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When I first saw this result I was like oo that was close, what happened there? But cor what a win that is mate, to win when they crunched and you TIEd is a great result, especially as they're not a bad team and they also went with a 3-2 zone. Loving Barker and Sharpling off the bench, those two have shined in the last couple of weeks. Again, great result mate, congratulations.

England 96-93 Macedonia England 3-0

England call on God like performance to take down Macedonia

In the third game of the campaign England took on Macedonia, who decided to put up a strong test for England using a crunch and 3-2 zoning. England looking to remain top of the group with a W. The game would start out in the favour of Macedonia as the extra effort was obvious, jumping out to a 27-14 lead through the first quarter. The England fans were starting to get nervous. However by HT England had managed to stick around eating into the lead by 3. Following the HT break England would continue to make in roads, taking the third quarter by 1 behind a re-energised performance off the bench for Alan Sharpling who finished 6-9 from the field. Heading into the 4th England would find themselves down by 9 with still a long way to get back into the game. They started strongly but couldn't get the stops and ended up down 12 with 7 minutes to play. What followed can only be described as God like from the boys. Innes and Mac hustled out of their skin on the boards to give England multiple second chances on the offence and slowly cut into the lead. Some turn overs and good defence gave England the opportunity to snatch the game and they did just that. Luke Innes hit back to back jumpers and a single FT from Gascoigne allowed England to move to 3-0. A thrilling encounter for all present.

Feeney Lee's Player of the Game: Luke Innes 18 points 12 rebounds 7 assists 8-15 (39 minutes) Innes deservedly taking home his third straight player of the game award, his hustle on the boards and clutch shots helped England tonight.

The hard work starts now for England, with the tougher part of their campaign coming next week starting with Greece, it won't be easy but England will hope for 4-0.

Incredible effort from the guys today, probably one of the best BB games i've ever witnessed. To pull through a crunch and 3-2 when we were playing motion was nothing short of magical. Shout out to Gully and Vecx for witnessing that game with me. Awesome win

It's a good win. We didn't really have an option but to TIE (if we're trying to qualify, which we are) and to see them claw their way to victory like that bodes well for the second half of the season. Keep up the GS everyone

Doing good so far keep it up Zeusy :]

England 114-106 Greece England 4-0

England take down Greece against the second crunch of the season

England took on Greece in the forth game of the season in a bid to move to 4-0 and remain undefeated. Following on from last week's win Vs a crunching Macedonia it came as no surprise to see Greece come out crunching also. Greece also predicted one GDP correctly which made this game even harder for England. In an incredibly close encounter neither team made much of a run going into HT, the lead swayed back and forth for the most part. J-Mac supplying 14 of the first half 53 for England. 53-49 to England at the half. The third saw Greece try to edge away with 24 points in the first 7 minutes of the quarter but England fought back to keep it close. The boys had the belief again that they could out last the opposition in the final quarter and they did just that. Taking the quarter 34-27 and scoring 8 of their last 9 shots to secure another very impressive victory on TIE. England never looked like throwing away their unbeaten start, and so it remains.

Feeney Lee's Player of the Game: Connor Marshall 16 points 5 rebounds 4 assists 6-10 FG (40 Minutes). Marshall gave a valiant effort today leading the way with 40 minutes. He held the opposition SF to 10-30 FG, very impressive defence earns him the honour this week.

Another great win today, another team crunching and we beat them. 4-0 is awesome. Next stop Slovensko to try make it 5-0. Let's see what we can do!

Keep up the impressive GS guys, thank you for all the support so far let's keep it up.

England 122-104 Israel England 5-1

England take down Israel against third crunch of the season

As the group qualifying draws to a close, England found themselves in hot water in desperate need of a victory vs challenging Israel in order to remain second in the group following their first loss last week. Israel had to win to keep their dreams of qualifying alive and they made sure to challenge England by using a crunch, something England have been used to this season. A high pace game saw NT approach with England leading 73-61, an incredible second quarter scoring 43 points England were looking unstoppable. Their impressive perimeter shooting during this game was a highlight, after the missed GDP by Israel motion seemed to work its magic, England finishing a prolific 15-28 from beyond the Arc. All in all a wonderful offensive performance sees England move to 5-1, one win away from qualifying for the European championship which would be the first time in the nation's history.

Feeney Lee's Player of the Game: Harry Barker 28 points 5 rebounds 4 assists 12-19 FG 4-8 3PT (36 minutes)

In the final game of the group England face Slovenija, the only team remaining who can challenge them for second place. Its a winner takes all match which both teams will aim to win. It should be a game for the ages. Here's to an England victory!

Last edited by Mod-Zeus at 6/17/2015 3:54:09 PM

It should be a game for the ages. Here's to an England victory!

So looking forward to this game, come on England!

Great result, think you missed a report on the previous game mate.

Sorry mate didn't realise there was a demand for reading the write ups. Was planning on doing the match report and a season round up tomorrow as i've had a busy week. So both of those should be up tomorrow!