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So near and yet so far for City of Sheffield Saints in their Men's Division 3 semi-final v Eastside Eagles - Saints started slowly, conceding 8 points in three minutes before hitting two 3s, one each from Kingsley and Chris Hackett, and they kept the game close ending the first period 4 behind, 21 - 25. The second quarter belonged to young John Stewart who scored all but two of Saints points, netting 14, and getting several rebounds despite close attention from the home players, with the visitors only down by 1 at half time.
Saints stormed out of the locker room in the third period, coach Garnet Gayle leading the way with 12 points, including two 3s and good support from Ellmer and Hackett, leaving the visitors in the driving seat 58 - 52 ahead going into the final quarter. Eastside had the better of some strange refereeing decisions, including one where a Saints player came out with a bruise under his eye, from an opposition elbow, only to be called for a defensive foul!, and this together with shots not dropping, good free throwing from the home side, a loud and very noisy home crowd, made the last few minutes very tight and tense - unfortunately for Saints they could not quite match the Division 3 South league winners, and came away very
disappointed, loosing 76 - 71.
Chris Hackett 17, Kingsley Ellmer 15, John Stewart & Garnet Gayle 14, John Imison 6, Pete Olusoga 3, Javan Hayles 2, Luke Parker, Rich Fooks, Jim Rose, Chris Law, Ash Chandley.
City of Sheffield Saints welcomed Oxford Brookes University to All Saints on Saturday in a quarter final play off game, where north meet south. Saints led from the first minute, and never lost that lead with an excellent all round team performance. Saints spread the scoring, with six different players getting on the score sheet in the first 10 minutes, giving the home team a 4 point advantage at the break.
The second period continued in a similar vein, with a five other players adding to the scoring, giving Saints a 41 29 lead at the half time break. The third period was a much closer affair, with the visitors matching Saints on 17 points, but still 12 points adrift. The final 10 minutes belonged to Pete Olusoga he dropped 4 threes and 4 two pointers in a 6 minute blast, with great encouragement from the players on the bench, cheering him on. The final score of 92 71 gives Saints an away semi final against London Eastside next weekend.
Pete Olusoga 27, John Stewart & John Imison 10, Kingsley Ellmer 9, Ash Chandley 8, Luke Parker 7, Chris Hackett 6, Rich Fooks, Javan Hayles & Chris Law 4, Jim Rose 3, Garnet Gayle
City of Sheffield Saints travelled to Derby Trailblazers on Sunday for their last league fixture of the 2009-10 season, having already secured second place, they quickly established a lead going up 28 15 at the end of the first period, nine coming from three pointers. Derby managed 16 to Saints 13 in the second quarter, the visitors up by 10 at the half. Saints continued to score freely, making runs of 6, 8 and 12, and the home team only making an 11 3 run in the final 3 minutes. Saints scored 7 threes ( 4 for Ellmer and 3 for Hackett) and coach Garnet Gayle was able to give all his bench plenty of court time. Saints came away with a comfortable 76 63 win. Gayle's playing time in the second half was curtailed with a cut above his eye.
Saints have home advantage in the play offs next weekend, with a probable game v Oxford Brooks on Saturday 20th at 4.00 @ All Saints subject to England Basketball confirmation.
Kingsley Ellmer 23, Chris Hackett 22 (10 rebounds), Rich Fooks 14, John Stewart 9 (11 rebounds),Luke Parker & Chris Law 3, Garnet Gayle 2, Pete Olusoga, Jim Rose, Javan Hayles
City of Sheffield Saints emerged battered and bruised fro a close encounter with their cross town rivals Sheffield Sabres. The game was very low scoring in the first period, with neither team playing well, with the home side coming out leading 13 8. Saints coach Gayle injected some pace and scoring in the second 10 minutes, netting two 3 pointers, a lay up and one from two free throws, helping Saints to reduce the deficit to 4 points at the half. The third quarter was Saints Sabres committed offensive, technical and unsportsmanlike fouls, and with the visitors outscoring their hosts by 12, the score going into the last 10 minutes was 49 -41. The last 10 minutes was a tight, tense period, with Saints netting three 3 pointers and 5 lay ups, and Sabres failing to make their superior rebounding pay, missing several apparently easy shots and 4 free throws, Saints came away with a 69 59 win. Saints have one game left to play at Derby on 14th, Sabres have another home game tomorrow v Sefton and are away on 13th v Stockport if Sabres lose either of these games and Saints win on 14th, then Saints would finish in second place, if not they will be away to the second placed team in the South on 20th/22nd.
