Wolves secure play-off position

7:53pm Sunday 6th April 2008

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WORCESTER Wolves secured their first ever play-off berth in the British Basketball League after defeating the Marshall MK Lions 97-75 on the road.

After the teams had traded baskets early on the Wolves rattled off eight points without reply to lead 16-8 and, al-though Lions trimmed the lead back, a 12-4 finale to the first quarter left Wolves 28-17 clear.

Lions fought back in the second stanza with a 11-2 burst and when Liam Cort scored a three-pointer on the half-time buzzer the gap was back to six at 45-39.

Chuck Evans started the third quarter strongly for the visiting Wolves, nailing back-to-back three-pointers to open up a double digit lead.

The Lions stayed in contention thanks to eight points in the quarter from Dru Spinks but it took a Yorrick Williams three-pointer on the third quarter buzzer to cut Wolves' advantage to 67-56.

Once in the final quarter Lions hopes of a recovery quickly disappeared, Terrell Brown left the game with a head injury and a unsportsmanlike foul on Shawn Jam-ison and A subsequent bench technical foul left the game beyond Lions reach.

Wolves were once again led by profolic scorers James Life (29 points) and Anthony Paez (27).