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Chester Jets 84 (30, 56, 69)
Gregory 24, Cauthorn 19, McCord 16
Kinder London Towers 82 (26, 43, 65)
Warren 21, Dixon 18, Holloway 15
Chester
Jets secured their third consecutive BBL Trophy success thanks to
a hard-fought 84-82 victory over the Kinder London Towers at the
Hallam FM Arena on Saturday evening.
The Towers opened the game with an 8-2 burst with all eight points
for the Towers coming from Kendrick Warren, before a Jets' 8-2 reply
tied the game at 11-11.
Both sides traded baskets before an 11-4 cross-quarter run from
the Jets took the score out to 34-26 early in the second period.
Chester continued to stretch away throughout the quarter, leading
by as many as fifteen points at 53-38 off the back of a 13-4 tear,
and ultimately led 56-43 at the half.
In the second half, the Towers clawed their way back thanks to a
12-2 tear midway through the third quarter to get to within three
points at 66-63, and trailed by four at 69-65 going into the final
stanza.
The Jets started the final quarter with a 9-3 burst to lead 78-68,
but a 10-4 Towers tear got the score back to 78-82.
Kenny Gregory and Calvin Davis scored a free-throw apiece to extend
the Jets lead to six points at 84-78, before Theo Dixon hit two
buckets in the final thirty seconds to reduce the deficit to two
points at 84-82.
Towers had a chance to take the game to overtime, but Theo Dixon
shot after the final buzzer to give the Jets the victory.
Todd Cauthorn was named MVP thanks to a solid all-round performance,
which included 19 points and 7 rebounds.
Kenny Gregory led all scorers with 24 points for the Jets, while
Kendrick Warren led the Towers scoring with 21.
For Jets'
Head Coach Robbie Peers, he joins former Kingston and Thames Valley
Tigers head coaches Kevin Cadle and Mick Bett respectively as the
only coaches to have won three consecutive Trophy Finals.
Coach
Peers commented, "This is the best of the lot. We had a lot
of luck last year, but to win consistently, is incredible, and to
win three Trophy titles in a row is monumental."
Source:
BBL
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