John Imison 18, Chris Hackett 14, Garnet Gayle 13, Kingsley Ellmer 11, Pete Olusoga & Javan Hayles, 5, Chris Law 3, Luke Parker, Rich Fooks, Ash Chandley
City of Sheffield Saints played their last home league game of the season against City of Nottingham Tribe and came out with an easy win 83 28. The visitors struggled to score, only registering 7, 11, 4 & 6 points in consecutive quarters, seemingly unable to penetrate Saints defence and missing 36 shots. John Stewart (Junior Shark who was MVP in the Under 18 Cup Final last weekend) scored 8 points in the first 10 minutes and with two 3pointers from Kingsley Ellmer and 4 points from Chris Hackett, Saints ended the first period up 18 7. The second quarter brought Luke Parker in with 9, Ash Chandley with 7 in a 20 4 Saints run, gave the home team a 42 18 lead at the half. Coach Garnet Gayle appeared to use the second half more as a training session, changing all 5 players in both the 10 minute periods, so allowing all the squad to have plenty of court time. Saints have cemented their play off place, and now wait to see who their opposition will be.
Luke Parker 18, John Stewart 16, Rich Fooks 12, Kingsley Ellmer 11, Chris Hackett & Chris Law 8, Ash Chandley 7, Jim Rose 3, Pete Olusoga, Javan Hayles & Garnet Gayle.
Saints are away @ EISS v Sheffield Sabres on Saturday 6th March 4.00pm tip
City of Sheffield Saints travelled to Loughborough for a must win game on Saturday against the Student Cardinals. The home team shot out to a 9 point lead courtesy of three 3 pointers before Saints came back with 7 from coach Gayle, and ended the first period only down by 1, 19 18. Saints flew out of the blocks in the second quarter scoring 20, and only conceding 7, which left them up by 12 at the half. The third was much closer, but it was still a scrappy game, with turnovers and missed layups, and ended with Saints leading by 15 going into the final quarter. Coach Gayle played his bench, with Ash Chandley dropping two 3s and a layup and Rich Fooks continuing his scoring streak. Loughborough had a scoring burst with 13 points in the last 2 minutes, but failed to prevent Saints coming away with another win 64-70.
Rich Fooks & Garnet Gayle 14, Javan Hayles 10, Ash Chandley & Kingsley Ellmer 8, Pete Olusoga & Chris Law 5, Chris Hackett 4, Luke Parker 2.
Saints are at home to Nottingham next Saturday, 6.30pm tip.
City of Sheffield Saints hosted Sefton Saints on Saturday hoping to avenge a 19 point defeat in Liverpool. Saints , led by Pete Olusoga's two 3 pointers, and one each from Luke Parker and Kingsley Ellmer, shot out to a 34 17 lead at the end of the first period. 5 scores from Rich Fooks in the second 10 minutes helped Saints to a 23 point lead at the half. Despite Olusoga's three 3s in the third, Sefton won that quarter by 1. In the final 10 minutes, Saints re-established their dominance, and scored a further 30 points, to give them a resounding victory by 108 74.
Chris Hackett 21, Pete Olusoga & Rich Fooks 19, Chris Law 16, John Stewart & Kingsley Ellmer 8, Luke Parker, Ash Chandley & Garnet Gayle 5, Javan Hayles 4, Jim Rose 2.
Saints are away to 4th placed Loughborough University next Saturday in another must win game.
City of Sheffield Saints crossed the Pennines to play Stockport Falcons on a cold, foggy evening, with a clear intention to win. The game was scoreless for 4 minutes with both players missing easy shots perhaps the cold in the hall was to blame. Saints eventually found their shooting hands, with a 10 3 run, ending the quarter up by 8. Stockport came back briefly in the second period with, but two 3 pointers in a 12 3 run gave Saints a 39 21 lead at the half. Saints continued to dominate in the third, with a 14 2 run, with a minor comeback by the home side in the final 3 minutes, giving the visitors a 29 point lead going into the last 10 minutes. The referees awarded Stockport 14 free throws in the final quarter, they converted 7, and scored 4 threes, making the score slightly more respectable at 90 67 for a Saints win. This win leaves Saints in third place in the league having played more games than the team below them.
