Sheffield Sharks say "au revoir" to Kellen Thornton

The DBL Sharks have sadly announced the departure of American forward Kellen Thornton following a back injury which would keep him out of action for the rest of the season.

 Kellen Thornton, Sheffield Sharks vs Manchester Giants, Jan 2017

Club and player have agreed mutually for Thornton to return home immediately for treatment.

Sheffield Sharks - back to winning ways

After their week off following a close defeat to Leicester Riders, Sheffield Sharks came back to winning ways with an 87-64 victory over Manchester Giants at the EIS, Sheffield last night.

 Jordan Davis running into the Giants D

 Zach Gachette jumps for a two

 Coach Atiba Lyons

 The bench

 Captain Mike Tuck goes for a lay-up

 Eddy Brownell on the ball

 A wide shot of Malcolm Riley with a three-point shot

 Rashawn Rembert made seven three-pointers on the night

 Malcolm Riley looks for a way through the Giants defence

 Kellen Thornton goes high for a lay-up

 Marko Backovic looks for a way through

 George Brownell

 Tony Wroblicky on the free-throw line

Aaron Williams came on for his Sharks debut

MVP: Rashawn Rembert

In the Yorkshire Derby its 1-1 between Sheffield Sharks and Leeds Force

After a three week break and with a new face in town, Sheffield Sharks came out last night with an impressive 83-44 win over a Leeds Force team who had won the second game of the season.

Everyone was off the bench last night and it finished: Rembert - 16pts; Gachette 16pts; Jordan Davis 11pts; Tuck 10pts.  MVP was Rashawn Rembert.

Jordan Davis finally makes his mark after being out injured

 Malcolm Riley goes for an early layup

 Coach Atiba Lyons

 Rashawn Rembert runs in

 Jordan Davis jumps high for the ball

 Olu Babalola guards the ball

 Zach Gachette makes the free throw

 Mike Tuck drives in

 New signing Kellen Thornton gets some points

 Colin Sing on the line

 Marko Backovic drives in

.Eddy Brownell shoots a three