Hayden Alcindor scored 31 points as Northamptonshire Titans claimed an emphatic 126 36 win over Leicester Warriors in the EBL Under 14 Boys Midlands Conference.
It was a strong start from which Titans never looked back on Saturday at Weavers Leisure Centre.
The first half saw the Titans manage to create an enormous 67-11 lead, and it became clear that the only competition in this game would be which Titan took top scorer.
All along it looked to be a Chateris versus Salmon lay-up extravaganza, but ended with king of the paint, Alcindor just taking the title with his haul.
Chateris ended up with 29 points and Salmon 23.
EBL Under 13 Boys Midlands South Conference:
Northamptonshire Titans 51 Northants Thunder 86
Titans indulged in a civil war this weekend, facing local team, Northants Thunder.
With Titans still missing key players due to injury, the team was well aware this was going to be a tough game.
Titans began the game well, knocking down the first basket, however Thunder retaliated immediately and as a result Titans were entering the second quarter trailing by 20 points!
Titans were slightly disheartened, yet continued to play with strong Titan spirit.
They now realised that Thunder were relying heavily on one player and began to understand that they needed to help each other through the remainder of the game.
Although Titans managed numerous steals and stops, they were only able to put up an additional six points that period.
After a quick five-minute break Titans felt they had nothing to lose.
Having now established nearly a 40-point lead Thunder eventually decided to sit down their top scorer and Titans came out swinging, stopping Thunders fast breaks, and forcing them to commit to outside shots.
This resulted in Titans losing the quarter only 14-18, the closest score difference in the game so far, and with this success in mind Titans were able to continue to play their own game and with quick rotation during this period everyone was able to contribute and as a team drew the fourth period 14-14.
Despite such a well improved second half, Titans lost the game 51-86, but an unfazed Titan squad will be well prepared for a second round, when they travel away to face Thunder on their home court later on in the season.
In the unfortunate loss, Titans managed to put three players into double figures.
Tyler Mutemasango top scored with 16 points, followed closely by Bradley Powell with 13 and supported by big rebounder of the day Elijah McKiernan with a round 10.
EBL Under 15 Boys Midlands Conference
Northamptonshire Titans 76 Coventry Tornadoes 49
A home game for NEBC Titans started the first quarter strongly and they stopped Coventry Tornadoes for five minutes before they scored, ending the quarter 19-10.
The second quarter saw a more even match, finishing 14-11.
After the half time break, the third quarter saw Titans rotate their bench more with almost all players getting on the score sheet finishing 24-16.
The fourth quarter saw Muzzy Tijani coming out of the starting block to play one of his best games, scoring nine points out of 19 in this quarter.
Titans won 76–49, but still lacking a consistent performance.
Top scorers were James Andrews with 17 points, Muzzy Tijani scored 12 and Theo Biggs nine.
EBL Under 16 Boys Northern Premiere
Northamptonshire Titans 83 Derby Trailblazers 87
The under 16s faced their first real challenge of the season on Sunday against Derby Trailblazers.
Both teams entered the game undefeated and both were to put in respectable performances.
The game was close throughout with neither team gaining a decisive lead.
The first quarter saw both teams exchanging baskets, Titans showed the depth of the starters distributing the points between them, while a single Derby player scored 12 points in the first period alone, leaving them trailing 22-21 at the end of the period.
Titans fell asleep in the second quarter, unable to convert easy opportunities in a very physical and fast-paced game.
The same could not be said for Derby who managed to win the quarter 23–16, leaving the game 44-38 to Derby at the half.
NEBC found their structure on offence after the break, again exchanging baskets with the visitors.
Key Derby players began to get into foul trouble in the third quarter, but Titans seemed unable to take advantage, too often settling for midrange shots instead of taking advantage of their presence in the key.
Entering the final quarter 70-63 down, Titans started to move the ball much better, but once Derby’s key offensive threat was fouled out of the game they appeared to relax, thinking that the game was theirs and simple errors started to reappear in the final five minutes of the game.
Titans eventually won the final quarter 20-17 but still lost the game 83-87.
Timi Gril top scored for Titans with 20 points, aided by Terrell Salmon with 17 from the inside, Jamal Brownbill and Sharif St John also hit double figures.
Derby’s captain King led the points in the game though, with 20 points in the first half alone, and after fouling out ended the game with 28 in total.
Titans play Derby again on Sunday in the National Cup, where they will be looking to improve on last week’s performance and come home with a win this time, hoping that their league game on Saturday against Manchester will not leave them too tired to perform.
EBL VCARS.co.uk Division Two Women SW Midlands
Bromsgrove Bears 43 Northamptonshire Titans 73
It was only two weeks ago that Titans women played Bromsgrove Bears in the National cup, and on that occasion Titans walked away with a slender win over the Bears.
However, this time coach Powell had with him returning Nauel Cali, Katie Bayliss and Helen Fogden to add to the squad, but was without influential guard Sascha Thompson and Atlanta Cox.
The Titans, right from the tip-off, showed their strength with Izzy Johns opening the scoring and sending the Titans on a 9-0 run.
The Bears had trouble stopping Esme Kinghorn getting to the rim and with the strong presence of Cali around the hoop Titans finished the first quarter 14-23 up.
In the second quarter the Titans defence really turned up the heat and only allowed the Bears to score just eight points resulting in a Titans half-time lead at 22-39.
The only shining light for the Bears was Cooper who scored 14 of their 22 points.
Titans continued to dominate in both paints and Bears struggled to get Cooper going again as Titans kept the player locked down for the remainder of the game, scoring zero points in the second half.
Titans ran out 43-73 winners.
Top scorers were Browne 27 Cali 21 Kinghorn 13 Johns 10
FIXTURES
Saturday 10th November
12:00 Titans Under 13 Boys away vs Bracknell Cobras
12:30 Titans Mens team vs Ealing Phoenicians at Weavers Leisure Centre Wellingborough
13:00 Titans Under 16 Boys away vs Manchester Magic
15:00 Titans Womens team vs Cardiff Celts at Weavers Leisure Centre Wellingborough
Sunday 11th November
11:45 Titans Under 16 Boys vs. Derby Trailblazers at Northampton Academy in National Cup
14:00 Titans Under 15 Boys away vs Notts Nova
14:30 Titans Women vs Solent Suns in National Trophy at Weavers Leisure Centre Wellingborough
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