Lincolnshire League Fixtures & Match Reports 2007 - 2008
| League/Cup | Date | Day | Time | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincs League | 2nd October 2007 | Tue | tbc | South Lincs Dragons | Scunthorpe Steelers |
| Lincs League | 14th October 2007 | Sun | tbc | Scunthorpe Steelers | Cranwell Hawks |
| Lincs League | 18th October 2007 | Thu | tbc | Lincoln Panthers | Scunthorpe Steelers |
| Lincs League | 28th October 2007 | Sun | tbc | Scunthorpe Steelers | Harlaxton Lions |
| Lincs League | 4th November 2007 | Sun | tbc | South Lincs U18 | Scunthorpe Steelers |
| Lincs League | 11th November 2007 | Sun | tbc | Scunthorpe Steelers | Lincoln Lightning |
| Lincs League | 25th November 2007 | Sun | tbc | Scunthorpe Steelers | Waddington Bullets |
| Lincs League | 2nd December 2007 | Sun | tbc | Scunthorpe Steelers | South Lincs Dragons |
| Lincs League | 9th December 2007 | Sun | tbc | Scunthorpe Steelers | Lincoln Panthers |
| Lincs League | 16th December 2008 | Sun | tbc | Newark Nets | Scunthorpe Steelers |
| Lincs League | 19th December 2008 | Wed | tbc | Harlaxton Lions | Scunthorpe Steelers |
| Lincs League | 3rd January 2008 | Sun | tbc | Scunthorpe Steelers | Grantham Outlaws |
| Lincs League | 20th January 2008 | Sun | tbc | Lincoln Lightning | Scunthorpe Steelers |
| Lincs League | 24th January 2008 | Thu | tbc | Conningsby Crossover | Scunthorpe Steelers |
Match Reports
17/4/2008 - Champions Final - Scunthorpe Steelers 40 v Lincoln Panthers 61
Steelers lose there 2nd final in what apart from the 3rd quarter was actually a close game to the league champions Lincoln Panthers.
1st quarter Steelers 14 v Panthers 16
2nd quarter Steelers 08 v Panthers 08
3rd quarter Steelers 07 v Panthers 25
4th quarter Steelers 11 v Panthers 12
Steelers top scorer's today, #12 Ioan Nickson with 11 points, #6 Ross Stafford on 10 points - Ross dropping 2 long shots for a total of 31 three pointers for the season in the Linc's League, #7 Rodney Campbell on 5 points
In a close competition for the Steelers top scorer of the season in the Linc's league, #6 Ross Stafford and #12 Ioan Nickson have both ended the year on 152 points with Ross dropping 31 three pointers. #22 Nana Jumah on 126 points and #23 Kris Michalski on 81 points
8/4/2008 - Senior- Champions Cup Semi Final
Steelers meet South Linc's Dragons in the Champions Cup Semi Final winning 66 points to 59 managing to work the win even though it was not one of there best performances. Steelers will now meet Lincoln Panthers in the final.
1st quarter Steelers 18 v Dragons 15
2nd quarter Steelers 18 v Dragons 17
3rd quarter Steelers 12 v Dragons 15
4th quarter Steelers 18 v Dragons 12
Steelers top scorer today #23 Kris Michalski on 19 points, #12 Ioan Nickson with 15 points for a seasons total of 141, #6 Ross Stafford on 12 points taking his total for the season to 142 points overtaking #12 Ioan Nickson by one point.
3/4/2008 - Linc's League Handicap Final - Steelers 73 v Grantham 86
Steelers reach the Handicap final against Grantham Outlaws.
Gantham start the game with a 25 point lead and in the 1st quarter Grantham managed to keep this advantage. The 2nd quarter, being the Steelers best period of the game saw them only 11 points adrift. Normally the 3rd quarter is the Steelers strongest but with good defensive work from Grantham Steelers were having to chase the game eventually losing the 3rd by 11 points which they were unable to recoup in the 4th.
1st quarter Steelers 20 v Grantham 44
2nd quarter Steelers 16 v Grantham 04
3rd quarter Steelers 15 v Grantham 26
4th quarter Steelers 17 v Grantham 16
Steelers top scorer tonight is #22 Nana Jumah on 23 points followed by #23 Kris Michalski on 19points, Kris was also awarded a much deserved most valuable player trophy from the match officials.
13/3/2008 - Lincoln Panthers 47 v Scunthorpe Steelers 61
Steelers play away at the Panthers in the Lincs's League Handicap competition. Panthers start the game giving Steelers a 5 point lead but after a close first quarter which ended 15 all the Steelers took control of the game. Panthers are a strong team and it will go down as one of the Steelers best wins of the season to date.
1st quarter Panthers 15 v Steelers 15
2nd quarter Panthers 04 v Steelers 18
3rd quarter Panthers 11 v Steelers 17
4th quarter Panthers 17 v Steelers 11
Steelers top scorer tonight is ,
#6 Ross Stafford on 16 points including 3 three pointers - 26 long shots so far, 119 in total with an average of 19.8 per game.
#12 Ioan Nickson on 14 points, 126 total , average 14.0 per game.
#22 Nana Jumah on 11 points, 99 total, average 11 per game.
#4 Robin Hewson on 7 points, 64 total, average 5.8 per game.
#6 Jason Milner on 6 points, 63 in total, average 9 per game.
#14 Ian Clark 0n 2 points, 33 in total, average 3.3 per game
#23 Kris Michalski not playing tonight due to holidays is still the top on average score at 21.5 per game
25/2/2008 - Scunthorpe Steelers 85 v Lincoln Lightning 64
Steelers meet Lightning in the Lincs League Handicap Tournament.
