VETS LATE LATE SHOW
October 4, 2019
THEY LEFT IT LATE – NO, VERY LATE AND ALMOST TOO LATE BUT TROJANS 3 BECAME THE FIRST OF THE CLUB’S SIDES TO REGISTER A VICTORY IN THE OPENING WEEKS.
AFTER THE LADIES, FIRSTS AND SECONDS ALL WENT DOWN, IT WAS LEFT TO TH3 TO FLY THE FLAG FOR THE CLUB AND THEY LOOKED TO BE WELL ON THEIR WAY IN THE FIRST PERIOD AS THEY WENT 17-8 UP. BUT NUNEATON 2 RALLIED AND THE FIRST HALF ENDED WITH TROJANS JUST AHEAD AT 25-24.
STILL THEY LOOKED COMFORTABLE INSIDE BUT THEIR OFFENSIVE PLAY FALTERED AND NUNEATON STRUCK AT THE OTHER END TO LEAD 42-36 GOING INTO THE FINAL TWO MINUTES.
A BRACE OF BASKETS FROM TOP SCORER IAIN MAXWELL (17 POINTS) HAD PREDATORS PANICKING AND WHEN TREVOR ROBINSON (12) AND MIKE BUCKLEY (13) LANDED FROM THE LINE – THE LATTER WITH SEVEN SECONDS LEFT, THE HOSTS HAD THE GAME AND IT WAS “GET OUT OF JAIL” TIME FOR THE BOYS IN RED.