BUCCANEERS KNOCK FURY OFF PERCH, GIVE RIVALS KINGS A PRESENT - Dec 27, 2008 (by Sandy Sutherland)
Santa duly delivered for Edinburgh Kings in what may turn out to have been a pivotal weekend in the Scottish League.
Kings took advantage of an amazing upset at Musselburgh, where East Lothian Buccaneers flayed Falkirk Fury 92-56, to go two points clear at the top of the table after trouncing Troon Tornadoes 67-40 at the Citadel Centre, Ayr in a match the final quarter of which Kings' coach Danny Costello described as "ugly". [read more]
Santa duly delivered for Edinburgh Kings in what may turn out to have been a pivotal weekend in the Scottish League. Kings took advantage of an amazing upset at Musselburgh, where East Lothian Buccaneers flayed Falkirk Fury 92-56, to go two points clear at the top of the table after trouncing Troon Tornadoes 67-40 at the Citadel Centre, Ayr in a match the final quarter of which Kings' coach Danny Costello described as 'ugly'. Kings were without their Irish cap Paul Cummins, who flew home early due to a family illness, but they still had the men to do the job against a Troon side which lost its discipline in the final quarter, resulting in Scottish internationalist Neil Campbell being sent from the hall. 'I've never seen our boys defend so hard - it was a great win - our defence was fabulous,' purred Costello and certainly the stats bear him out as the home team managed only 11 points, 10, 12 and seven in the four respective quarters. Kings took a 24-11 first quarter lead helped by a jump shot from near halfway from Laurie Costello which went in off the backboard but though he was then forced to sit out after picking up his third foul Kings were still 38-21 up at the half. By the end of the third it was 57-33 and even though Kings missed five out of six free throws when the technicals started flying they still won the quarter 10-7 with the bench getting a good run. Simon Flockhart with 19 points, Garreth Lodge 15, Paddy Campbell 14 and Laurie Costello 11 took the champions clear while Andy Pearson led Troon with 11, the only home player in double figures. Kings' task of taking an outright lead in the table was helped by local rivals Buccaneers who had totally upset the formbook against a feckless Fury at Musselburgh. 'Everything went right for us on the night,' said their delighted team manager Brian Ramsey. East Lothian were led by Grant Gibson with 24, Eoghan Dover with 20 and Rob Jansson with 16 and scored 15 three-pointers while Fury had Keith Bunyan with 14 and younger brother Jonny with 13. In all there were seven technical fouls as the visitors lost their cool in what was another bad-tempered finish. St Mirren easily accounted for Glasgow Storm 88-67 at Scotstoun in the other pre-Christmas game and are now joint second with Falkirk.
KINGS ...and all that JAZZ! - Dec 15, 2008 (by Sandy Sutherland)
Aberdeen team Beacon Jazz have been rewarded for their upset win over
local rivals Grampian Police with a home tie against the holders
Edinburgh Kings in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup.
The tie of the round however looks like being at Musselburgh where
inconsistent East Lothian Buccaneers must have a chance against St
Mirren. [read more]
Aberdeen team Beacon Jazz have been rewarded for their upset win over
local rivals Grampian Police with a home tie against the holders
Edinburgh Kings in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup. The tie of the round however looks like being at Musselburgh where
inconsistent East Lothian Buccaneers must have a chance against St
Mirren. Grampian Flyers have had the bad luck to draw the holders Edinburgh
Kool Kats away in the Scottish Women's Cup but non-league Highland will
host Cumbernauld national league side St Maurice in Inverness. Banchory Stags, who Grampian rivals Beacon in the second round last
Saturday, have drawn the Edinburgh Kings'second team in the Scottish
Chairman's Cup last eight but they will be no pushovers judging by the
way they demolished Bellshill Cardinals 87-40 at Bellshill last
Saturday. The best tie in this cup look to be Perth Phoenix at home to
Dunfermline Reign.
