Myerscough and Preistley met for the second time within a week in the EABL - Myerscough coming off the back of a 50 point win in the previous fixture knew that Priestley were out to put on a far better showing this time round.
With this in mind Myerscough attacked the first quarter with total conviction, Andre Gayle netting first for the traveling team, after some early exchanges Myerscough stamped their authority with dunks from Trevor Samuel and Gayle followed by two triples – Priestley struggled with the pace and intensity from the aggressive Myerscough team – the score at the end of the 1st was 29 – 10 in favour of Myerscough. Chris Bwana finished the quarter with 6 of his game high 9 assists, with Gayle going perfect from deep knocking down 3 of 3 from beyond the arc.
Into the second and with Myerscough using the points cushion to rotate the pace eased slightly – Will Shaw making his awaited return for Myerscough knocked down a smart mid-range jumper to push the score out to 37 – 14 5 minutes into the quarter. With Emmanuel Kabengele bossing the boards Priestley struggled to find a break in the quarter, Danny Miller provided Priestley with a glimmer of hope as he began to take advantage of some gaps finding as he found his range. The score at the break 43 – 23 to Myerscough.
Into the 3rd and with Myerscough still rotating – Priestley began to come to life playing some of their best basketball, sitting in a 2,3 zone Priestley made it difficult for Myerscough to get back into rhythm – with the reintroduction of James Harvey Myerscough found their balance and some easy looks inside pushing the lead, which had been cut to 10, back out 13 going into the 4th.
Myerscough turned the screw once again in the 4th running the break well and nullifying the Priestley offense – Chris Bwana controlled the tempo and with some great hustle plays by Mason Maynard as well as superior rebounding from Trevor Samuel who finished with a game high 18 boards Myerscough pushed the lead back out to 20. The score at the end of the game 69 – 49 in what was game in which Priestley didn’t really recover from the first quarter onslaught.
Andre Gayle collected 22 and 8 with Trevor Samuel delivering a huge double double of 14 and 18 rebounds, Montel Dennis chipped in with 12 points and 6 boards.
“I thought we played our best basketball of the season in the first quarter” coach Neal Hopkins said after the game, “we moved the ball with pace and purpose, it was a pleasure to watch. Priestley definitely improved on last week’s performance so hats off to them. We have some work to do to prepare for the next few weeks but we are showing some great promise”
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