BIG BEN CHIMES FOR TORNADOES!
January 21, 2022
BEN CLARK IS RENOWNED FOR HIS INSIDE GAME, BUT THE TORNADOES 6’7″ CENTRE STUNNED TROJANS 3 BY LANDING FOUR THREE-POINTERS IN HIS 24 POINT HAUL AS THE VETERANS CRASHED TO A 78-58 DEFEAT AT WOODLANDS.
THE ABSENCE OF CLIVE BENT AND FLU-VICTIM DAVID SANCHEZ DID NOT HELP THE CAUSE, AND A HASTY PHONE CALL AT 7PM TO RECRUIT ANDY DICKSON COULD NOT PREVENT TORNADOES FROM DOMINATING THINGS AS THE HOME SIDE PROSPERED.
THERE WAS HOWEVER, A PLEASING PERFORMANCE FROM YOUNG SAM COOMBES WHO ALSO HIT THE TARGET FROM BEYOND THE ARC – NOT ONCE, OR TWICE BUT THREE TIMES IN HIS 11 POINT TOTAL, TO SILENCE THE CATERWAULING FROM THE OPPONENTS’ BENCH AS THE REDS TRIED TO RECOVER FROM A 26-13 OPENING QUARTER DEFICIT. BY HALF-TIME IT WAS DOWN TO 42-33, BUT JUST AS THEY THREATENED, TROJANS FELL AWAY AGAIN DESPITE 20 POINTS COMING FROM TREVOR ROBINSON.