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Dragons end 2020 on a high

21/12/2020

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.

Dragons fall to first league defeat of the season.

14/12/2020

by Tom Lamming (Student Press Officer)

Bradford Dragons succumbed to a disappointing 80-62 road defeat against the Nottingham Hoods in NBL Division One action.

A frustrating afternoon’s work for the Dragons, who never really got going. A really slow offensive display in the first half was cancelled out by a promising revival in the third quarter, but the fourth quarter reverted to type, and the Dragons couldn’t muster up enough to secure an unlikely victory.

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.

Dragons maintain unbeaten start to league campaign

6/12/2020

by Tom Lamming (Student Press Officer)

Bradford Dragons made it two wins from two NBL Division One games on Saturday afternoon, defeating Oakland Wolves 89-85 on the road in Hertfordshire.

A game of two halves, Dragons led by double-digits for large spells but made hard work of it in the second half before eventually securing a nervy victory.

Making the long journey to face the Oakland Warriors, the Dragons were looking to compile more misery on the hosts after their 0-3 start to the season and also build on last weekend’s promising 81-67 victory on the road against Team Newcastle University.

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.