Leicester Riders 78 (27, 38, 54)
Porter 20, Webber 17, Winn 15
Scottish Phoenix Mitsubishi Rocks 94 (14, 40, 69)
Berry 26, Sheckles 23, Myers 20
Scottish
Phoenix Mitsubishi Rocks rose to sixth position in the BBL Championship
table thanks to a 94-78 road success over Leicester Riders on Thursday
evening.
Despite being without the suspended Maurice Robinson and Malcolm
Leak, Riders started very well and enjoyed an early 20-7 advantage,
which they extended to 34-17 midway through the second quarter.
Rocks hit back with 23 of the next 25 points to take the lead for
the first time in the game at 40-36.
With the Scots leading 49-46 midway through the third stanza, they
then added to their lead with a 15-2 run that put them 64-48 to
the good and Riders could find no way back.
Ted Berry led all scorers with 26 points for the Rocks; Mario Porter
led the way for Riders with 20.
Source:
BBL
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