Sheffield Sharks start the New Year in style!

On a day when we said 'au revoir' to Mike Cook, the Sheffield Sharks came right out of the blocks today at EIS Sheffield to record a 107-55 over Surrey Scorchers.  Eddie Brownell got a 3-pointer for the doughnuts on a day where everyone played and scored in only the 3rd Sharks 50-pointer this century!

 Colin Sing completes a reverse slam in practice

 Colin Sing at the tip

 Jerrold Brooks on an early run

George Brownell hit some good long shots

 Jerrold Brooks denied on this occasion

 Kyle Odister made several great steals and shot some points

 Atiba Lyons and Ariel Parrucci direct the team at the end of the first quarter

 

Colin Sing makes a run through the Surrey ranks

  

Mike Tuck takes a steal in the third and jogs to the basket...

 ...and again.  Sheffield gained a raft of easy points from simple plays.

 

John Barber contributed several points from good play under the basket

  

TJ Robinson making two from some close attention

 Jerrold Brooks on a mission

 And again

 And again.

 TJ Robinson on his way to two more points

 Kyle Odister with a long shot

  Kyle Odister and running the ball through the middle

 Marko Backovic with a free throw in the third

 Jerrold Brooks bursting through again

 John Barber claiming an allez-oop

 Eddie Brownell with a long shot

 

 MVP with 20 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds was Jerrold Brooks.

Sheffield Sharks end the year on a high

Sheffield Shaerks basketball team over-turned a 35-43 half-time deficit to beat London Lions 69-66 in a thrilling end to 2015.

Atiba Lyons' men ran out worthy winners from a physical context where they stood up to the pressure and held their nerve in the last quarter to win by three, cheered on the great atmosphere from the #sharknation.

 Marko Backovic stretches in the warm up

 TJ Robinson ready for the tip

  TJ Robinson with an early lay up

 

 Strictly Come Basketball?  Mike Tuck blocks

 Up for the contest - Colin Sing goes for the tip

 MVP John Barber jumps through the Lions defence

 TJ Robinson jumps high to shoot

 Lions had a few questions for the referees last night

 

Mike Cook shoots....

 ...and celebrates!

 

George Brownell in defence

 

Mike Cook shoots

 Mike Tuck in the 'triple-threat' position

Action under the Lion's basket

 Colin Sing makes it 69-66

Sheffield Sharks' up-and-down season continues....

Having ended Leicester Riders unbeaten start to the campaign 79-85 at Loughborough last weekend, they took on the visiting Glasgow Rocks team with high hopes of another win over them.

Despite Sharks enjoying a 13 point lead in the 3rd, Rocks clawed their way back into the game to force overtime at 75-75 and then romped away to win 86-92.

 Coaches Atiba Lyons and Ariel Parrucci

 TJ Robinson wins an un-opposed tip-off

 TJ Robinson up for an early basket

Jerrold Brooks runs through for some early points

 Jerrold Brooks makes an athletic run at the basket

 Jerrold Brooks through again and about to lift off

 Mike Tuck, MVP on the night wth 24 points, attempts a reverse lay-up

 TJ Robinson through again

 Jerrold Brooks fouled from behind on a lay-up

 Mike Cook makes a free-throw

 Jerrold Brooks going for the ball near the end of normal time

 Mike Cook (out of shot on the left) hits a three

TJ Robinson makes a free-throw