – 22 Qtr 3; 15 – 13 Qtr 4 11 – 17
You can watch the whole game here; Phoenix vs Myerscough
In the other weekend fixture our under 18’s set the tone taking down Sefton Stars on Saturday to keep their undefeated start alive in the north west conference, marching out 99 – 69 winners.
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