Kingsley Ellmer 24, Chris Hackett 19, Luke Parker 13, Rich Fooks 10, John Imison 8, Javan Hayles 6, Pete Olusoga & Chris Law 5, Garnet Gayle.
Saints are at home to Sefton on Saturday 13th at 6.30pm.
City of Sheffield Saints' game against Manchester Magic at All Saints on Saturday was definitely one of two halves. Saints went on a 10 0 run in the first quarter only for the visitors to come back with 13 points of their own, and close only 2 down. The second period was similar, Manchester had a 13 2 run, Saints followed with 12 6, ending just 2 down at the break. The second half was a totally different story - Saints shot out to a 24 point lead, with Chris Hackett scoring 19 in the third quarter, and Manchester only making 7. The final 10 minutes was a similar story, with the visitors restricted to a further 7 points and Saints netting 18, to give them an 84 49 win. Coach Garnet Gayle commented that all the team had played really well.
Chris Hackett 31, Kingsley Ellmer 16, Javan Hayles, Chris Law 8, Rich Fooks 6, Luke Parker & Garnet Gayle 4, John Imison 3, Pete Olusoga.
Saints are away to Stockport Falcons next Saturday.
City of Sheffield Saints continued their winning ways with an 88 63 victory over Tyne Met Trojans at All Saints on Saturday. John Sick note' Imison who has only played 7 minutes in previous games, due to injuries sustained in games and training, and work commitments, certainly made up for lost time, top scoring with 16 points, and generally adding strength to Saints in attack and defence. The game was end to end for most of the 40 minutes, with Saints up by 7 at the end of the first quarter. The second period saw the home team stretch their lead to 10 and the fifth 3 pointer of the half 2 each from Ellmer and Olusoga and 1 each from Chandley and Hackett. After the break, the referees seemed to find their whistles, with 29 free throws being awarded. Imison scored 12 in the third, helping Saints to a 26 point lead going into the final 10 minutes which Trojans won 20 -21, with Saints turning the ball over 8 times. The second half was watched by 3 of the BBL Sharks, watching their team mate Ash Chandley, and Ryan Patton renewing his acquaintance with the ex Arrows players in Saints team.
John Imison 16, Kingsley Ellmer & Chris Hackett13, Pete Olusoga & Ash Chandley 10, Luke Parker & Rich Fooks 8, Javan Hayles 5, Garnet Gayle 3, Jim Rose 2, Chris Law.
Saints are at All Saints v Manchester Magic II, 6.30pm tip
Saints topple league leaders.
City of Sheffield Saints brought Bradford Dragons' hopes of an unbeaten season to a crashing halt on Saturday with an 88-85 win on Dragons' home court. The game was close throughout but, after a shaky start, the Saints rallied behind Ellmer, Hackett and coach Garnet Gayle. More good work from young guns Jim Rose and John Stewart saw the Saints go into half time with a 48-40 lead. The Dragons came out firing for the second half and the Saints lost their advantage, trailing 67-60 going into the final period. But great ball movement and solid team defence got the Saints right back in the game and with the scores tied at 85-85, Luke Parker stripped the ball and found Pete Olusoga on the break for the go-ahead score. The Dragons called time-out to set up their final play but could only turn the ball over, leaving the Saints to hold on for an important victory.
Top scorers - Garnet Gayle 25, Kingsley Ellmer & Chris Hackett 18
Pete Olusoga, Luke Parker, John Stewart, Jim Rose, Javan Hayles, Chris Law.
Saints are at home on Saturday 23rd @ 6.30pm v Tyne Mets
City of Sheffield Saints began the new year with a keenly contested game against fellow Yorkshire team Bradford Maroons, who are always hot to handle, unlike the snow and ice outside. This Division 3 clash was one of few surviving games anywhere in the country, so attracted players from other teams whose games had fallen victim to the weather. Saints appeared to be suffering a hangover from the festivities as they gave the ball away 10 times in the first quarter, but somehow managed to end the first 10 minutes tied on 17 all. The second period would have been Bradford's but for Saints 8 three pointers, 3 from Ash Chandley, 2 form Ellmer and 1 from young Jim Rose, who looked very confident in his 19 minutes of court time, and the home team were up by 4 at the half. Saints pulled away to a 10 point lead in the third, but the visitors closed to within 6, with a 3 pointer on the buzzer. The final 10 minutes was a very close encounter, but Saints managed to hold their nerve and came out with a 83 79 point win.
