Basketball
Fixtures
10/2/10 HULL COLLEGE (A) L 61-45
24/2/10 EAST RIDING COLLEGE (H) W 30-17
10/3/10 WYKE COLLEGE (A) L 27-41
24/3/10 SCARBOROUGH COLLEGE (H) W 37-36
14/4/10 ST MARYS 6TH FORM (H) W 57-29
21/4/10 WILBERFORCE (A)
Nail-biting finish for Walker's men
Posted by Bishop Burton College Sports Department 26th March 2010
Bishop Burton 37 Vs Scarborough College 36
For the fourth game of the season Bishop Burton were playing at home against Scarborough College. The match was keenly contested throughout but the final score was Bishop Burton 37 Scarborough College 36.
Bishop Burton started the game off very strong defensively; they stuck to the 2-3 zone from the last game but had made a few changes as a few players were away. This choice of defensive play proved to work out very effectively as Scarborough struggled to make points in the paint and were forced to make shots from beyond the 3 point line, resulting in a lot of missed shots. From these missed shots, Bishop Burton were getting every defensive rebound and did so up until the third quarter when Scarborough started to steal a few. The first quarter wasn’t very high scoring as both teams were playing very strong defence and couldn’t convert their chances. The quarter finished 6 -7 in Scarborough's favour.
Going into the second quarter Scarborough seemed to come at Bishop with everything and were really trying to push and get the lead but the home side kept the same strong defence as they did in the first quarter. The only fault Bishop Burton may have had is some bad passing, which showed because Scarborough intercepted the ball and scored on the break which gave them a slight lead. This lead did not last for very long though because Bishop Burton were creating chances for the likes of Lee Cessford and Sean Johnstone to take a couple of 3 pointers and convert them. These changed the score and for the first time in the game Bishop were leading and ended the 2 nd quarter leading by 2 points 18 – 16.
In the third quarter quarter both teams looked tired but Bishop Burton maintained the same strong defence they had showed all game and stopped Scarborough from scoring and then converted chances at the other end giving them a six point lead. After this, Scarborough took a time out and regrouped, and soon cut the host’s lead down to two points. The third quarter overall was tightly contested, with both teams playing tough defence but also converting chances. However, Bishop Burton finally looked like a team after so many weeks of playing individually.
In the final quarter Scarborough gave it their all and their point guard and shooting guard were causing a lot of problems, stealing the ball and intercepting it and making good passes. The last minute of the game was very tense as Scarborough had once again halved Bishop Burton's lead, and then scored again to make it a one point game. In the dying seconds Bishop Burton had the ball but lost it and Scarborough had one last chance to win the game with a 3 pointer but it was missed and the ball was scrambled away by playcaller Peter Walker The whistle blew and the game ended Bishop Burton 37 Scarborough College 36, the home side's second win of their debut season.
Match report by Sean Johnstone.
Wyke are too strong for new basketball team
Posted by Bishop Burton College Sports Department 23rd March 2010
Wyke College 41 vs. Bishop Burton 27
Both teams started the match in a promising fashion, and started scoring early on. Both teams were playing well at both ends of the court, on offence and defence. Bishop Burton opted for the 2-3 zone and it proved to work effectively in the first and fourth quarter. Wyke were playing man to man defence. By the end of the first quarter the score was Bishop Burton 8 – 8 Wyke.
At the start of the second quarter Wyke began to dominate to and Bishop Burton were unable to find a response. Wyke started the quarter at a very high tempo which caught Bishop Burton cold. Bishop Burton failed to score a single point in the second quarter and this was due to bad passing and poor communication on offence. They also tended to rush lose composure in the scoring zones.
Going into the second half the score was Wyke 20 – 8 Bishop. It took a lot of effort and determination to chip away at Wyke’s leading margin. Towards the end of the third quarter Bishop had cut the lead in half and had started to play a lot stronger in defence because of good blocks and rebounding from Phil Buckley and Nader Koder.
In the fourth quarter Bishop began to find their range and started to look like a team again but it seemed to be a bit too late as Wyke had a strong lead and didn’t look like giving it up easily. The final score was Wyke College 41 – 27 Bishop Burton.
The match overall was a disappointing one for the new College team, especially in the second quarter when they failed to score any points and throughout the whole match didn’t seem to play well as a team. Wyke, on the other hand, were well organised and structured and deserved to win.
Match report by Sean Johnstone.
New College Basketball team too strong for East Riding
Bishop Burton College 30 East Riding College 17
Posted by Bishop Burton College Sports Department 4th March 2010
For the second game of the season, Bishop Burton played East Riding College at home and came away with a deserved victory by 30-17.
The match started off slowly, with both teams unable to convert their chances. The home team were slightly nervous, which showed when it came to defending, as they were unsure as to who to mark and were slightly fortuitous that the away team did not capitalise on this. However after this nervy opening, Bishop Burton settled and scored the first basket of the match.
During the first quarter both teams missed a number of opportunities which could have easily been converted. Halfway through the second quarter though Bishop Burton got out of first gear and started scoring with more regularity, and were leading at the end of the first half by 12 – 8.
The third quarter followed the same pattern as the first, with neither team scoring many points but Bishop Burton were playing very good defence, with blocks coming from the big guys Phil Buckley and Brad Campbell.
Going into the fourth quarter, it was still a low scoring game at 17 – 12 to Bishop Burton. This final quarter was where Bishop Burton took over the game and started to dominate. They basis for this was the strong defence which restricted East Riding to 5 points for the whole quarter. On the opposite end of the court, Bishop were converting every chance that they got, with some good passing from Nader Koder and Glen Breary.
The match overall was a very low scoring game but ended with Bishop Burton beating East Riding 30 – 17. Bishop Burton were overall the better side and deserved to win the match, in what was only their second ever competitive fixture.