THREE’S CUP HOPES GO WEST!

December 9, 2022

TILE HILL TROJANS 3 94-106 WESTWOOD RHINOS (50-60)

IN A VIRUAL REPEAT OF THEIR LEAGUE MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO TROJANS 3 FAILED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR SHOOTING OPPORTUNITIES AND WENT OUT OF THIS SEASON’S HANDICAP CUP COMPETITION AT THE FIRST HURDLE.

THREE WENT DOWN 106-94 TO WESTWOOD RHINOS AND THE FINGER CAN ONLY BE POINTED TO THE LACK OF ACCURACY IN THEIR SHOOTING AS THEY CREATED, THEN SPURNED CHANCE AFTER CHANCE.

RHINOS NET WAS AS COLD AS THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE THE HEREWARD COLLEGE SPORTS CENTRE IN A FIRST QUARTER, WHERE THERE WERE AS MANY MISSES AS A MARRIED COUPLES’ OUTING AND, IN FACT THE ENTIRE SCORING IN THE FIRST HALF AMOUNTED TO 14-13 TO THE REDS. ONLY ANDY DICKSON THREATENED RHINOS’ AND HIS FIVE FROM SIX EITHER SIDE OF THE INTERVAL WAS THE ONLY HIGHLIGHT.

SUDDENLY, AFTER THE BREAK THINGS LIVENED UP, BUT IT WAS THE VISITING TEAM WHO SHONE FOR A WHILE AS THEY HAD MOVED FROM 73-64 TO 98-81 WHEN THE BUZZER SOUNDED FOR THE PENULTIMATE TIME.

IN THE LAST TEN MINUTES, MUCH OF THE SCORING CAME FROM THE FREE-THROW LINE, AND IT WAS THE RHINOS WHO WENT THROUGH AS THEY GAINED REVENGE FOR THEIR NARROW LEAGUE DEFEAT TO GO HOME WITH A TWELVE-POINT VICTORY.

SCORERS:

TROJANS 3 – ROBINSON 10, COOMNBES 0, NOVELSKAS 11, DICKSON 10, MAXWELL 13, MADDOX 0, MURRAY 0, PETRENKO 0, SANCHEZ 0, MIRCEA 0.

RHINOS – CHEETHAM 6, PETTIT 8, CASTLE 0, BATES 6, TODD 15, PAN 0, FORD 5, BEVIS 6.