A thriller at Killamarsh highlighted a weekend of action in the Patrons Cup with Loughborough Student Riders now the only unbeaten team in the competition.

 

86	87

London United won a thriller in Derbyshire on Saturday, defeating the hometown Arrows 87-86 to move to 2-1.

 

Andy Tamayo scored the winning points with a three pointer inside the last minute as both teams failed to take their remaining opportunities due to turnovers and missed shots.

 

It was Arrows who started the stronger as 12 points from Svetoslav Alexandrov and a trio of three pointers from American Rob Valentine saw them establish a 21-9 lead. United chipped away at the lead and by the midway point of the second quarter had briefly led themselves and were completely back in the game.

 

Back-to-back threes from Tamayo put United up again, but eight straight points from Valentine - including a pair of threes - had Arrows up 49-44 at half-time.

 

Arrows pushed the lead out to 12 in the early stages of the second half, only for United to hit back again with a 19-6 run to end the third period that saw them in front going into the final quarter.

 

The fourth quarter proved to be a tense affair with neither team being able to grab a lead bigger than five points. A 7-0 run for United had them up by two as the 2 minute mark approached, but a pair of Valentine free throws put Arrows up by two inside the last minute.

 

Tamayo responded with his fifth and final three pointer for the last points of the game to end with 25. James Kelly and Alexandrov had shots to win the game for Arrows, but couldn't get the ball to drop.

 

Alejandro Cue supported Tamayo well with 24 points. Alexandrov finished with 29 points for Arrows and Valentine had 22 on 6 of 10 three point shooting.

 

76	64

Manchester Magic handed Birmingham Mets their first defeat in the Patrons Cup this season with a 76-64 win on Saturday.

 

Josh Houghton had 19 points and 8 rebounds for Magic as they overcame being called for 32 fouls - in comparison to Mets' 20 - to create a log jam of four teams at the top of Pool 2 with a 2-1 record.

 

Magic established an eight point lead early in the game and kept Mets at bay the rest of the way with the gap never being less than seven points over the final three quarters.

 

Usman Baba (13 points and 6 rebounds) and Alex Fortnam (10 points and 7 rebounds) also produced well for Magic with James McKeown leading the way for Mets on 19 points and 13 rebounds.

 

65	94

Glamorgan Gladiators put in an impressive performance to defeat Mansfield Giants 94-65 on Saturday.

 

American Matthew Gwynne starred with 30 points and 15 rebounds, Rhys Williams added 18 points and Owen Williams had a double-double with 12 points and 15 boards.

 

Gladiators controlled the first three quarters to establish a 75-47 lead that they were never going to relinquish and move to 2-1 in Patrons Cup play.

 

Mansfield's American Chris Gandy was their leading scorer with 13 points.

 

55	79

Lougborough Student Riders continued their strong start to the season with a 79-55 win against Team Solent on the south coast.

 

They took a grip on the game in the opening quarter, holding their hosts to just 6 points whilst scoring 21 of their own and cruised the rest of the way to improve to 3-0 in the Patrons Cup.

 

Their scoring effort was spread around with Jordan Dawes and Ramiah O'Neill leading the way on 12. Lukas Aleksandravicius was the game's top scorer with 14.

 

65	52

PAWS London Capital ensured that Eastside Eagles remained winless in the competition with a 65-52 win on Saturday.

 

Capital overcame a slow start which saw them post just 9 points in the opening quarter to lead 29-25 at half time and a big fourth quarter saw them pull away to record the win.

 

Jamel Felix was the game's top scorer with 26 points for Capital.