University of Worcester Basketball

Recap

Our Men’s 1st team ventured up north on the M1 again this week, to face table topping Newcastle University.  With both Lucas McGregor and Shaun Parren-Rackley still out with injury, got off to a shakey start.  Matei settled the team down with a left hand lay-up, with just under 2 minutes played in the contest, which tied things up 2-2.  Lapses in our defence, allowed Newcastle a 13-6 lead midway through the first quarter.  A flurry of 3pt shots followed giving the home team a comfortable 10pt lead (22-11).  Leading Coach Dean to call a timeout, with just under 2 minutes remaining in the first.  Some good defence closed out the quarter, leaving Newcastle scoreless.  Attacking play from guard Wilfrid Santhe created opportunities for the rest of the team.  With Tom Grayling  getting on the scoresheet with two made baskets in the paint.   UW ended the quarter down by 7 (22-15).

The remainder of the game was a closer affair.  With the remaining quarters ending with 1pt splits.  Our guys won the last two quarters but this wasn’t enough to take the game.

Coach Dean had this to say “Our guys played well, we dealt with the travel a lot better today.  We still started with a few cobwebs but we shook them off a lot quicker this time around.  We didn’t deal with their trapping zone well, we should have made some adjustments.  We competed a lot better this week and executed our plays well for the most part.  I’m happy that we improved our performance from the previous week.  The guys aren’t satisfied as they want to win some games, which is good.”

Our Men’s next game is at Durham University Wednesday 10th November 8pm tip off!  Let’s hope we can get the win

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