Saturday, 13th January 2018
YBL U15s Lorna Tull Griffiths Cup - Quarter-final
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Coventry Tornadoes U15 47 v 52
(Q1: 11-17 / Q2: 12-9 / Q3: 14-15 / Q4: 10-11)
Having won 65-38 against Tornadoes at the start of the season coaches Robb and Davis decided to use this LTG U15s Cup quarter-final match as a chance to try out some different plays in readiness for upcoming league matches. However, with 4-minutes of the match remaining and the scores tied at 43-43 the match was still perfectly in the balance this time around.
The match started well with Hobson sinking a 3-pointer to
open the scoring and Leadonites soon stretched out to a 7-0 lead with Nicholls
adding baskets before Tornadoes scored their first points. But with five
different scorers in the first quarter it was the Ledbury team that went into
the break 17-11 ahead.
Tornadoes started to eat into that lead with two 3-pointers
early in the second. But scores from Fisher, French, Hobson and Wheeler gave
Leadonites a slender 26-23 lead at the half-time break.
Tornadoes fifth and sixth 3-pointers of the match gave
them a one point lead by the second minute of the third quarter. This was soon
wiped out by an offensive rebound and a put-back score from Spriggs and a
lay-up from Chalkley. Further baskets from Calvo-Whitelegg, Hobson and Spriggs
again eked out the lead to 4-points by the close of the third quarter at 41-37.
Tighter Leadonites defence saw the Tornadoes 3-point
shooting dry up in the fourth but still the hosts levelled up the scores at 43-apiece.
There were three more scores before the match ticked into the final minute with
Leadonites just 2-points up and either over-time or a last gasp winner on the
cards. The late match tension was eased when Hobson secured the victory with a
late converted free-throw allowing Leadonites to just squeak through to next
month's semi-final round.
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