ROCKS 2004-05 SEASON RESULTS                           

Home ties shown in CAPITAL letters

Fri 1 Oct Newcastle W 82-85 (OT) CH
Sun 3 Oct CHESTER L 76-92 CH
Thu 7 Oct Sheffield L 97-88 CH
Sun 10 Oct LONDON TOWERS L 71-103 CH
Sun 17 Oct BIRMINGHAM W 99-84 CH
Sat 23 Oct Leicester W 72-88 CH
Sun 24 Oct NEWCASTLE L 82-90 CH
Sun 31 Oct THAMES VALLEY W 94-82 CUP
Sat 6 Nov Brighton L 95-79 CH
Sun 7 Nov Birmingham W 81-91 CH
Sun 14 Nov SHEFFIELD L 89-97 CH
Fri 19 Nov Teesside W 63-114 TRO
Sun 21 Nov NEWCASTLE L 85-94  TRO
Thu 25 Nov THAMES VALLEY W 100-84 CH
Sun 28 Nov Chester (Semi-Final) W 75-90 5.00 CUP
Wed 1 Dec Newcastle 7:30 TRO L 86-82
Sun 5 Dec PLYMOUTH 5:00 CH W 95-74
Thu 9 Dec BRIGHTON 7:30 CHL 84-85
Sun 12 Dec TEESSIDE 5:00 TRO W 117 -75
Fri 17 Dec Brighton 7:00 CH (Moved from Sat 18th)L 82-72
Sun 19 Dec Chester 5:30 CH L 94-91
Sun 2 Jan MILTON KEYNES 5:00 L 92-93
Sun 9 Jan BIRMINGHAM 5:00 W 102-73
Fri 14 Jan Plymouth POSTPONED*
Sat 15 Jan Thames Valley POSTPONED*
Sun 16 Jan BBL CUP FINAL at NIA BIRMINGHAM Vs Brighton L 74-90
Fri 21 Jan Newcastle 7:30 L 113 -90
Sun 23 Jan LONDON TOWERS W 80 - 74
Sun 30 Jan SHEFFIELD 5:00 L 78 - 79
Fri 4 Feb Milton Keynes 7:30 W 78 -101
Sat 5 Feb London Towers L 80-77
Sat 12 Feb Leicester W 68 -86
Sun 13 Feb Birmingham W 78-97
Thu 17 Feb LEICESTER 7:30 W 89-76
Sun 20 Feb NEWCASTLE 5:00 L 79-81
Sun 27 Feb CHESTER 5:00 L 92 -103
Wed 2nd March Plymouth W 61-75
Sat 5 Mar Thames Valley L 110-97
Thu 10 Mar BRIGHTON W 87-67
Sat 12 Mar Plymouth W 65 -75
Wed 16 Mar Thames Valley L 96 -88
Fri 18 Mar Chester L 90 -80
Sun 20 Mar LEICESTER W 105 -74
Sat 26 Mar London Towers L 80-72
Sun 27 Mar Milton Keynes L 83-76
Thu 31 Mar THAMES VALLEY W 76-75
Sun 3 Apr PLYMOUTH W 103-91
Thu 7 Apr Sheffield 7:30 L 95-92
Sun 10 Apr MILTON KEYNES W 116-90

Playoff Quarter Finals at Crystal Palace
Sat 16 Apr London Towers W 63-65

KEY
CH = BBL Championship
CUP = BBL Cup
TRO = BBL Trophy


 BBL END OF REGULAR SEASON ROUND UP.
Thanks to the BBL media team for these reports.
Dateline - Sunday 10th April 2005

TCS Chester Jets have won the BBL Championship for the first time in their history in the single league format. The Jets secured the title on the final day of the season thanks to a convincing 97-74 win over the London Towers in front of a jam packed Northgate Arena. Jets posted 3rd quarter runs of 14-4 and 9-2 to make the game safe at 74-52 and inflict Towers first defeat in 13 outings.

On Friday, in front of over 4500 fans, the Jets put themselves in the box seat with a 96-94 win over closest rivals the Springfield Honda Newcastle Eagles, a 20-2 burst in the third quarter giving the Jets the padding to withstand a late Eagles rally. Jets face the Milton Keynes Lions next Sunday in the play off quarter final.

The Eagles ensured the Jets needed the victory over the Towers after comfortably despatching the Westfield Sharks Sheffield 95-62. A 13-2 start to the game gave the Eagles the control and their lead was in tact throughout the remainder of the encounter. Eagles will face the Thames Valley Tigers on Friday, the winner securing a place at the Basketball Finals Weekend.

It completed a mixed week for the Sharks who defeated the Scottish Phoenix Honda Record Rocks 95-92 on Thursday to secure a 4th placed finish and a play off quarter final against the Brighton Bears. The Rocks enjoyed their final home game of the season, recording a 116-90 victory over the Milton Keynes Lions to secure 6th spot and a game on the road against the London Towers in the play offs.

Earlier in the week the Towers recorded two victories over the Brighton Bears to secure their third placed finish. They followed up a 89-57 victory at home with a 95-79 win on the South coast on Saturday.

The Lions secured their play off berth on Friday evening with a 78-62 success over the Leicester Riders. A 10-2 finish to the encounter finally seeing off the challenge of a resilent Riders outfit. Just 24 hours later the Riders finished their season with a 87-82 overtime victory over the Kularoos Plymouth Raiders, their sixth home win in seven attempts. The Raiders endured a disappointing final weekend of action, after leading for much of the game they slipped to a 80-75 reverse at the hands of the Thames Valley Tigers on Sunday. It was the Tigers 3rd victory this week, on Saturday they recorded a 117-100 success over the Birmingham Bullets and a 75-66 scoreline over the Brighton Bears on Tuesday.

In the weekend's final game the Brighton Bears broke a 4 game losing streak with a 93-78 result over the Birmingham Bullets.

SCOTTISH ROCKS 116 (40,63,84)  (Cole 44, Henning 22, McIntosh 19)
MILTON KEYNES LIONS 90 (24,40,67) (Fontaine 23, Benjamin 21, Youngblood 19)

The Scottish  Rocks secured a 6th place finish and a play off quarter final against the London Towers with a 116-90 success over the Milton Keynes Lions. Rocks Donald Cole poured in an impressive 44 points as his side flew out of the blocks to lead 40-24 at the end of the first quarter. A 12-0 run leading up to the half time interval helped the Rocks extend the lead to 63-40 and despite the Lions clawing the lead back in  the third they could not get close enough to cause a threat.
                                                          
                  
FINAL 2-004/05 BBL CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE 
                                                         
Pos  TEAM                          P    W    L    Pts  
1   Chester Jets                 40   32   8   64 Q
2   Newcastle Eagles           40   31   9   62 Q
3   London Towers              40   29   11  58 Q
4   Sheffield  Sharks            40   26   14  52 Q
5   Brighton Bears               40   22   18  44 Q
6   Scottish Rocks               40   19   21  38 Q
7   Thames Valley Tigers      40   18   22  36 Q
8   Milton Keynes Lions        40   15   25  30 Q
9   Plymouth Raiders           40   12   28   24
10  Leicester Riders            40   11   29   22
11  Birmingham Bullets        40    5    35   10

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