Thursday, November 14, 2024

Tigersharks heads to NEBL playoffs as the number one seed

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The 14-week regular season of the National Elite Basketball League (NEBL) came to an end and the San Pedro Tigersharks lead the league! On Saturday May 17th, the mighty Tigersharks champed on the Orange Walk Running Rebels, holding on to the top spot in the NEBL regular season.
Tigersharks VS Orange Walk-4The home team brought out the rookies and veterans from the bench while resting their top players for the playoffs. From early in the game, Tigersharks played a very tactical game, taking an early lead from the first quarter of the game. The islanders maintained that lead from the onset, but by the second part of the game, the lead had ballooned by 28 points. In the end, San Pedro Tigersharks finished with 83 points to Orange Walk Running Rebels’ 60 points. They ended their regular season with 12 wins and two losses, having fallen to Dangriga Warriors and Toledo Diplomats, both who are out of the league.

Other results for Week 14 of the NEBL are as follows:
81 – Belmopan Point Bandits (8-6) vs 78 – Cayo Western Ballaz (11-3)
64 – Dangriga Warriors (8-6) vs 94 – Belize City (Smart) No Limits (9-5)
0 – Toledo Diplomats (2-12) vs 20 – Corozal Heats (4-10) (By default)
The playoffs (semi-finals) will see Seed one (Tigersharks) play Seed four (Belmopan Bandits), who have lost twice to the San Pedro Team, in a best of a three-game series. Seed two (Cayo Western Ballaz) will play Seed three (Belize City No Limits).
Schedule for the playoffs are as follows:

NEBL_2014r.xlsx

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