IT’S HO HO HO! – FIRSTS HOME WIN MAINTAINS PRESSURE AT TOP!

December 13, 2022

DESPITE BEING WITHOUT FOUR OF THEIR REGULAR PLAYERS, TROJANS 1 MANAGED TO FEND OFF A LATE CHARGE FROM TAMWORTH TIGERS TO GET A FESTIVETHREE POINTS WITH A 69-53 WIN AT HEREWARD COLLEGE.

AN IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY FROM ASH DICKSON EVENTUALLY SAW THEM HOME AFTER THEY HAD SQUANDERED AN EARLY LEAD WITH MISSED SHOTS GIFTING POSSESSION TO THEIR VISITORS, WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF TROJANS’ GENEROSITY BUT FELL AWAY IN THE END WHEN THE HOSTS GAINED COMPOSURE AGAIN.

AT 22-8 IT WAS ALL ONE-WAY TRAFFIC AS EVERY MEMBER OF THE FIVE GOT INTO THE ACT AND TIGERS WERE CAGED AS TROJANS SPED TO 36-16 BEFORE SOME GIFT-WRAPPED POOR-SHOOTING BROUGHT REWARDS FOR TAMWORTH AND THEIR OFFENSE SAW THEM CLIMB BACK INTO THE GAME.

AT 40-31 IT REALLY WAS BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE CHRISTMAS AS THE PRESENTS WERE HANDED OUT BY THE ERRANT REDS, AND AS THE FINAL QUARTER STARTED THE OPENING BASKETS WERE GOING TO BE VITAL TO BOTH SIDES.

AS IT HAPPENED, TREVOR ROBINSON – PLAYING THE ROLE OF FAR-FROM-JOLLY FATHER CHRISTMAS NOW BACK ON THE BENCH SLEDGED HIS PLAYERS AND THEY RESPONDED TO GET THEIR DELIVERY RIGHT AGAIN, GET THE BALL IN THE SACK AND SEE THE RESULT HOME AND RESTORE THE MAN IN RED’S HO HO HO!

SCORERS:

TROJANS – JONES 9, JANES 6, OWEN 10, KOLAWOLE 8, ROBERTS 2, LARNER 10, ROBINSON 6, DICKSON 18.

TIGERS – ZMARZLY 6, EVANS 0, STEEL 6, BISHOP 10, SOMERS 1, BOLDA 12, CARTWRIGHT2, S DRYSDALE 13, N DRYSDALE 3.