Basketball
Glasgow Sports Division's ''Famous Five'' scored a 73-64 victory over Midlothian Bulls at Easterhouse Sports Centre yesterday to all but end the champions' hopes of an historic eleventh Scottish League title in a row.
It was Bulls' second defeat in the West in five days - they lost to Paisley 80-70 on Wednesday - and they now have five defeats to Glasgow's one, with St Mirren also better placed on three losses.
Five players did the business for suspension-hit Glasgow, Robert McKechnie top-scoring with 24, Alan Kiddie adding 17, Ronnie Foster 14, Jim Sinclair 10 and Tony McDaid eight.
Without banned Craig Brownlie and Robert Anderson, coach Jim McKechnie relied solely on his starting five, until Foster fouled out with seven minutes to go when Bulls, who led 27-23 at half-time and then went 18 down midway through the second half, still had a slim chance.
However, Michael James came on to do an excellent job as substitute and the home side held out for a result which will surely wrap up their first-ever senior title at the end of the season.
Hot-and-cold Edinburgh Rocks were blown away by Sheffield Westfield Sharks for the second time this season at home, going down 108-69 in the Budweiser League at Meadowbank yesterday.
A super first quarter, after which the visitors led 32-13, put the issue virtually beyond doubt and by half-time it was 54-33.
Coach Jim Brandon was left to run his bench with Sean Bell top-scoring with 17, Michael New notching 16 and skipper Iain Maclean keeping up his consistent scoring spell with 15.
Todd Cauthorne had 24 and Terrell Myers 23 for super Sharks whose Anglo-Scot Ian McKinney scored 15.
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