National Colleges Cup round up

 

With all three team in cup action this past week, here is a round up of the action:

The performance of the day came as our rapidly improving second team faced off against Loreto College:

Wednesday afternoon saw our Myerscough 2 travel to Manchester to take on Loreto 1 in the BCS Cup. After a closely contested game and despite a spirited effort from the Myerscough boys, the game ended 69-60 in favour of the home team.

Myerscough were in control from the initial tip running out to a 6 point lead early in the first quarter. Excellent team defence and superb passing saw this lead extend to 12 points mid way through the second period. Despite an excellent start, Loreto rallied behind excellent shooting from Joe Swindells to take a slender lead into the half time break (39-36).

Starting the second half Kieran Skeffington did a fantastic job of containing the shooter early and quick baskets from Matthew Hodgkinson and Yannick Kablan saw the away side go back up by a point. With the lead changing multiple times during the second half it was a short run of shooting again that saw Loreto take a 5 point lead heading into the final quarter.

After a time out late in the fourth, Myerscough fought back level but a few mistakes in the dying seconds of the game saw Loreto take the win with a nine point cushion (69-60).

Myerscough coach Peter Paraskeva was very positive after the game ' it was a fantastic team performance and considering this group of players have only been together for six weeks it's exciting to think what this team is capable of further down the road'.

Myerscough 2 now go into the half term break for a well deserved rest before taking on Runshaw 1 upon return at Home.

Running Quarter Scores: 
Q1: 14-21  Q2: 39-36  Q3: 54-49  Q4: 69-60.

Elsewhere our 1st team took down Priestley College with no less than 7 players in double figures in the 120 - 43 victory. Myerscough led from the tip and proved too much for Priestley who battled to the end.

In the final game of the day our 3rd team swept aside Blackburn College 120 - 20 to progress to the next round of the regional cup.