COACH Paul James was left delighted with the team display as Worcester Wolves cruised past Leeds Force 92-65 at the University of Worcester Arena.

A 10-point lead after the first quarter of the British Basketball League encounter had more than doubled to 55-32 by half-time.

There was no let-up after the interval with James taking the opportunity to spread minutes across his squad.

Jay Couisnard led all scorers with 22, while Ben Eaves impressed with 15 points and 11 rebounds.

For the second week in a row, Ashton Khan and Javier Mugica put forward strong displays, tallying 16 and 14 points respectively.

James said: “These are the sort of games we have to win and win well. It was a whole team performance with everyone playing unselfish basketball.”

Couisnard and Khan signalled their intent from the outset with the former connecting from the corner and the latter driving confidently to the hoop.

A triple from Khan was enough to force a Leeds time-out after only five minutes and from the restart Couisnard stepped in front of a wayward pass and moved up the court for an easy lay-in.

Reserve guard Jordan Dawes was already off the bench before the close of the first period and was on the scoreboard as the second quarter began, bringing matters to 29-19.

Mugica flexed his shooting muscles to make a double of three-pointers as self-assurance oozed from Wolves.

Leeds’ hulking 7ft centre Zak Wells callously hacked Khan to the floor but still the much-smaller man somehow managed to direct the ball into the basket as he dropped backwards.

Into the second half and Leeds had already waved the white flag of surrender that matched the colour of their vests.

Eaves displayed the skills of a ball-handler to glide to the basket and then the certainty of a sharp-shooter to nail a triple, helping the third quarter to close at 74-50.

Disraeli Lufadeju gleefully accepted a pass from Wells, who inexplicably turned down the easier task of scoring, and so the Leeds turn-overs continued.

University of Worcester students George Emms and Jack Staynings were both ushered into their debuts and both players enchanted their audience by sinking long-distance efforts.

Wolves will travel to Sheffield Sharks next Sunday before returning to the University of Worcester Arena on Friday, November 6, to meet London Lions in the quarter-final of the BBL Cup.