Pirate Galaxy » ve energy. To grow as a basketball team, it

Toby Alderweireld is in line to return for Tottenham Hotspur against Norwich City on Tuesday night, but the north Londoners will be without fellow centre-back Jan Vertonghen through injury. The Belgium international faces two months on the sidelines after damaging his medial ligament following a recent clash with Crystal Palaces Connor Wickham.Central defender Kevin Wimmer is set to deputise in Vertonghens absence, as the Austrian did in Spurs 4-1 win at Colchester United in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday. The visitors head into this contest holding a five-point advantage over Manchester United in the fourth and final Champions League place.Meanwhile, since winning three games out of four over the holiday period, Alex Neils side have since lost four matches in a row and find themselves just one place and two points above the relegation zone heading into this fixture. Spurs travel to struggling Norwich on Tuesday looking to maintain their five-point gap over Man Utd in fifth Team newsNorwich could hand debuts to new loan signing Patrick Bamford and fellow recent recruit Timm Klose when they host Tottenham in the Barclays Premier League on Tuesday night.Bamford has joined on loan from Chelsea and could come straight into Alex Neils side, while Klose could come in after the Canaries shipped five goals in their last outing against Liverpool.Andre Wisdom is available having been ineligible against parent club Liverpool while Gary ONeil serves the last game of his three-match ban following his sending off at Stoke. Patrick Bamford could make his debut for Norwich after joining on loan As well as Vertonghen, Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino will also be without midfielder Ryan Mason (ankle) and striker Clinton NJie (knee) for the trip to Carrow Road.Dele Alli is expected to return to Tottenhams starting XI. Alli was an unused substitute in Saturdays 4-1 FA Cup fourth-round win at Colchester and should join Alderweireld and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris in returning to the fold.Paul Mersons predictionI dont see anything other than a Tottenham win - they are absolutely flying at the moment. If you take a look at Norwich and their result the other week against a Liverpool side, who are not finding it easy to score goals, and they let in five against them. Ive watched them a lot this season and they create a lot of chances but just cannot put the ball in the net. Thats why the result against Liverpool was a real hammer blow for them. The one day they score four they let in five.Then you dont have a game for a while and thats even worse because you have a long time to stew over it. I just think Tottenham, who will miss Vertonghen, are on fire. They have too much firepower and Im backing Spurs to win 3-1 with Harry Kane to grab the first goal.PAUL PREDICTS: 1-3 (Sky Bet, 14/1) Midfielder Dele Alli, who scored a superb goal against Crystal Palace last time out, is in line to return for Spurs at Carrow Road Opta statsNorwich have scored just five goals in their last 11 Premier League games against Spurs.Tottenham have won eight and lost just three of their 15 Premier League games against Norwich (D4).Kanes first-ever Premier League game was for Spurs in August 2012, while his second was for Norwich on loan in September of the same year. He scored two goals against the Canaries earlier this season in his only appearance in this fixture.Tottenham have had the most shots on target from outside the box in the Premier League this season (53).Norwich have had fewer touches in the opposition box than any other Premier League team this season.The Canaries have conceded the most goals from opposition counter-attacks this season in the Premier League (4).Dele Alli has had a hand in nine goals in his last 12 Premier League games for Spurs (five goals, four assists).BettingNorwich are Sky Bets 3/1 underdogs to topple 10/11 shots Tottenham on Tuesday with the draw trading at 5/2. Spurs are unbeaten in 1- away matches this season but face a Norwich side who beat them 1-0 when the sides last met at Carrow Road, a 10/1 this time round. Spurs won 3-0 earlier in the season and can be backed at 14/1 to record the same scoreline, with the leagues best defence 9/2 to secure another. Check out tips from our Sky Sports pundits Jamie Redknapp, Charlie Nicholas, Phil Thompson and Matt Le Tissier here. Lebron James Shoes Clearance . -- An ugly goal by Nick Bonino helped the Anaheim Ducks overcome the defensive-minded Phoenix Coyotes on a night when their ragged power play continued to struggle. Wholesale Kobe Bryant Shoes . -- Matt Rupert scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the London Knights extended their win streak to nine games by defeating the Owen Sound Attack 4-3 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. http://www.cheapbasketballshoeswholesale.com/ . Spiller left Week 3s 27-20 loss to the New York Jets with a thigh injury, but fully practiced with the team all week and expects to be ready to go on Sunday. Newest Chris Paul Shoes . