WORCESTER Wolves showed the character of title contenders when ending their recent run of defeats by coming up with a resounding 92-77 British Basketball League victory at Glasgow Rocks.

Before the game, Wolves’ coach Paul James revealed that he had called in his players for extra training on Saturday following the defeat at Sheffield Sharks the night before.

Once again Worcester centre Will Creekmore registered a double-double of statistics, with 21 points and 14 rebounds, but, in response to James’ disappointment at what he saw as a lack of teamwork against the Sharks, this was a night where there were also solid contributions from other squad members.

Andreas Schreiber put forward his best performance in a Wolves vest, registering 21 points and a handful of rebounds, while there were also healthy offerings from Kalil Irving and Stefan Djukic.

The match was tight until the last five minutes of the evening.

Wolves had held the upper hand in inside scoring, while Rocks had been deadly from three-point range.

However, four missed threes inside a single minute left the home side deflated and unable to move the scoreboard, while their visitors continued to plough forward.

Wolves’ big man pairing of Schreiber and Creekmore laid down an early marker by nailing all 13 of their team’s initial points. Irving, in his first game back from injury, chipped in with four points to see Worcester to a 20-18 lead with two minutes left in the opening quarter.

Rocks also gave plenty of notice of their strengths when their Scottish-born duo of Gareth Murray and Jonny Bunyan floated home a trio of three-pointers to move Glasgow in front at 29-24 entering the second period.

For most of the remainder of the first-half neither side could move clear. Rocks’ guard Chez Marks hit a purple patch of scoring with five consecutive baskets as the interval neared, but, after he finally missed a shot, Creekmore then took over with five points to put Worcester ahead 46-40.

The closeness of the contest continued in the third quarter. Wolves’ point-guard Zaire Taylor took his first score of the game to move the score out to 52-45, but Marks then capped off a 7-0 run for the home side to level matters at 52-52. Murray hit a triple and then dropped a shot on the buzzer to give Rocks a slender 63-62 advantage to take into the final period.

Whatever was said during the break did little to help the hosts as they attempted to hurriedly remedy the deficit by reverting to wild long-range shooting. Four successive misses left the Rocks dispirited.

It was 80-72 when Alex Owumi sank what would be only his team’s second three-pointer of the match.

Desperate Rocks’ fouls to slow the clock had little effect, with Taylor converting all six free-throws.