WORCESTER Wolves’ captain Alex Owumi was in blistering form as he led his side to a 98-69 victory at British Basketball League newcomers Leeds Force.

Owumi drainedshot a perfect six of six three-point attempts among his 33-point haul, becoming the Wolves’ all-time leader in triples as he took his BBL tally to 169, one more than former forward Daniel Gilbert’s total.

Frenchman Remi Dibo was also a threat from distance, sinking four triples.

Wolves are joint-second in the table with Leicester Riders and just two points adrift of table-topping Newcastle.

Leeds stayed in contention for most of the opening half of Friday night’s encounter, but a 28-15 third-quarter blitz put paid to their hopes of success.

By midway through the first period the Force held a six-point lead at 17-11.

Eight consecutive points from Owumi closed the advantage to 22-19.

Kalil Irving hit from the corner to level the scores, and then stole the ball to set up the first of Dibo’s long-range conversions. By the end of the period, Worcester had surged clear of their hosts at 36-24.

After a couple of minutes of the second quarter Owumi was finally allowed a breather, having already accumulated 18 points, and with his team standing comfortably at 42-29.

A burst of action from Leeds’ Croatian forward Branimar Mikulic revived the Force fortunes.

A three-pointer; a rebound and basket following a Dibo miss; a three-point play after a Dibo foul, and suddenly the score stood at 44-42.

With Owumi re-introduced to the action, the ship was steadied, bringing about a 52-42 interval lead.

His momentum only increased after the break, setting up consecutive scores for Donatas Visockis, and rarely misdirecting any shots of his own.

Owumi’s backcourt partner Chavis Holmes added to the Leeds torment with successive steals from Mario Diez, as Worcester stormed to an unassailable 80-57 lead.

The final 10 minutes of the evening was an opportunity for last year’s double-winning Wolves to showcase their superiority over their first-year opponents.

Wolves’ next outing will be on Friday when they host Bristol Flyers at the University of Worcester Arena, in the quarter-finals of the BBL Cup.

n Newcastle Eagles' Charles Smith also reached a personal milestones during Friday's 107-78 defeat of Surrey United at Sport Central.

Smith hit 6,000 career points in the BBL as he scored 20 in the Eagles’ victory.

London Lions beat Plymouth Raiders 91-63 to remain unbeaten in the league as Zaire Taylor made his home debut – but it was a Lions regular that stole the show.