Guard Caroline Marques made one of two FT’s to seal the victory for our Wolves women against Barking Abbey Lions. Lions lead by Fatmata Janneh’s double double of 31pts 10rebs were doing their best to make a comeback. Actually outscored our Wolves in the 4th, 12-10. Would have been 12-9 and possibly earning an extra period of play, had Caroline not have nailed the second of her two free throws.
Nunez missed the midrange jump shot, from a well executed out of bounds play. The long rebound was claimed by Marques, who was fouled on the drive to the basket.
Our Wolves are now in 6th position in WNBL 1 and face Nottingham Trent University who at this stage of the season are still looking for their first league victory. For full game report please click here
Worcester Wolves 70-69 Stourport Spartans
On to Sunday where our Men’s team escaped from the LQ Arena with the victory. A couple 3pt shots from Wilfrid Santhe were enough to see our Men maintain their unbeaten record (4-0)
Our guys started off strong, winning the first quarter 19-13, with Austin hitting 3 3pt shots in the opening period. The resiliant Spartans fought back winning the second quarter by 1 (19-18). Wolves still had a decent lead, closing the first half 36-28. Wolves were unable to shake off their local rivals, who pressed for most of the contest. Big second half by Wilfird Santhe who scored 14 of his 18 in the final 2 quarters helped keep Spartans at bay and giving Wolves the victory. Game report can be read here
The men’s team now sit a top of NBL 3 (Midlands region) with a 4-0 record tied with another set of Wolves who reside north of the M5.
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