Kingsley Ellmer 15, Garnet Gayle 12, Luke Parker & Ash Chandley 11, Chris Hackett & Jim Rose 9, Pete Olusoga 7, John Stewart 6, Chris Law 3, Rich Fooks, Javan Hayles, John Imison.
Saints are away on 16th v table topping Bradford Dragons, at home v Tyne Met on 23rd January.
City of Sheffield Saints gave Yorkshire rivals Leeds Carnegie an early Christmas present in yesterdays Division 3 clash, missing 6 free throws and having numerous turnovers. The referees appeared reluctant to blow their whistles at times increasing coach Gayle's frustration. Saints were without their 2 Junior Sharks players (coming away with a win against Birmingham) and definitely missed John Stewart's height against a young, physically aggressive team, coached by ex Sheffield Shark Voysie Winters. Saints have only won 7 games and lost 5, so will have to cut down turnovers, and improve their free throwing, if they hope to reach the play-offs this season.
Final score Saints 73 Leeds 75.
Kingsley Ellmer 26, Garnet Gayle 19, Chris Hackett 14, Ash Chandley, Pete Olusoga & Luke Parker 3, Javan Hayles 2, Rich Fooks.
City of Sheffield Saints suffered a hangover from last weekends win over local rivals Sabres, and crashed down to earth with a disappointing display against Derby Trailblazers II, losing 78 80. The game was a close affair throughout, with 16 three pointers, the referees seemingly reluctant to call fouls, Saints finding it difficult to penetrate Derby's zone defence, and missing player/coach Garnet Gayle's influence. The bright spots were John Stewart again top scoring with 22, new comer Luke Parker with 21, and assistant coach Pete Olusoga's return to scoring with 19.
Chris Hackett 10, Javan Hayles 4, Rich Fooks 2, Chris Law, Jim Rose, Dan Cox.
Saints are away in Leeds on 19th, and back at All Saints on 9th January.
City of Sheffield Basketball Club had a win win day on Saturday, Hatters Women beat close rivals UWIC, Hallam-Hatters beat local rivals Mansfield, Junior Sharks U18's beat Manchester, U15's beat Rotherham and last but not least, Saints Men beat Sheffield Sabres Men 85 71 in a Division 3 North match. The game must have been exciting for the neutrals in the large crowd, but nail biting for the supporters of both teams - Saints went out to a 12 point lead at the end of the first quarter, thanks to accurate inside shooting, and despite Sabres 4 threes. The second 10 minutes was a different story as Sabres brought on their other big man Peter Scantlebury, who made 4 baskets and took 8 rebounds, giving Sabres a 15 all quarter. After the break, Scants continued his excellent rebounding, and as Saints appeared to loose momentum, the visitors outscored Saints by 20 points to 12, leaving the home team with a narrow 4 point lead going into the final 10 minutes. Saints regained the initiative with a 10 0 run at the start of the quarter, and as Scants and Richard tired, the home team continued to stretch their lead and came home comfortable winners. Coach Garnet Gayle lead by example on court, playing all 40 minutes, as did Chris Hackett.
Saints players and management would like to wish Sabres Andre Rankine a complete recovery from his recent knee injury.
Garnet Gayle 18, Kingsley Ellmer 17, Chris Hackett 16, Chris Law 13, John Stewart 7, Pete Olusoga & Javan Hayles 6, Luke Parker 3, Jim Rose.
Saints are at home on Saturday 12th December v Derby Trailblazers II at All Saints, 4.30pm tip
City of Sheffield Saints Men came back from a scrappy game v Nottingham Tribe with a 59 55 win, far too close for comfort, mainly due to Saints 21 turnovers, 30 missed 2 point shots and only scoring 4 from 19 threes. Luckily Saints made 17 of 25 free throws, and Chris Laws held his nerve with 7 from 8 in the final quarter which helped to save the day. John Stewart was top scorer again with 19, but only 2 other players got into double figures. Saints will not need any motivating for their home game v local rivals Sheffield Sabres, but will have to be at their best for what will undoubtedly be a very tough game against the team which includes four ex BBL Sharks. The game is at All Saints on Saturday 5th December 6.30pm tip.
