TWO DOUSE THE FLAMES FOR FIRST WIN!

October 19, 2021

IT WAS NON-STOP AT HEREWARD COLLEGE WHERE TROJANS SECONDS CAME OUT ON TOP AGAINST THE NEWLY-FORMED COVENTRY UNIVERSITY FLAMES.

ANDY DICKSON’S SIDE (PICTURED CELEBRATING) WON 70-54, BUT IT LOOKED AS IF THE GAME COULD GO EITHER WAY AFTER THE OPENING EXCHANGES WHICH TROJANS WON 18-17. IT WAS FRANTIC STUFF WITH THE FAST-BREAK BEING USED TO GOOD ADVANTAGE AS THE PAIR SLUGGED IT OUT THROUGHOUT, BEFORE THE HOME SIDE BROKE AWAY JUST BEFORE THE HALF-TIME INTERVAL WHEN THEY LED 40-29.

TROJANS’ “B” SQUAD, BHUWAN, BABS AND BIKRAM WERE RUNNING THINGS FOR THE REDS WHO WENT ON TO LEAD 58-37 AFTER A SUPERB THIRD-QUARTER, AND DESPITE FLAMES COMING BACK TO TAKE THE HONOURS IN THE FINAL PERIOD, TROJANS HAD DONE ENOUGH TO BANK A CONVINCING VICTORY.

BHUWAN LIMBU LED THEM HOME ON 20 WITH BIKRAM BAL ON 12 AND EGIS BALIUNAS CHIPPING IN WITH 10 FROM UNDER THE HOOP.

THE WIN GIVES TROJANS 2 A HUGE BOOST AFTER THEIR DEFEAT BY TROJANS 1 LAST WEEK AND THEY WILL EAGERLY AWAIT THEIR NEXT FIXTURE – THE VISIT OF AYLESFORD HAWKS ON 1ST NOVEMBER.