Sheffield Sharks reach the BBL Trophy final!

Sheffield Sharks ran out 75-66 winners over Worcester Wolves in the second leg of the BBL Trophy semi-final at the EIS today to win 161-152 on aggregate and so reach the final in Glasgow on 4th March. 

Former Sharks Jerrold Brooks was in town to watch the game.

 Captain Mike Tuck goes for an early basket

 Zach Gachette tries a sideline shot

 Dirk Williams take a free-throw point

 Chris Alexander was a handful under the basket for Worcester

 Rob Marsden laying up

 Chris Alexander running in again

 Tony Wroblicky big on offence

 Mackey McKnight looks for a way through the Worcester defence

It took double overtime to separate Sheffield Sharks and Leicester Riders

It was a late-night thriller at the EIS yesterday as Sheffield Sharks and Leicester Riders fought out a 92-98 duel that needed double overtime to separate them.

There were many contenders for MVP: Chris Alexander with his customary 21 points; Mackey McKnight recorded only the second triple-double of the BBL season and the first by a Sharks player since 2009 with 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. But it went to captain Mike Tuck with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

Sharks need to regroup now to take on Worcester Wolves tomorrow in a winner-take-all semi-final for a BBL Trophy final place with both teams tied on 86-86 after the first leg away at Worcester.

Sheffield Sharks keep the ball rolling

With 5 games in a busy 10 day period, Sheffield Sharks continued their good home form last night to beat Cheshire Nix 83-79 and take them back to 5th in the BBL at 10-5 with games on some of their nearest rivals.



It was anything but an easy win - the game against the BBL Cup winners ebbed and flowed throughout, making it a nervy finish for many fans.  Tony Wroblicky, Rob Marsden, Mike Tuck and Sol Rolls-Tyson all contributed to keep 7' CJ Gettys in check with Wroblicky going on to a double-doubel of 16 points and 10 rebounds.  Also in stand-out form was Chris Alexander who contributed 27 points and who importantly never let the Sharks heads drop whenever Nix looked like they were getting back into the game.

 Mike Tuck welcomes Tony Wroblicky onto court

 James Mitchell gets on the scoresheet

Dirk Williams gets some air

Tony Wroblicky finds some space

 Zach Gachette brings the ball up

 Rob Marsden on good form for joint MVP

Sol Rolls-Tyson gets into the game

 Chris Alexander concentrates before a free-throw

Mackey McKnight looks for some space to in-bound

Sheffield Sharks continue their winning run against Bristol Flyers

Since an opening day defeat to Surrey Scorchers, Sheffield Sharks have gone on a 4 game winning run - the latest being a 86-70 win over Bristol Flyers at the EIS, Sheffield.  After a quiet start by the Sharks they killed the second quarter (36-19) and then ket the advantage all the way to the end.

 Sharks in pre-game huddle

 Chris Alexander on an early break

 Bristol took an early 0-7 lead and coach Atiba Lyons brought the Sharks back in

 Near the end of the second quarter and Chris Alexander was taken out by an unsportsman-like foul

 Tony Wroblicky reaches up on the way to a double-double

 Former Shark Jordan Davies tries to block Zach Gachette

 Zach Gachette leaps high for another basket

 Flyers coach Andrea Kapoulas directs from the sidelines

 Dirk Williams out-jumps the Bristol defence

 Chris Alexander jumps for two

Captain Mike Tuck lays up

 Rob Marsden on a reverse lay up

Even Mackay McKnight tried out his jumping boots

Sheffield Sharks narrowly miss out to Surrey in the first game of the 2017-18 season

A sometome bruising 8-a-side encounter at the EIS on Friday night left Sheffield Sharks 78-81 down to Surrey Scorchers in the opening game of the season.  Tieing at 42 a piece at halftime, Surrey pulled away by 10 in the third quarter and the Sharks pulled it back but too little too late...

MVP Chris Alexander shooting a free throw from a Technical.  He hit some outrageous three point scores from serious distance on his way to 22 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal. Ironically, in fighting for points at the end of the game, he himself suffered two technicals to sit out the end of the contest.

 Captain Mike Tuck from the free-throw line.

 Dirk Williams running in

 Ryan Wilson brings up the ball

 Tony Wroblicky jumps for two

 Former Shark Nick Lewis was in the house

 Zach Gachette often found a way through the Surrey defence

 As did Rob Marsden

Live wire Mackey McKnight ran some good moves in the game

Sheffield Sharks make their mark at the inagural All Stars Basketball tournament

The O2 in London was the setting today for the first All Stars Basketball tournament - a quickfire series of games between the top 8 BBL teams with the winner earning £25,000.

Shot of the day was a 5-point (yes, you read that right) buzzer beater by Mackey McKnight which sent the crowd on to its feet.

Some pix from today...more ltr.

 Dirk Williams with an early attempt agsinst Worcester Wolves

 Tony Wroblicky going big against Worcester Wolves

  Dirk Williams goes for the basket agsinst Worcester Wolves

 Mackey McKnight celebrates his game-winner...

 ...before being mobbed by his team mates

Atiba Lyons and the Sharks bench - vs Leicester Riders

Sheffield Sharks pre-season against Manchester Giants

Friday night at the EIS, Sheffield and the new-look Sheffield Sharks took on Manchester Giants in a pre-season friendly.  Sharks ran out 111-81 winners in a contest which only looked to have one winner from the get-go.

Everyone got good game time and the team tried out some play variations.

Nice to see Karen Child keeping her sponsorship position

 Coach Atiba Lyons in an early time-out

 Chris Alexander under the basket

 Dirk Williams taking the points on a solo run

 Rob Marsden takes on the Giants defence

 Mackey McKnight lays up

 Ryan Wilson shoots

 Captain Mike Tuck from the free throw line

 Chris Alexander runs the line

Mackey McKnight goes for the half-time buzzer-beater

 Mackey McKnightlooks for a way past Callum Jones

 Tony Wroblicky runs through for two

 Eddy Brownell on the move

 Dirk Williams looking for a way through

 Marko Backovic

Zach Gachette for a single

Eddy Brownell brings up 111 for the Sharks

Zach Gachette leads the team huddle at the end of the game

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