WORCESTER Wolves will be out to clinch a place in the quarter-finals of the National Basketball Trophy when they make the long trip to face Plymouth Raiders tomorrow (4pm).

Victory in their final group match will clinch Wolves' passage into the last eight, although they could go through without playing if Plymouth beat Oxford in their penultimate group match tonight.

But an Oxford victory would leave Wolves having to win their final match to go through, and the same would apply to Plymouth.

Wolves player-coach Rick Solvason is naturally hoping that the issue will already be decided before tomorrow's contest, which he rates as their most difficult test of the season so far against a side that was runners-up in the competition last season.

He said: "We would like to go down there with Plymouth already having won, meaning there would be no pressure on us and it would give us a chance to let some of our other guys have a game.

"If not, then we are going to have to go down there and play one of our better games to stand a chance.

"Either way we are going to go down there and play hard and go for the win. We want to get a few more wins on the road."

Wolves scored a dramatic one-point victory in their home against Plymouth earlier this month, and will go into tomorrow's showdown having finally ended a long run of away defeats with a 90-88 success at Bath last week. They have won four and lost one of their five group matches.

Solvason added: "We stole the game last weekend -- we didn't play particularly well and not everybody was on their game. But we scored 90 points and came away with the victory, and we will certainly take the win with our form on the road."

Colin Rhooms will be the only absentee from the Worcester squad, having been sidelined with an ear infection.

Wolves open their National League Division One programme next Saturday with a trip to Westminster.