Taunton Tigers Under 18 men journeyed to Swindon last Sunday to meet the Sonics for their last game of 2005. Having beaten this team in the Cup, there were no signs of panic from the players when they found themselves down by seven at the end of the first quarter 17 – 11. A combination of poor finishing under the basket, bad passes and sloppy defence made this game, suddenly, more tense than it should have been. Frustration brought about a number of silly fouls and Jordan Seeley and Robert Fox were soon sitting on the bench with four fouls to their names.
During the game Tom Rowley quietly tucked away a number of treys. Half time saw the score swinging Taunton's way at 27 – 34. In the third quarter, William Imbo and Josh Baker came to the fore with their scoring. Sean Clifford got an elbow in the face but bravely soldiered on. End of third quarter 43 – 55. In the last quarter, with Swindon in foul trouble gaps were appearing in its defence which were easily breached by Adam Rickwood.