Stirling Knights Under 16 girls made a fantastic start to their Scottish Basketball Championships Division 1 campaign last week, when they managed to pull through to beat Boroughmuir Blaze 61-57.

The Capital visitors were predicted as one of the preseason favourites for the U16 title. The Knights girls started well with some effective team play.

The Stirling girls managing to pull out to a comfortable 38-27 lead at halftime. However, the Blaze girl scam back strongly and a nervy finish resulted in a 61-57 win for Knights.

Girls Coach Dave Evans said: "That was some what unexpected but awesome to get the win. Credit to the whole team who have been working hard."

The U18 Men got their season off to a flyer thumping Edinburgh Kings B team in league two 74-38. With promising U16 Shaun Craig ,missing through injury the team was unaffected with Iain Shilliday scoring 16 points with U16 big man Lucas Hamill on 13.

The boys Coach Colin Lynch said: "After a slow start we got going really well. We need to keep working as a team and good things will happen".

The U16 Boys lost away to Glasgow Rens 60-49 and were unlucky to lose Lucas Hamill and Shaun Craig to injury. Criag finished with 12 points with Hamill on 9 alongside fellow Stirling high pupil Mitchell Earley on 9.

Coach Cory McCabe said: "We did enough to win but some poor execution let us down today. We will move on to next week and keep building with this promising group of players".

The Senior Men rounded off the weekend's action with a 69-59 against Edinburgh Kings B in league two.

The Knights size caused some problems for Edinburgh, who were fielding five of their division one team including former Knights stalwart Cammy O'Donnell who is now attending Edinburgh University.

Knights Captain Daniel Chok hit 15 points with big men duo Roni Gordon and Matt Dick combining for 28 points.

This weekend sees the Under 16 boys and girls at home to Glasgow City and Falkirk Fury respectively starting at 2pm on Saturday at The Peak. The U18 Men travel to Grampian to face rivals Flyers in a crucial match.