John Stewart 19, Pete Olusoga & Rich Fooks 10, Chris Law & Garnet Gayle 7, Kingsley Ellmer 6, Ben Cepulis, Jim Rose, Javan Hayles, Luke Parker
City of Sheffield Saints bounced back from their last week's defeat, with a very close, hard fought game against Loughborough Student Cardinals, the team who were sitting just above them in the league. The three Junior Sharks players had raced up the M1 after their win against Leicester, to play their in this Men's Division 3 fixture.
The first quarter started well for Saints with 6 Saints players getting on the score sheet, leading 21 16, luckily the opposition had missed 5 free throws. The visitors had a 13-0 blitz in the second period, but Saints came back with a 18-6 run, with all but 2 points being scored by the junior players, and going into half time 43 35.
Loughborough won the third by 6 points, despite Ellmer's two 3 pointers (he made 6 in total) and the final 10 minutes was nail biting with the lead changing hands on several occasions, the visitors leading by 3 with 6.3 seconds remaining, Chris Hackett was fouled when scoring, missed the free throw, Kingsley got the rebound and scored, the visitors called a time-out, so put the ball in on the half way line, but thanks to Saints defensive play, were unable to score, leaving the home team the victors by 83 points to 82. 16 year old John Stewart had scored 29 points in Leicester for the Junior Sharks Under 18s, and made 27 in his 27 minutes court time for the Saints Men plus the 5 rebounds and 1 blocked shot which completed a tremendous afternoon's work.
John Stewart 27, Kingsley Ellmer 24, Chris Hackett 13, Garnet Gayle 9, Pete Olusoga, Ben Cepulis, Rich Fooks, Chris Law & Javan Hayles 2, Jim Rose.
Saints are away next Sunday at City of Nottingham Tribe. Next home game v Sheffield Sabres at All Saints on 5th December at 6.30pm.
A short handed, short in height, City of Sheffield Saints had an away day to forget in Liverpool, against Sefton Stars, a well drilled, athletic team whose height advantage gave them an edge in rebounding. Saints flattered to deceive in the first 5 minutes scoring 10 points the game went downhill from then on for the visitors, as Sefton ended the first quarter up by 16 to 12, a lead they never relinquished.
Saints did rally briefly with three 3 pointers in the second period, and were only down by 6 at the interval. Sefton quickly squashed any hope for Saints as they scored three quick baskets, and were never less than 10 points up from then onwards. 12 missed free throws and Rich Fook's back problem did not help the visitors cause, and this was no way to celebrate coach 45th birthday on Wednesday hopefully the team will be back to their best for the home game against Loughborough University on Saturday 21st at All Saints, 6.30pm tip.
Final score Saints 58, Sefton 77
Garnet Gayle 13, Ashley Chandley 11, Kingsley Ellmer 9, Javan Hayles 7, Rich Fooks & Chris Law 6, Dan Cox 4, Pete Olusoga 2.
City of Sheffield Saints faced the Falcons from Stockport in a tight game at All Saints on Saturday, with the home team in the lead throughout most of the match. The first quarter was close the visitors led by 6 0, until John Stewart, fresh from a Junior Sharks game, started Saints scoring in the 4th minute with an and 1, Saints had a 7 1 run in the closing 90 seconds, and led by 1 point at the end of the first period. The second quarter was all Saints with 5 from 6 free throws, and 2 three pointers, the half time score was 33 24. The break gave the Falcons a second wind, as they played with more aggression, and they cut Saints lead to only 1 point at the end of the third. The final quarter remained tight until Chris Hackett found his offensive game, scored 4 from 4 free throws and 3 lay ups, and with three more 3 pointers , 1 each from Gary Bywater, Chris Law and Kingsley Ellmer, his 4th of the afternoon, gave Saints a comfortable looking win by 75 64.
Kingsley Ellmer 18, Gary Bywater 15, Chris Hackett 12, Garnet Gayle 10, Rich Fooks 8, John Stewart 7, Chris Law 3, Ben Cepulis 2, Javan Hayles, Jim Rose, Dan Cox
Saints are away at Sefton on 15th, next home game v Loughborough on 21st, 6.30pm tip.
