Tigers U18 Men take down Blaze

28 Oct 2018 by John Kennedy

The Tigers U18 Men took to the court against Blaze Basketball. The Tigers started really strongly opening up a 22-7 lead with 3:59 left in the 1st, however Blaze fought back in the remaining minutes and scored an unbelievable 3 point buzzer score to only trail 27-18 at the end of the 1st.
Into the 2nd, the Tigers started fast again with some lovely passing moves leading to simple scores and with 5:12 left, Tigers opened up a 41-22 lead. Phoenix responded again to trail 44-32 at the end of the 2nd.
The opening stages of the 3rd was very even and after the first timeout Tigers led by 9, 51-42. The remainder of the period was very even as well with the Tigers holding a 9 point lead 57-48 going into the 4th.
Tigers started quickly in the 4th to open up a 19 point lead after an run of unanswered scoring. Blaze got the score back to 7, however Tigers responded to lead 81:60 with 2:50 left in the period. Tigers managed the remainder of the period to take the win 85-63 over Blaze Basketball