Wednesday afternoon saw Myerscough host Birmingham Met in both teams first fixture in this year’s Elite Academy Basketball League, the home side coming out on top in a dominating 127 – 46 victory.
Myerscough netted the first points of the game, Kiko Stavrev hitting from deep after a well worked offence. In what was a slow start from the home side, Birmingham Met showed their effectiveness at getting to the ring drawing multiple fouls in the process. After a nervy first quarter Myerscough held the lead at 19 – 12.
An 11 to 4 run at the beginning of the second helped Myerscough find their rhythm as a short-handed Birmingham struggled to create on the offensive end. Myerscough’s Earl Russell demonstrated his dominance inside finishing with a powerful jam then following this with a big put back forcing a Birmingham Met timeout. The home side continued to pull away as half time approached and led 46 – 22 at the break.
Myerscough attacked the third with ruthlessness and began to find their touch from the field, Nils Ozolins hit back to back triples in quick succession igniting a 26 – 8 burst. Kyle Elly provided a huge spark on defence leading to open looks on the offensive end. Myerscough took the quarter 39 - 10 to go into the fourth with the score at 86 – 32.
The fourth saw much of the same from Myerscough as they made the visitors pay for defensive lapses. Will Shaw already with 6 points from deep added 9 more to bring his game total to 15 on 5 of 8 from 3. Five other Myerscough players connected from downtown as the home side caught fire, pouring 24 points from beyond the arc in the fourth. Myerscough's relentlessness in the second half was demonstrated by 7 steals by Alex Roberts whilst Cian Hickey dished out 7 dimes to lead the home side to a comfortable 127 - 46 victory.
Myerscough's Will Shaw said this after the game 'We battled hard on the defensive end and executed well offensively, it was great to play our first EABL fixture but it felt even better to see the team play with confidence and get a solid win'.
Myerscough host Allerton High School next Wednesday and will look to build on their opening day success.
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