Rockets Ladies through to a National Semi
For the second time in three years the Rockets Senior ladies will take part in the Women’s National Trophy Semi Final when they will play against Northern counterparts Leeds Carnegie for a spot in the final. The semi-final is scheduled for next Sunday(19th January) tipping at 5 pm at Leeds Metropolitan University Arena.
The squad has had a successful start to the season with 8 wins and no defeats in league play and averaging 100.1 points a game whilst conceding 45.5 points per game. This fast paced play has crossed over into the National Cup where they beat a strong Solent team 65-55 and took a Sevenoaks Div 1 team to overtime. These have been great barometers for the girls and given them an insight into the level required in Div 1.
The Trophy provided the team the chance to play Cardiff Archers in their second round game (after progressing to this stage as their opposition forfeited the first round) and an opportunity to spread the minutes throughout the group culminated in a 122- 42 point victory and a quarter final with Steve Nelson's Sussex Thunder.
Rockets’ Coach Josh Thorne said: ‘We looked forward to playing against high scorer Francesca Morton and one of the best U16 juniors in the country, Kyla Nelson and this did not disappoint. It was a high scoring affair with Cat Lutz hitting 3 three-pointers in consecutive offences forcing an early time out. This ended up being Rockets day with a 99-59 final score and Cat Lutz scoring her Trophy game high 48 points whilst Morton dropped 32 and Nelson 16 respectively.
We have not come across many teams fielding U18 players this season and Steve Nelson is doing a fine job with many of his squad being in this category.’
Leeds have had a great start to their season having very similar results in the league with a 9 – nil record, scoring 97.5 points per game whilst conceding 49.6 points per game. On paper the two squads are very similar in results, in scoring and in defence and with both squads having multinational feels and high scoring Americans the semi-final has all the ingredients for a thriller.
Let's hope our Rockets Ladies can come back with a win! Everyone at Rockets will be waiting eagerly to hear the result!
Reading Rockets Basketball
For the second time in three years the Rockets Senior ladies will take part in the Women’s National Trophy Semi Final when they will play against Northern counterparts Leeds Carnegie for a spot in the final. The semi-final is scheduled for next Sunday(19th January) tipping at 5 pm at Leeds Metropolitan University Arena.
The squad has had a successful start to the season with 8 wins and no defeats in league play and averaging 100.1 points a game whilst conceding 45.5 points per game. This fast paced play has crossed over into the National Cup where they beat a strong Solent team 65-55 and took a Sevenoaks Div 1 team to overtime. These have been great barometers for the girls and given them an insight into the level required in Div 1.
The Trophy provided the team the chance to play Cardiff Archers in their second round game (after progressing to this stage as their opposition forfeited the first round) and an opportunity to spread the minutes throughout the group culminated in a 122- 42 point victory and a quarter final with Steve Nelson's Sussex Thunder.
Rockets’ Coach Josh Thorne said: ‘We looked forward to playing against high scorer Francesca Morton and one of the best U16 juniors in the country, Kyla Nelson and this did not disappoint. It was a high scoring affair with Cat Lutz hitting 3 three-pointers in consecutive offences forcing an early time out. This ended up being Rockets day with a 99-59 final score and Cat Lutz scoring her Trophy game high 48 points whilst Morton dropped 32 and Nelson 16 respectively.
We have not come across many teams fielding U18 players this season and Steve Nelson is doing a fine job with many of his squad being in this category.’
Leeds have had a great start to their season having very similar results in the league with a 9 – nil record, scoring 97.5 points per game whilst conceding 49.6 points per game. On paper the two squads are very similar in results, in scoring and in defence and with both squads having multinational feels and high scoring Americans the semi-final has all the ingredients for a thriller.
Let's hope our Rockets Ladies can come back with a win! Everyone at Rockets will be waiting eagerly to hear the result!
Reading Rockets Basketball
