Tigers Div 1 Men take win over Towers

16 Nov 2017 by John Kennedy

Tigers Div 1 Men take the win over Tyrone Towers 62-56 to make it two wins on the bounce.

Tigers jumped to a 10 point lead early in the 1st period, but Towers brought it back to within 1, but Tigers regained their composure to end the 1st period 19-9 ahead.

Into the second and Towers started strongly and maintained their form with confidence growing and ended the period only 2 between as the Tigers held their lead 35-33.

The 3rd period started with the teams trading scores and each time the Tigers opened a gap, Towers clawed it back. Tigers took at timeout with 3:10 left to regroup and came back out strongly to end the period 50-42 ahead.

Tigers started the 4th period on top and stretched their lead to 56-44 and held an 11 point lead 58-47 going into the last 3 minutes. Towers fought back again and called a timeout with 30 seconds left on the clock and the score at 58-53, however they ran into team fouls and Tigers took advantage to increase their lead 60-53. Another Towers timeout with 6.6 seconds left save Towers hit a 3 to bring the score to 60-56 but again gave up a team foul and Tigers took both free throws to run out 62-56.

Great job from the Tigers coach and players



Location

LaSalle Sports Complex Belfast

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