Sheffield Sharks defeated Manchester Giants 82-77 in a nail-biting finish at the EIS Sheffield to advance to the next round of the BBL Cup. The first quarter was dominated by Sharks, opening the game with some crowd-pleasing dunks from TJ Robinson. But the Giants kept plugging away and brought it back to 1 point near the end before the Sharks saw out the game for a worthy win.
TJ Robinson continued his fine form for his new team, with five baskets in the opening quarter to take Sharks to a 22-13 lead. The second quarter continued in a similar vein with point guard Mike Cook driving the play for the Sharks and Jerrold Brooks driving the team on. Giants kept on trying to shoot baskets, particularly the influential Yorick Williams and last season's Shark Olu Babalola brought Manchester back to 33-38 down at half-time.Sharks went into the final quarter with a 64-55 lead after fine baskets from Mike Tuck who has started the season in great form and ended up as top scorer with 20 points.
Giants threatened near the end as three-pointers from Williams reduced the deficit to 1, but Sharks kept their heads to the delight of the home fans.
Brooks won MVP with 7 assists and 17 points.
Scorers: Tuck 20; Robinson 18; Brooks 17; Odinster 10; Cook 10; Sing 7
TJ Robinson goes for the tip-off against Babalola
TJ Robinson with one of his early dunks
TJ Robinson takes an easy two-points
Jerrold Brooks out-paces the Giants defence for two points
TJ Robinson goes up to claim another basket
Mike Tuck jumps to tip in a rebound
Jerrold Brooks takes a free-throw. 8 minutes to go and there is a comfortable 11 point margin...
Jerrold Brooks does an aerial hustle to claim a foul
Mike Tuck jumps in to attempt a basket
Mike Cook takes the ball in the air
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