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 The Kularoos Plymouth Raiders halted a run of three consecutive
defeats, and moved up to third in the BBL Championship table, as
they beat the Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 99-73 at the
Plymouth Pavilions.
Terrence Durham silenced his recent critics with a massive 29
points, and James Noel added 18 as the big men did most of the
damage for the Raiders. Chad McKnight led the Riders with 20 points,
whilst former Raider Rod Wellington contributed 13.
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 The teams were evenly matched in the opening exchanges, with the
home side edging the first quarter by 23-17 after a 9-3 burst broke
the deadlock between the fourth and seventh minutes.
The Raiders made a strong move early in the second stanza as a 12-2
surge - including 5 points from Durham, 4 from Anthony Martin, and 3
from Gaylon Moore - gave them a 35-19 lead and from that point the
Riders could not get the deficit back down to single digits. They
responded immediately with a 5-0 burst, and then scored 4 late
points in the first half to stay in touch at 43-31 going into the
break.
 The teams traded runs to open the third quarter, Raiders went 7-3
before Leicester responded 7-2 for a score of 52-41, and shortly
afterwards the visitors were as close as they would get at 58-48.
From there Plymouth scored 5 in a row as the teams went into the
decisive stanza at 68-52.
The hosts opened the fourth with back-to-back scores and continued
to push from there. The lead peaked at 97-70 after an 8-1 tear with
one minute to go.
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Words:
BBL Web Site
Photos:
Jane Emery, Nigel Sweet & Damian Pudner
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