Wednesday 16^th of November:
Home games:

• Men’s 3^rd were playing at home at least Wednesday. They met Swansea Metropolitan University men’s 1^st. It wasn’t too complicated for the team which managed to get a victory and won all the quarters.

1^st Quarter: 18 (Sharks) – 5 (Swansea)

2^nd Quarter: 18 – 6

3^rd Quarter: 16 – 11

4^th Quarter: 20 – 11
The Final score was 72 – 33 for Sharks. They have done very well and we hope they did as well on Wednesday!

 

Away games:

• Men’s 1^st went to Bournemouth University. They had already won their first game against Bournemouth when they came to the Jubilee Sports Hall. The start was complicated and Sharks were having a bit of trouble. However, with a small court, Southampton decided to change their defensive strategy and started to play a zone defence. This enabled them to get the win.

Final Score: 49 (Bournemouth) – 62 (Southampton)

 

• Women’s team travelled to Cardiff to meet Cardiff University Women’s 1^st. The first quarter was close, 9 (Cardiff) – 10 (Southampton). Unfortunately, the women didn’t manage to keep it up and unfortunately lost 61 (Cardiff) – 41 (Southampton)

 

Saturday 19^th November:

 

• Men’s 1^st played a National League game against Oxford Stealers at Oxford. The game was tight. Southampton won the first quarter: 11 (Stealers) – 13 (Sharks). The men were playing very good defence but were having trouble scoring.

2^nd Quarter: 12 – 10

The game was therefore tied and Southampton had to try and score more to win the game. Unfortunately, they lost the next two quarters 16 – 13 and 16 – 15 respectively.
The final score was 55 – 51.

It was a low scoring game and Sharks were more than able to take the win, unfortunately, they didn’t manage to score enough points.

 

Sunday 20^th of November:

• Sharks B played in the Intramural League against the undefeated Badgers. This was a hard game for Sharks. The team had trouble in offence and didn’t manage to score many points conceding the first half: 32 (Badgers) – 12 (Sharks). The second quarter went much better. The development team switched to a Zone defence and managed to slow down the Badgers and got some rebounds. Unfortunately, Sharks didn’t score many more points and lost the second half: 15 – 12.
  Final Score: 45 – 24

The development team will have to work harder to defeat this very strong team!