Bradford Dragons defeated Leicester Warriors 76-66 in a closely fought NBL Division One encounter on Saturday afternoon. Desperate to bounce back at the first time of asking after last weekend’s disappointing road defeat in Nottingham, Dragons caught fire from three-point range in the fourth quarter to pull away and secure an important victory in the East Midlands. In their last game of 2020, Coach Mellor’s team travelled to face a struggling Warriors team that had started the season off 0-4. Warriors’ Pakadashe Chingombe opened the games scoring with a three. What followed was a dominant run to open the game from Dragons. |
by Tom Lamming (Student Press Officer)
The hosts came into the game at 1-3 on the season. With the Dragons one of four unbeaten sides in Division One at 2-0, they looked to maintain a perfect start to the season.
0Captain Ricky Fetske opened the scoring with a three on the first offensive possession of the game. Dragons looked to have settled well on both sides of the ball as they held the Hoods to just two points in the opening four-and-a-half minutes of action. by Tom Lamming (Student Press Officer)
Showing no signs of fatigue from the journey, the Dragons burst into an early 17-5 lead as the hosts struggled to get anything going offensively.
Dragons captain Ricky Fetske notched the visitor’s first six points before five Dragons also got in on the action. Tyme Regent-Bascombe (sponsored by Five Wealth, Independent Wealth Management), Rihards Šulcs, Dave Walsh, and Andreas Lycoudis all scored before a Uche Umekwe layup handed the Dragons a 12-point lead with just over two-and-a-half minutes to play in the opening period. |
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