Oxford Hoops U16 are searching for that victory and they find themselves without key players like Ike Taylor, James Haidar, Sam Cherry, Jack Allinson and Ben Foster. This would only make the task at hand even harder.

There’s no doubt that the players and the team keep improving, the question is whether they are able to deliver that much anticipated W at home.

Keys to HOOPS success:

Stop Phantoms fast break.
Control the boards
Run pick and rolls effectively
Maintain spacing

Team List:
1 Hugo LEE
2 Sam SWEENEY
4 Ben ZHANG
5 Tom COX
8 Sebastian HERNANDEZ
10 Teo AUGUSTAUKAS
13 Gerrald LAM
14 Shem HUNTER

Q1
Hoops win jump, but Phantoms go up 6-0. With Teo and Sam Sweeney scoring a couple of buckets. Both teams nerves getting the better of them as they missed easy scoring opportunities. Hoops committing silly fouls, but Phantoms were unable to make the free throws count (2 for 13). Minute 8 score line 8-12 to Phantoms .. last 2 minutes Oxford scored 12 and Farnborough 14 pts.

Q2
Farnborough leads 20-26. The same story repeated with Phantoms coming off the blocks quicker with a 2-8, but Hoops did not stop trying and soon found their form. By the break Hoops were down 31-45.

Q3
Once again, Phantoms starts harder increasing their lead to 37-54 finally ending the quarter 51-69.

Q4
Coach Florin asks for one more push from his players, urging them not to give up and to continue to take the game to them. However, another slow start saw Farnborough’s lead go to 56-76. But, Hoops defensive efforts finally paid off and they went on a 10-0 run over 2 minutes thanks to a giant effort from Ben Zhang and Shem Hunter. The last 3 minutes were played off as Hoops wins the last quarter 26-22, but lost the game 77-91.

Top Scorers:
4 Ben ZHANG 37 pts
14 Shem HUNTER 18 pts
10 Teo AUGUSTAUKAS 10 pts

We all look forward to Hoops U16 next game and that first Win.
GO HOOPS!

Location

Cheney School, Oxford, ox3 7qh