England U18s Take 4th Place in Belgium
England Under-18s returned from the Belgacom Invitational Cup in Belgium today with a fourth place finish under their belt.
After winning their first two games against USK Prague and Switzerland, England were defeated by Canarias Basketball Academy in the semi-finals, before losing to Belgium 74-61 in the third place playoff game.
Finishing the tournament with a 2-2 record, Steve Bucknall’s roster differed slightly to the one announced, with reserves Jack Wilson (Newcastle Eagles) and Jon Orrells (Bristol Academy Flyers) replacing Kingsley Okoroh and Connor Stuart.
Leicester’s Elliott Sentance led the team in scoring throughout the tournament, including a 29 point outing in their opening game against USK Prague. Full results and leading scorers from each game can be found below:
England Under-18 Results from Belgium
Game 1: England 84-77 USK Prague
(Elliott Sentance 29, Rowell Graham 12, Mo Soluade/Josh Guddemi 8)
Game 2: England 76-40 Switzerland
(Brian Nguru/Mo Soluade 13, Josh Guddemi 9)
Game 3: Canarias 69-56 England (semi-final)
(Elliott Sentance 14, Rowell Graham 10, Tamas Okros 9)
Game 4: England 61-74 Belgium (3rd place playoff)
(Elliott Sentance 14, Sam Round 12, Rowell Graham 9)
The Under-18s will re-group for their next training camp in mid-February.
Image Credit: x-mastournament.be
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