Myerscough connected on 14 attempts from deep to help their push for the playoffs in a 79 – 61 victory over Gateshead Phoenix on Sunday.
Myerscough started brightly nailing from 3 on their first two attempts against the Phoenix who came into the tie with a 7 win 5 loss record. The home side ran out to an 11 point lead midway through the first, Gateshead battled back to trail 22 – 16 after 10 minutes.
Myerscough moved through the gears during the early goings of the second, youngsters Adam Morris, Jordie Thomas and Kyle Elly all contributed in pushing the lead out to 17 before a 8 – 0 run from Phoenix pegged the deficit to 9 at the half, Myerscough with the 45 - 36 advantage.
The third quarter was a scrappy affair with neither side capitalising on the others sloppy play. Myerscough once again turned up the intensity during the fourth as they ran out with an 18 point victory 79 – 61, collecting their 13th win of the campaign.
Myerscough’s Emmanuel Kabengele felt his team could have played much better on the day but was satisfied with the result saying “we played well in periods but we could have shared the ball more and created easier options, the team has to stay mentally locked in for 40 minutes, we have great talent but we have to make the adjustments to be where we know we can”.
Alex Roberts finished with 25 points, Kyle Elly with his performance of the season eased in with a number of important plays on his way to 14 points.
Myerscough have a well-earned weekend off before taking on local rivals Preston College on the 8th of February.
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