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Thank you for your kind words. The loss is always tough to take on the day but we seek to move on! Best wishes in your remaining matches Bill.

Sorry been a bit late with the match write ups

Scotland U21 72 - 109 Canada U21 (83453) LOSS

A very difficult match against a form team who had the home advantage. This was one of if not the the toughest matches of the schedule and there was no great expectation of any result for us.

Azerbaijan U21 81 - 79 Scotland U21 (83476) LOSS (OVERTIME)

A loss that is difficult to describe, given that we put more effort into the game and also had home court advantage. Ultimately we gave up 69 rebounds to a 3-2 zone to our 49 and these extra possessions were decisive in this close match.

It is the second time we lose to Azerbaijan in successive seasons, both being in Overtime. We give Azerbaijan our best wishes and they are in a good position to make the playoff rounds.

Our chances are dangling by a thread, the next match was vs Norway away, win or go home as we are sitting at 1-4 record and sadly we do not get any bonus points for brave defeats.

Scotland U21 99 - 86 Norway U21 (83509) WIN

We went into this match with the message being clear, failure is not an option. We must right the wrongs of the campaign so far.

We decided to try a GDP guess with Normal Pace which was sadly incorrect as the Vikings decided to go with a fast paced Look Inside attack.

That was never going to bother us tonight... weeks of frustration and fury was taken out on the Norwegians. We raced into a 49-36 HT lead and extended the lead to 81-60 lead after 3 quarters. A glorious night of 3 point shooting paved the way for a comfortable victory despite the inevitable garbage time comeback by Norway. We went 16-30 from 3 point range. We won by a margin of 13 in the end.

Steven Ashman (54853203) my utopia trainee made his first start and had a solid performance at SG. He is only 20 so we look forward to his contributions going into next season as his training plan continues.

A shoutout to Monthecabbage who is doing a fine job training Allen MacGruer (55468200) who at 19 years old gave us some solid minutes off the bench at Center. Another one we look forward to a bright future with!

We have given ourselves a chance with this famous victory. We are confident to defeat Saudi Arabia next week but we can't take this match for granted given they beat Paraguay u21 which is a marquee victory for them! Then we would need to defeat Colombia away to finish with a 4-4 record which may be enough to get us into the playoffs!

Please keep your players in good game shape to give us a chance to pull this off!

Last edited by BlueJaysFan (Scotland u21) at 3/11/2026 2:33:27 PM

Saudi Arabia U21 72 - 90 Scotland U21 (83564) WIN

A comprehensive victory as expected. The game was close for large portions but we always felt in control and were confident of the victory. We were up by 4 going into the 4th quarter but our quality shone through in the end to secure a much needed win.

Once again Steven Ashman (54853203) takes the plaudits with an inspired performance 12-19 and 6-9 from 3 point range with 3 rebounds assists and blocks with no turnovers.

This win put us at 3-4 going into the final fixture. Other results have left basically 0% chance of qualifying but we will try and close out competitive play with a statement win vs Colombia at their gym!

Last edited by BlueJaysFan (Scotland u21) at 3/24/2026 1:10:01 PM

Scotland U21 89 - 77 Columbia U21 (83589) WIN

A dead rubber match with neither team having any chance of making the knockout rounds. We had the enthusiasm advantage given that Colombia had CT vs Netherlands.

We won this comfortably despite one of our best players David Borthwick being injured early in the second half.

It was a real team effort where no one player clearly stood out and everyone done their part on offence and defence.

This could be viewed as a bittersweet victory. It is always great to get a victory like this to close out a respectable campaign at 4-4, but it does leave the thought of what if? What if we had stolen a victory in the close matches that where played vs Estonia and Azerbaijan? Chances are we would have finished 33rd and just missed out. Doesn't it make you proud to be Scottish?....it's shi**.... great being Scottish!

We will look to keep a winning mentality moving into the scrimmages to close out the season. We hope to see our young prospects continue to gain skill points! Keep training your young players and keep them in good game shape please.

Last edited by BlueJaysFan (Scotland u21) at 3/24/2026 1:33:55 PM

Scrimmage Neutral Venue

Scotland U21 131 - 127 Bolivia U21 (83901) WIN

An entertaining match vs a Bolivia side who we suspect had a significant enthusiasm advantage over us which was a real leveller.

Both sides had chances to win and it looked like Bolivia were in the driving seat in the 4th quarter as they started hot and we struggled to get any stops. Our 3 point shooting and clutch free throws were key to a win.

Michael Obree is one for the future, coming off the bench with an impressive contribution as the team ended plus 11 in his 6 6 minutes played. It seems we have our very own basketball 'Flying Scotsman' in the making.

4 games won in a row now. Up next is Ecuador at a neutral venue where we hope to win again.

Last edited by BlueJaysFan (Scotland u21) at 4/1/2026 1:56:44 PM

Scrimmage Neutral Venue

Ecuador U21 102 - 143 Scotland U21 (83965) WIN

We continued the feel good factor with a crushing victory over Ecuador who albeit do appear to be suffering from a lack of enthusiasm.

George Aitken looked a certainly to break records as he had 24 rebounds early in the 4th quarter but he became allergic to the ball and could not get a few more rebounds to break the top 10 single game records.

David Borthwick looks a certainty to break the single season assist record needing only 8 more assists in 3 scrimmages remaining. It does not look like they will be able to take the total assists records at u21 level but they could realistically get a top 3 spot with 18 more assists in 3 matches.

That takes the win streak up to 5. 3 more scrimmages left this season which we look forward too.

We finished up the season with 3 scrimmages which ended with 2 victories and 1 defeat.

Scotland U21 105 - 107 Crna Gora U21 (84001) LOSS

Nigeria U21 89 - 128 Scotland U21 (84093) WIN

Scotland U21 110 - 67 Norway U21 (84161) WIN

A good end to the season and we move into next seasons european championships with optimism.

Final record for the season was 9-5 with a 4-4 record in competitive play and 5-1 in scrimmages.

Last edited by BlueJaysFan (Scotland u21) at 5/17/2026 3:36:40 PM