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BRAVES PLAY WELL BUT STILL NO WIN!
Saturday 21st November 2009
Oxford Brookes Centre for Sport
5.30PM
OXHOOPS BRAVES play their best game this season, but Devils sheer size too much for them.
BRAVES still yet to register their first win this season, health issues have been a contributor to their losses as well as poor shooting and lack of aggression throughout the 40 minutes of play.
"We played our best game yet, from the word go we gave it our all, this time we cannot be criticized for not trying or even for not been aggressive enough. We took 22 free throws, as many as Devils did, we also made as many as they did. We only turned the ball over 12 times, but we were out rebounded due to their sheer size, their shooting percentage from beyond the arch was also much better than ours, but we'll bounce back from this and improve our shooting and rebounding capabilities." Coach Marulanda
Braves were missing hi-scoring guard Adam Hayle, as well as versatile all round David Emsden and with PG Jermaine Jarvis, Centre Steve Dutton and Forward Patrice Mulowaye not 100% fit the team felt the strain during the encounter.
Final Score: 78 - 57
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INJURY RIDDEN BRAVES TO FACE WINCHESTER
OXHOOPS BRAVES are to open their home campaign this Sunday 8th Nov at St. Gregory the Great. Braves are looking to even out their record after a disatrous loss in the hands of Swindon Cavaliers.
"The team felt that loss as it was clear that Braves were just unlucky on the night, the ball just did not drop for us on the night, but we'll bounce back from this and get things right." Captain Mike Porter.
Since that loss, the Coaching team and Braves have been working on their defensive rotation, decision making and communication on court which is believed will make a big difference to their game. The key to Braves is having a reliable General on court and Jermaine Jarvis from Stealers is that person, however 2 weeks ago he twisted his ankle and has been out ever since.
"Last year we did not have Jay with us as he needed a serious and long term rehabilitation on his left knee, finally he makes a come back with 2 weeks to start the season and wham, he gets hurt 3 days before we play Swindon. We'll have to make some changes until he's back, but yet again we struggled without him against Swindon." Head Coach Marulanda
It seems that Braves are just destined to play against a team and Lady Luck as well, I say this as I can reveal today that 6'8" Steve Dutton (inset) hurt his left knee with a mild strain during Friday training and it is expected that he'll be out for 2 to 3 weeks. Captain Mike Porter is struggling with a groin injury and big men Preye Ozeke and Sam Dunbar were unable to train on Friday.
"To be honest, we are looking to work hard on D and we'll be looking to run and make easy hoops, get them to work defensively and hopefully end up with a W, but with 2 of our starting 5 missing we'll see how deep we really are." Assistant Coach Omar Boutayeb
The game is less than 24 hours away and I can already feel the tension!
Go Braves Go!
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BRAVES SUFFER FIRST LOSS VS SWINDON
October 26, 2009 --
BRAVES WERE LOST 1st NFC GAME AS SHOTS DIDN'T FALL
Scorers:
#21 Adam Hayle: 22 Pts, 6 Stl, 3 Defl, 2 Reb, 2 Ast, 3 TO
#14 Preye Ozeke: 11 Pts, 11 Reb, 1 Blk, 3 TO
#4 David Emsden: 9 Pts, 4 Reb, 2 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Defl, 2 TO
#12 Steve Dutton: 9 Pts, 8 Reb, 4 Defl, 2 TO
#8 James Edwards: 6 Pts, 3 Reb, 2 Ast, 1 Stl, 2 Defl
#5 Louis Burford: 5 Pts, 3 Reb, 4 Defl, 2 Blk, 1 Stl, 2 TO
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Oxford Braves in YOU TUBE
August 25, 2007 --
Oxford Braves have almost a full game uploaded in YOU TUBE for you to watch.
See a young Jermaine Jarvis, Michael "Blackie" Porter, Omar "Crawbar" Boutayeb, Adam "Sharpie" Hayle, Eugene "Butter" Brown and Igor Gric battle against the odds vs Bognor Pirates.
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