BBL playoff R1 - finely balanced at Sheffield sharks 71-73 Worcester Wolves

It was a game of two halves last night at the EIS, Sheffield for the DBL Sharks Sheffield in their first leg BBL Playoff Quarter Final against Worcester Wolves. The Sharks couldn't buy a basket in the first half and had a very poor shooting record, leaving them fourteen points down at half time 29-43. 

After what must have been a stern team talk at half-time from Atiba Lyons, it was Worcester who were calling the timeouts in the second half as the Sharks fought back to leave the game almost even going into the second leg at Worcester tomorrow.

 Malcolm Riley with an early effort

 Zach Gachette who had a solid first half

 Mike Tuck from the free-throw line

 Tony Wroblicky runs past Maurice Walker's block

 Before Max Guercy out-jumped the 6'10" forward for a basket

Rashawn Rembert jumps in the second half

  George Brownell gets a three

 Jordan Davis leaps through the Worcester defence

MVP with 15 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists and a well-timed five foul count was captain Mike Tuck.

Sheffield Sharks end of season dinner

The end of the regular season and in anticipation of the first game in the playoffs (against Worcester Wolves) saw the Sheffield Sharks in presentation mood to reward the efforts of the players and those concerned with the club.

 The Coach's Player of the Year award was split between Tony Wroblicky and Rashawn Rembert.

The MVP award went to Malcolm Riley who has been involved in a lot of the community work of the Sharks as well.

End-to-end thriller between Sheffield Sharks and Newcastle Eagles

The DBL Sharks Sheffield went down to a very narrow 82-84 defeat in the final game of regular season at home Newcastle Eagles whom they'd recently beaten.  At half-time another upset was on the card as the Sharks lead 42-37 after being behind early on.  The score see-sawed through the rest of the game and came down ultimately to a three-point effort at the death for the Sharks which hit the hoop and left them down on the day but in good shape for the playoffs.

 Rashawn Rembert takes an early tumble.

 Colin Sing sinks an early three to pull back on Newcastle.

 Tony Wroblicky runs in on the Newcastle defence

 Max Guercy shoots a long three

 Malcom Riley up for a layup

 Eddy Brownell looks for a way through

 Jordan Davis run the ball into the Newcastle half

 Tony Wroblicky hangs in after his dunk

 Rashawn Rembert runs in...

 ...and goes for the basket on a later attack

 Newcastle kept a tight defence which ensured some scrambles under the basket

 Max Guercy leaps for the basket

MVP was Malcolm Riley with 15 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal and a blocked shot

Glasgow Rocks Sheffield

In front of the TV cameras, it was a lacklustre night for the DBL Sharks Sheffield as they were comprehensively beaten by the Glasgow Rocks 55-84. The Sharks never recovered from a speedy 2-15 start by the Rocks, only recording 23 points in a flat first half, and the game was dead as a contest by the final ten minutes at 42-62. Sharks Coach Atiba Lyons vowed that his side wouldn’t perform in that way again - as an incentive there is another chance to perform in front of the TV cameras away at Leicester next weekend.

 Coach Atiba Lyons sums up at the end of the first quarter

 Coach Ariel Parrucci looks on with captain Mike Tuck

 Zach Gachette goes for a layup

 Max Guercy floats one in

 Mike Tuck lays up

 Rashawn Rembert runs in

  Rashawn Rembert tries a shot

 Tony Wroblicky works his way through the Glasgow defence

 Rashawn Rembert tries a three

 Followed by Malcolm Riley

 Malcolm Riley is fouled on his way through

 And takes the free throws

 Eddy Brownell

Colin Sing blocks out for Aaron Williams

Tony Wroblicky’s 8 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist made him MVP.

Sheffield Sharks at last get the better of Newcastle Eagles

In a thrilling "game of two halves" at the EIS, Sheffield on Friday night, Sheffield Sharks overcame one of the longest standing losing streaks to finally beat Newcastle Eagles.

It was 12 games ago in February 2014 when the Sharks last came away with the points against Newcastle, so when the Eagles took an early lead and were 31-43 up in the middle of the second quarter, it could have been same-old-same-old.  But the Sharks hit back to leave it 41-47 at half-time.

Coming out with renewed vigour in the second half, Sharks kept up with Newcastle to take it to 61-64 near the end of the third.  They then went on an amazing run - 21 unanswered points - to eventually run out 95-84 winners.

 Max Guercy, in for the injured Jordan Davies, run in

Max Guercy guards Deondre Parks

 Ramon Fletcher runs in

Coach Atiba Lyons

 Rashawn Rembert breaks away for a layup

Zach Gachette floats one in

Eddy Brownell on the ball

Malcolm Riley goes for a three

Birthday boy Mike Tuck shoots from the sides

George Brownell runs in, screened by Marko Backovic

Colin Sing runs in

Max Guercy finishes off a fine run in

Fab Fournoy tries to energise the Newcastle bench

With 29 points and 5 rebounds, MVP goes to Malcolm Riley