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Saints 53 (11, 19, 36)
Giants 64 (24, 42, 55)
The City of Sheffield Saints were disappointed to lose out in the National Shield competition on Saturday night as they lost to old rivals Mansfield Giants at All Saints School. Without Garnet Gayle and Rick Marsh, the Saints still looked bright in the first 5 minutes of the game, with Andy Turner and Pawel Szafraniec giving them an early 4-0 lead. Too many turnovers lead to Mansfield scoring on the break, going on a 15-0 run to end the first quarter ahead 24-11.
The Saints never recovered and although their offence was working well, they just couldn't seem to finish close to the basket. Pete Olusoga and Tom Hope kept up the scoring in the second but Mansfield's Anthony Hasse was solid from the foul line and kept the Giants in front, 42-19 at half time.
The Saints decided they were actually going to play in the second half and 8 third quarter points from Olusoga along with some good work from Chris Hackett and Chris Law saw the Saints making a game of it. Mansfield, again through Hasse and Guy Renton inside, kept their lead though and the Saints trailed 55-36 going into the final period.
The Saints went on a mini run of their own in the fourth quarter with Hope and Rich Fooks scoring on the break to close the gap to just 12. Try as they might, the Saints just couldn't close the gap any further in the closing minutes and were defeated in what turned out to be a low scoring contest, 64-53.
After the game, Saints guard Chris Law eloquently stated: "The first half killed us"
Scorers
CoS Saints
Olusoga(20), Turner(7), Fooks(6), Hope(6), Law(6), Szafraniec(6), Hackett(2)
Mansfield Giants
Hasse(20), Richards(11), Renton(11)