Lightning started the game with a handicap score of 20 against Steelers starting from zero. Steelers playing some of there best basketball of the season overcame the 20 point difference and went ahead 28 points to 27 in the first quarter, keeping the lead for the rest of the game.
1st quarter Steelers 28 v Lightning 27
2nd quarter Steelers 11 v Lightning 9
3rd quarter Steelers 27 v Lightning 11
4th quarter Steelers 19 v Lightning 17
Top scorer for the Steelers #12 Ioan Nickson on 24 points,also top points for the season so far with 126 points and an average of 14 per game. #6 Ross Stafford with 22 points including 5 three pointers taking his score for the season to 103 with an average of 20.5 per game. Best average per game still goes to #23 Kris Michalski with 21.5 per game
20/1/2008 - Lincoln Lightning 63 v Scunthorpe Steelers 89
Steelers win there 7th Lincs League game of the season by winning both home and away matches against Lightning. Steelers lost the 1st and 3rd quarters but were dominant in the 2nd and 4th leaving Lightning with no chance of catching them in the 4th.
1st quarter Lightning 14 v Steelers 13
2nd quarter Lightning 11 v Steelers 28
3rd quarter Lightning 22 v Steelers 18
4th quarter Lightning 16 v Steelers 30
Top scorer once again for the Steelers was #12 Ioan Nickson with an impressive 33 points taking his score for the season in the lincs League to 102 points, #21 Jamie Goodwin followed with 18 points including one 3 point shot, #6 Ross Stafford on 14 points including 4 three point shots, #4 Robin hewson #5 Jason Milner and player coach #14 Ian Clark all on the score sheet with 8 points
13/1/2008 - Scunthorpe Steelers 61 v Grantham Outlaws 58
Another close game but another win for the Steelers against a strong Outlaw team. The 3rd quarter being the deciding 10 minutes as the Outlaws seemed to lose there way with the Steelers winning 16 points to 7.
1st quarter Steelers 10 v Outlaws 14
2nd quarter Steelers 20 v Outlaws 23
3rd quarter Steelers 16 v Outlaws 7
4th quarter Steelers 15 v Outlaws 14
Top scorers for the Steelers #5 Jason Milner and #21 Jamie Goodwin both with 15 points, Jason's score includes three 3 pointers.#6 Ross Stafford on 11 points and #22 Nana Jumah with 10 points.
10/12/2007 - Scunthorpe Steelers 71 v Newark Nets 57
A full squad was available for Steelers first game against the Nets in the Lincs League. The Nets are a strong physical team but the Steelers are getting better every game they play going into the holiday season. Steelers eventually winning by 14 points.
1st Quarter Steelers 25 v Nets 9
2nd Quarter Steelers 17 v Nets 8
3rd Quarter Steelers 10 v Nets 23
4th Quarter Steelers 19 v Nets 17
Top scorer for the Steelers #10 Kris Michalski with 23 points Followed by #22 Nana Jumah on 14 points and #5 Jason Milner with 11 points.
Seasons Greetings to all.
9/12/2007 - Scunthorpe Steelers 46 v South Lincs Dragons 48
Dragons get revenge over the Steelers,winning by 2 points after they lost at home by 2 points in very first game of the season.Another extremely close fought game with both teams on 46 points,with seconds to go Steelers #5 J Milner fouled #11 K Eve giving 2 free throws away which K Eve gladly converted winning the game for the Dragons.
1st Quarter Steelers 12 v Dragons 7
2nd Quarter Steelers 10 v Dragons 6
3rd Quarter Steelers 10 v Dragons 18
4th Quarter Steelers 14 v Dragons 17
Top scorer for the Steelers #12 Ioan Nickson on 11 points,
#5 J milner and #14 Ian Clark (player/coach) both with 10 points.
9/12/2007 - Scunthorpe Steelers 69 v Lincoln Panthers 46
Steelers come out on top against one of the leagues strongest teams after losing the away game early in the season.The 3rd quarter was crucial with the Steelers scoring 20 points against Panthers 4 putting the Steelers 25 points ahead going into the 4th quarter.
1st Quarter Steelers 17 v Panthers 12
2nd Quarter Steelers 20 v Panthers 16
3rd Quarter Steelers 20 v Panthers 4
4th Quarter Steelers 10 v Panthers 14
Top scorer for the Steelers was the in form #6 Ross Stafford scoring 23 points including 4 three pointers, followed by Nana Jumah with 14 points
11/11/2007 - Scunthorpe Steelers 92 v Lincoln Lightning 39
Steelers staged there first home game of the linc’s league today against Lincoln Lightning.
As appears to be the pattern this season Steelers started the game somewhat slowly but once into their rhythm they surged ahead in the 1st quarter 22 points to12, with all the starting 5 scoring. Once again #6 Ross Stafford finding his 3-point range.
The 2nd quarter saw the Steelers taking control of the game with 20 points to 9.
At the start of the 3rd quarter Steelers dominated the game with #9 Ioan Nickson for Steelers in full flow dunking the ball and #13 James Brough finding his 3 point range taking the Steelers to a 68 points to 27 lead.
A spirited 4th quarter from lightning couldn’t stop the Steelers from increasing there lead who eventually won 92 points to 39 with all the Steelers team on the score sheet.
1st quarter Steelers 22 v Lightning 12
2nd quarter Steelers 20 v Lightning 9
3rd quarter Steelers 26 v Lightning 6
4th quarter Steelers 24 v Lightning 12
Top scorer’s, once again #9 Ioan Nixon on 18 points followed by #13 James Brough with 14, #6 Ross Stafford with 12 and #7 R Campbell and #22 N Jumah scoring 10points.