# U16 Premier Boys Sting Shoeburyness; Advance to next Round

- Link: https://www.newhamyoungbloods.co.uk/2016/10/u16-premier-boys-sting-shoeburyness-advance-to-next-round/
- Published: 2016-10-11T19:18:26+01:00
- Author: admin

London Youngbloods Lions – 127
 Shoeburyness Scorpions – 20

London Youngbloods Lions Under 16 Premier Boys returned to action for the first 
time this season to St Angela’s as they faced off against Shoeburyness Scorpions
in the Basketball England National Cup – Round 2 with both sides looking forward
to advance to the next round.

**Marka Sy** got proceedings off early for the home side converting from close range.**
Richmond Ariyo** continued what Sy started and as he drove to the basket and was
fouled converting both free throws from the charity stripe with **Laja Ogidan** 
adding to the quick scores as the Home Side stormed ahead to a 21-2 score midway
through the first quarter **Emmanuel Oleh **was introduced to play and continued
to follow the precedent set by his teammates scoring two baskets back to back. **
Dalton Bally** continued the onslaught for the Youngbloods Lions with **Franklin
Agu **and **Nathan Kataranka** scoring the final efforts of the first quarter to
lead 37-10 at the end of the first.

Much of the same continued as Youngbloods Lions continued to rotate through their
team. Under 14 **Joshua Morgan** was introduced in to play and converted two back
to back baskets along with **Alejandro Diaz **as they dominated proceedings in the
second quarter also. Defensive intensity remained throughout as **Alex Distras**
converted 4 points in close succession through via silky play. Youngbloods Lions
ahead 71-16 at the midway point

Much of the same continued in the second half as **Nathan Mburu** and **Titus Warari**
joined up well and took their chances to convert. Great defensive intensity from
the outset of the third quarter gave Youngbloods Lions a 29-0 scoreline in the third
and this continued in the fourth as they kept Shoeburyness to 4 points in the final
period. Youngbloods Lions won 127-20 and advance to the next round of the Basketball
England U16 National Cup.

Coach **Aaron Senior** _“This was a good performance from us, after a tough couple
of weeks and gave us valuable court time across the board and enabled us to work
on many facets to our game. We must learn and take everything from all game situations.”_

>  [U16 Boys Premier win first Game at St Angelas to advance to the next round of the @bballengland National Cup following comprehensive victory against Shoeburyness Scorpions.](https://www.instagram.com/p/BLWqjgVh6Wz/)
> A photo posted by London Youngbloods Lions (@youngbloodsbb) on Oct 9, 2016 at 
> 12:36pm PDT