Halloween started early for Sheffield Saints a player was stopped by the police on his way to meet his team mates, then the Snake Pass was closed, so the convoy had to detour to Woodhead and the delays continued with traffic queues on the Manchester motorways; thanks to mobile phones, the 5 team members who were at the Amaechi Centre were able to keep the home officials in formed of the reasons for the late arrival of the other 7 team members, including coach Garnet Gayle. The tip off was delayed by 15 minutes, but the game had to start with the 3 Under 18 Junior Sharks - Ben Cepulis, Jim Rose and John Stewart, and the 2 Chris's - Hackett and Law. Kit was handed out to the latecomers on their arrival in the car park, but they did not enter the fray until the last minute of the first quarter, as the less experienced players managed to hold their own against a very physical young team. The quarter ended with Manchester leading by 2 which they extended to 7 at the half as Saints struggled against the height of the Mancunians their tallest player was 6' 9. Saints were still behind at the end of the third quarter, but two 3 pointers and converted free throws brought the visitors back into the game and a 1 point lead in the final minute - only for Manchester to score a buzzer beating 3 in the last second, taking the game into overtime. Finally Saints afternoon of horrors was over as they outscored the home team by 23 points to 10, giving them a 92 79 win.
Kingsley Ellmer 24, John Stewart 21, Ash Chandley 13, Chris Hackett 11, Ben Cepulis 8, Jim Rose 6, Pete Olusoga 4, Chris Law 3, Garnet Gayle 2, Gary Bywater, Rich Fooks, Javan Hayles.
Saints are at home to Stockport Falcons at All Saints on Saturday 7th November, 6.30pm tip.
City of Sheffield Saints made the long journey to Sunderland on a wet and windy Saturday and blew away the opposition Tyne Met Trojans in their brand new, state of the art facility, City Space, part of Sunderland University. Saints won the first quarter 31 points to Trojans 8 and despite the home team making double figures in the remaining 3 quarters, Saints continued to dominate the game, never letting Trojans get into their stride, more than making amends for last weekend's game slip away. Saints were without their Under 18 Junior Sharks, but included Ash Chandley and welcomed back Javan Hayles from his Turkish holiday, and they both played their part in giving Saints a massive 108 53 points win. Saints are away next Saturday in Manchester.
Chris Hackett 21, Gary Bywater, Rich Fooks & Chris Law 16, Ash Chandley & Javan Hayles 10, Garnet Gayle 8, Pete Olusoga 7, Kingsley Ellmer 4
City of Sheffield Saints started their Division 3 game against a strong Bradford Dragons team with a barrage of 3 pointers in the first quarter, scoring 5 threes, leading 25 20 at the break. The second quarter was Bradford's with their height advantage a major factor, giving them a 1 point at the half. The visitors lead was as many as 7, until the last 3 minutes of the third when Saints closed to 57 60. The foul count was 25 to 12 in Bradford's favour, with coach Gayle fouling out in the last 2 minutes when Saints were leading by 6, saw the home team lose focus and send Bradford to the free throw line adding 9 points to Saints only basket, giving the visitors a 77 -79 win. Saints were hampered by young John Stewart getting into early foul trouble, and losing John Imison in the first minute with a cut chin.
Kingsley Ellmer 19, Chris Hackett 18, Garnet Gayle 12, Gary Bywater 10, Pete Olusoga & Ben Cepulis 6, John Stewart 4, Chris Law 2, Rich Fooks, John Imison, Jim Rose, Daniel Cox.
Saints play away at Tyne Mets next Saturday, and at Manchester on 31st.
City of Sheffield Saints had a tough away game against an athletic Bradford Maroons side. Saints led from the tip to the final whistle. Young Ben Cepulis had a very impressive game against his former team, especially in the third quarter, when he scored 4 quick baskets and had 2 steals.
Ashley Chandley played very well on his Saints' debut. The 3 current and 1 ex Junior Sharks are proving to be excellent additions to Saints team, a good blend of youth and experience.
Next home game Saturday 17th October, 6.30 tip
City of Sheffield Saints 2009-10 season began with an under par performance against Leeds Carnegie, who looked sharp and more match fit. Saints have to bed in their new players, including some Junior Sharks. Sharks were 24 31 down at the half, 2 at the end of the third, 2 up in the last few seconds, but a foul gave Leeds 2 free throws which were converted, taking the game into overtime which the visitors won by 4 9, giving them a 65 71 victory.
Kingsley Ellmer 13, Gary Bywater 11, Chris Hackett 10, Pete Olusoga 7, Garnet Gayle & John Stewart 6, Ben Cepulis, Rich Fooks & Chris Law 4, John Imison, Jim Rose.
Saints travel to Bradford Maroons on Sunday. Next home game against Bradford Dragons @ 6.30 on Saturday 17th October.