GB men make it three out of three
Great Britain played their third game of the tournament against European Champions, Italy, last night (Friday 9th July).
It was GB who came out of the blocks the quickest with the first basket coming from Sagar in the opening 30 seconds of play. An even contest to begin with and continued to be so in a low scoring first 5 minutes with the sides only separated by the 1 point. Italy led the match until the final minute of the first quarter when some great shooting gave GB a 4 point advantage.
Much was the same in the second quarter with GB going strong and a great 3 pointer under pressure from Pollock kept the GB ahead. The home team continued the good offence and not long after, Pollock scored another 3 pointer extending his total to 16 points for the game so far. Italy continued to work hard but the GB defence limited their scoring to just 5 points for the quarter while 22 points for GB extended the lead to 37-16 at half time.
With an established lead on the board GB introduced some of their bench maintaining a strong defence. Key players Pollock, Jama and Sagar each added to their totals with the third quarter finishing 53-34.
Great Britain went into the final quarter with control of the game and another win insight, and continued to limit Italy’s baskets as the defence remained strong.Both teams matched each other in the final quarter keeping the winning margin at just 20 points for GB to finish the game with a final score of 65- 45.
Overall it was a comfortable win for Great Britain, who won by the same margin last time the two sides met at Manchester back in May. The win sets them up nicely for the next game against Poland on Sunday 11th July.
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