The draws are: Scottish Cup: qu-finals (all ties to be played by Jan 26): men: Falkirk Fury v Bellshill Cardinals; Aberdeen Beacon Jazz v
Edinburgh Kings; East Lothian Buccaneers v St Mirren; Troon Tornadoes v
Glasgow Storm. Junior: Team Ayrshire Tornadoes v Arbroath Musketeers; Boroughmuir
Blaze v Falkirk Fury; Dunfermline Reign v St Mirren; Perth Phoenix v
Edinburgh Kings; Cadet: Edinburgh Kings v Arbroath Musketeers; Falkirk Fury v Glasgow
Rens; Boroughmuir Blaze v St Mirren; Team Ayrshire Tornadoes v Grampian
Flyers. Women: Edinburgh Kool Kats v Grampian Flyers; St Mirren v Edinburgh
Lions or Beacon Jazz; Highland v St Maurice Gladiators; Polonia Phoenix
v Falkirk Fury. Junior: Edinburgh Kool Kats v Falkirk Fury; St Maurice Gladiators v St
Mirren; byes: Glasgow City, Polonia Phoenix. Cadette: Edinburgh Kool Kats v Grampian Flyers; Falkirk Fury v Glasgow
City; Perth Phoenix v St Maurice Gladiators; Polonia Phoenix v St
Mirren. Scottish Chairman's Cup: qu-finals (to be played by Feb 1): men: Banchory Stags v City of Edinburgh; Perth Phoenix v Dunfermline Reign;
Central Jaguars or Frews Madson v Boroughmuir Blaze; Grampian Police v
Glasgow University; Women: Grangemouth or Pentland Star v Midlothian Saints; Edinburgh
Comets v Perth Phoenix; City of Edinburgh v Highland; Polonia Phoenix v
Grampian Police. END OF TEXT
KINGS GIVE NO QUARTER TO BUCCANEERS AS COSTELLO SHINES - Dec 15, 2008 (by Sandy Sutherland)
A vintage display by Scotland's 2006 Commonwealth Games point guard Laurie Costello helped Edinburgh Kings to a 91-61 win over local rivals East Lothian Buccaneers at Portobello High School on Saturday December 13, a victory which puts them joint top of the Scottish League table with Falkirk Fury, who had edged St Mirren 69-66 at the Lagoon Centre the previous night. [read more]
A vintage display by Scotland's 2006 Commonwealth Games point guard Laurie Costello helped Edinburgh Kings to a 91-61 win over local rivals East Lothian Buccaneers at Portobello High School on Saturday December 13, a victory which puts them joint top of the Scottish League table with Falkirk Fury, who had edged St Mirren 69-66 at the Lagoon Centre the previous night. With Irish cap Paul Cummins struggling to find his range and rythm, it was the 26-year-old Costello, playing in only his second game of the season, who steadied the ship with 26 points, including four three-pointers, three in a first-half tally of 16. A tired Cummins, who has been working long hours for his Masters degree, missed his first five shots in the third quarter yet still managed his customary last quarter flourish of three three-pointers and five from six free throws for an overall total of 24. Buccs had come out of the traps like greyhounds with Scottish cap Grant Gibson and junior cap Eoghan Dover driving effectivelyand Swedish centre Rob Jansson dominating inside. It was high octane stuff and Kings were only 21-18 up after the first quarter and 45-38 at half-time. Baskets were still being traded late in the third, but Kings took the final quarter 29-11 with the visitors' indiscipline again their undoing. 'We wore them down,' said coach Danny Costello. Simon Flockhart with 16 points and 10 rebounds and Garreth Lodge with 12 points and several assists also did well for Kings while Gibson with 20, Jansson with 18 and Dover and Pete Lyons, both with eight, were best for Buccs. Honours were shared in the Kings' jousts with Falkirk Fury, the cadets winning 65-50 after overtime, while the juniors went down 71-65.
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