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over . Cheap Basketball Shoes Free Shipping . The Australian is competing in his final season in Formula One and still looking for his first win this year. He will look to end Vettels run of six straight race wins on Sunday. Webber, who is fifth in the championship, earned his second pole from the past three races and 13th of his career. STILLWATER, Okla. -- Jawun Evans scored 25 points, along with five steals, four assists and four rebounds to lead Oklahoma State to a 101-85 victory over Rogers State Wednesday night.Averaging 98.5 points per game entering the contest, ranking second in the nation, Oklahoma State (6-1) surpassed the 100-point mark for the fourth time this season and went over 95 for the sixth.In a game that was much closer than the final score might indicate, seven Oklahoma State players scored at least 10 points, including Jeffrey Carroll, who had 11 points and a game-high nine rebounds. Freshman Brandon Averette added a career-high 15 points.Awfully glad to escape, and thats what we did tonight, said Cowboys coach Brad Underwood. A lot of credit to Rogers State. I knew that was a good basketball team. It was basically about their commitment to win and our lack of. Just tremendous credit to them and the fight that they had. We were fortunate tonight.Jeylyn Sharpe scored 18 points and added eight rebounds to lead Rogers State (4-2), a Division II school that did not look outmatched and remained within striking distance most of the night. The Hillcats shot 56.9 percent.I thought we did an excellent job competing, said Rogers State coach Justin Barkley. When we play Division I guys, we get pretty amped up, and I thought we competed for 40 minutes, and yes we lost the game, but there were some positives. I thought our guys responded. This is something build on and go forward.When Travis Hester swished a 3-pointer with 7:43 remaining, the Hillcats pulled to within 77-73, but Oklahoma State went on a 17-3 run over the next 4:13 to put the game away.We just had to pick it up on defense and our defensive intensity got us ahead as much as we could, Evans said.BIG PICTURERogers State: The Hillcats, the defending Heartland Conference champions, played well, hanging with Oklahoma State until the final few minutes. Rogers State controlled the action for much of the games first 12 to 15 minutes, going up 6-2 and 11-7, and was tied 25-25 with 7:34 to go in the first half before Oklahoma State reeled off a 12-1 run to build up a big lead. After that, despite falling behind by as many as 11 on multiplle occasions in the first half and early in the second, Rogers State continued to battle back.ddddddddddddOklahoma State: After a strong showing against Power 5 Conference teams, defeating Connecticut and Georgetown to finish third at the Maui Invitational last week, the Cowboys looked a bit sluggish in this one. They didnt take their first lead until 7:24 had elapsed in the game, going up 14-13 on Carrolls free throw, and even after finally opening up a big lead, allowed Rogers State to remain within striking distance much of the night.TIP-INSAll of Evans five steals came in the first half, just one shy of the school record for one half of play. . Oklahoma State entered the contest averaging 20.5 turnovers forced per game, ranking third in the nation, and forced Rogers State into 22 in this one, while committing just 10 to outscore the Hillcats 32-13 off turnovers. . Rogers States Hester scored 14 points, shooting 4 of 5 from 3-point range, increasing his season percentage to 53.2 (25 of 47). . OSUs Mitchell Solomon tied a career-high with 10 points -- all in the second half -- and added five rebounds, in just 15 minutes off the bench. . The Cowboys set season highs with 35 free throws made and 44 attempts.HE SAID ITThey controlled the whole tempo of the game with their effort, Underwood said of Rogers State. You can overcome a lot of things with effort. And you saw what happens tonight when you dont have that and you dont have energy. To grow as a basketball team, it doesnt matter who you play, we have to continue to work. Will we get better? Absolutely. But we cant afford to take a day off in practice. We have to grow in that. That is this teams challenge right now.UP NEXTRogers State: After traveling the short trip home, 95 miles east to Claremore, Oklahoma, the Hillcats are right back in action Thursday night against Dallas Christian.Oklahoma State: The Cowboys will have a much tougher test on Saturday when they go on the road to face Maryland. The 7-1 Terrapins will be coming off their first loss of the season, on Tuesday to Pittsburgh. ' ' '