EBL D1 Week 5 Recap
Despite sustaining their first loss of the season, Bristol Academy Flyers remain at the top of the league after the fifth round of regular season games this weekend.
Ironically it was BA London Leopards, who were yet to register a league win, that toppled the Flyers, behind another impressive joint performance from imports Vernon Teel (25 points, 11 assists, 7 rebounds on 9/17 shooting) and Ousman Krubally (25 points, 11 rebounds on 9/13 shooting).
Worthing Thunder had a solid weekend which saw them register two victories, beating both Medway Park and Tees Valley Mohawks, with Hank Rivers dropping 37 points and 23 rebounds on the latter. After losing their first two games, Thunder have now won four in a row.
Elsewhere, Reading Rockets secured a comfortable victory over PAWS London Capitals, led by a number of prospects. Harrison Gamble (1992 born) had 20, Lewis Champion (1993 born) had 14, whilst the impressive 1995 born Luke Nelson dropped 13 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds on 6/14 shooting.
Check out the results, stats and league table below:
Division 1 Results Week 5
Worthing Thunder beat Tees Valley Mohawks 95-79
(Thunder: Rivers 37, Small 22/Mohawks: Glavan 22, Berry 10)
Reading Rockets beat PAWS London Capitals 98-63 (box score)
(Rockets: Gamble 20, Lawrence 18, Champion 14/Wood 24, Gariba 24)
BA London Leopards beat Bristol Academy Flyers 91-87 (box score)
(Leopards: Teal 25, Krubally 25/Flyers: Treasure 22, McLaughlin Williams 20)
Leeds Carnegie beat Westminster Warriors 85-80
(Carnegie: Polya 28, Clifford 17, Wilkins 15/Warriors: Bulambwe 18, Popoola 17, Lucas 15)\
Derby Trailblazers beat Brixton Topcats 73-67
(Trailblazers: Kakad 25, Whittington 22/Topcats: Knight 21, Petkus 11)
Worthing Thunder beat Medway Park Crusaders 87-82
(Thunder: Darpino 24, Rivers 18/Crusaders: Irving 20, Schow 12)
| Bristol Academy Flyers | ||||||
| Reading Rockets | 426 | |||||
| Bradford Dragons | ||||||
| Derby Trailblazers | ||||||
| Worthing Thunder | ||||||
| Leicester Warriors | ||||||
| Tees Valley Mohawks | ||||||
| Leeds Carnegie | ||||||
| Brixton Topcats | ||||||
| Medway Park Crusaders | 303 | |||||
| BA London Leopards | ||||||
| Westminster Warriors | ||||||
| PAWS London Capitals |
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