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IMPROVED BLAZERS GIVE THAME RUN FOR THEIR MONEY
November 6, 2009 - 07:00 PM --
BLAZERS 49 - 83 Thame Tigers
OxHoops Blazers, HOOPS Oxon & Bucks development team shows tremendous improvement in less than 2 weeks and gives Thame a scare or 2 during the game. Thame's 6'8" Steve Dutton and fast guard Damien Hughes proved far too strong and experienced for Blazers to handle. However, when they were not on court Blazers had the upper hand! Lots more to come from our Blazers!
Coach David Smith had a challenge in his hands and he hoped that the training that has taken place over the last 2 weeks will prove to be invaluable, especially since Blazers have been giving away 120+ points against top 4 teams (Stealers, Eagles and Sonics), so the biggest target was to stop Thame reaching 100 and increase scoring (Blazers average 46 pts per game), amazingly Blazers did just that, Thame scored 83 points and had 31 turn-overs in the game, at the same time Blazers scored 49 pts (3 higher than their average). Well done Coach.
"We wanted to have an effective help D as well as a sound rotation to make sure Thame had a hard time every time, we had to keep Steve out of the zone and we failed doing that, Steve out rebounded Blazers on his own!, but today let's celebrate what we did well and our small milestone. The Coaching staff will work on the next milestone and hopefully we'll achieve it again!" Coach David Smith.
It was great to see the Big guys use movement and make good decisions in play, Rumo, Jan, John and Carlo really took Thame apart more than once frustrating Tigers' own players and giving Blazers a taste of what good offensive movement gives the team.
Scorers:
#12 R. Sostakas 23 pts; 8 Rebs; 4 Stls, 1 Defl, 2 TO, 3 Fouls
#14 J. Martens 11 pts; 3 Rebs; 5 Defl; 3 Assts; 2 Stls; 1 Blk; 1 TO; 2 Fouls
#21 J. Veevers 6 pts; 5 Rebs; 1 Stl, 1 Asst, 1 TO, 2 Fouls
#9 A. Smith 3 pts; 1 Asst; 1 Defl; 4 TO; 1 Foul
#4 R. Hsueh 2 pts; 2 Stls; 1 Defl; 4 TO; 1 Foul
#10 H. Teng 2 pts; 3 Rebs; 1 Stl
Team Stats:
Rebs: 31
FTT: 22 FTM: 7 FT%: 31.8%
FGT: 45 FGM: 17 FG%: 37.8%
3FGT: 13 3FGM: 2 3FG%: 15.4%
Stls: 13 Defl: 13 Blk: 2
Assts: 11 TO: 30
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BLAZERS LOSE TO SONICS IN CUP DERBY
October 26, 2009 --
SONICS 137 - BLAZERS 43
Scorers:
#13 R. Sostakas 13pts
#4 R. Hsueh 6pts
#10 H. Teng 6pts
#13 C. Angeleri 6pts
#20 A. Bradford 6pts
#5 P. Murray 4pts
Story to follow
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BLAZERS TASTE VICTORY
October 12, 2009 --
Blazers taste victory
Sunday 11.10.09
By Coach Louis Burford
Travelling to Aylesbury for the first time is always a daunting prospect, but their hospitality and demeanour once again proved this is one of the most well behaved fixtures in the calendar. Blazers were coming off the back of a heavy defeat to league newcomers Abingdon who have some experienced players. It took a lot to pick themselves up and prove to the rest of the League that they belonged.
The game started with some strong offence and good ball movement from Blazers. An early 3 pointer from Romualdas put Blazers into a 9-4 lead. Aylesbury came back strong though and finished the quarter with a spell of basketball that exposed the defensive frailties of the young Blazers team. Aylesbury led at the end of the quarter 18-14.
A stern talking to at the break brought the Blazers out with renewed vigour. Better defensive work through a 1-2-1 zone tightened the holes at the back while 12 points in the quarter from Romualdas took Blazers to the half with a 35-32 lead.
The 3rd quarter revealed a lack of defensive training by the Blazers again with poor help defence and a distinct lack of fitness as players failed to run back to defend. Despite this, Blazers managed to extend their lead by another point thanks to 9 points from Milos, including 2 huge 3 pointers.
The 4th quarter was a tense affair and Aylesbury reduced the lead quickly to only 2 points. Blazers showed some inexperience toward the close of the game with silly mistakes and careless fouls that led to Milos and Romualdas fouling out in the dying seconds. Once Blazers finally got control of the ball, a vital 3 pointer from Romualdas was the nail in the coffin for Aylesbury and Rick was able to control the ball and the game to run the clock down for Blazers to take their first victory of the campaign 69-65!
Game MVP:
Romualdas Sostakas
29 Pts, (including 5 x 3-pointers!) 3 Stl, 3 Ass, 6 Rbs, 6 TO
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