Manchester Basketball fall 91-105 to Cheshire Phoenix in the Super League Basketball Championship.

A fierce bout from the tip MCR lead by Jordan Johnson with 18 points, Keon Thompson close behind with 17 points and 9 rebounds and Jonathan Brown with 15.

Both teams were firing in the first spreading scoring across the board and trading the lead before a three from Jonathan Brown opened up the game for Manchester as they took a four point lead, that built into a as high as an 11 point lead with the teams going into the second quarter 26-20 in favour of the home side. The contested battle continued in the second quarter, Cheshire were able to find their feet clawing back at their deficit and building a lead through Jo'el Emanuel's scoring run picking up 13 points in the 2nd alone. MCR kept a high intensity yet too many of Cheshire's points went without response and by the half they led with a score of MCR 39-53 Phoenix.

Going into the second half the guests were able to keep the ball rolling with Skylar White and Jaylen Searles heating up from beyond the arch extending their lead from a 14 point difference at the half up to 25 point differenc, near the end of the quarter. MCR kept on fighting despite their deficit going on a 7-2 run in the final minutes of the 3rd quarter, tipped off by a Jordan Johnson buzzer beater. As the teams went into the 4th Manchester used the momentum from the end of the 3rd as Jonathan Brown picked up heat and the team went on a 14-5 run in the first 5 minutes of the quarter. Cheshire still were able to keep MCR at bay draining three pointers and keeping the gap too far for Manchester to overcome ending the game MCR 91 - 105 Cheshire Phoenix.

Manchester will be back at the NBPC, Tuesday 13th October to continue their FIBA Europe Cup campaign against KB Bashkimi, tickets available here!