Myerscough extended their winning streak to 7 games as they brushed aside local rivals Preston College on Sunday afternoon. With Preston College predicting a ‘boxing match’ in the pre-game build up, it was Myerscough who stepped up to teach the opposition a lesson in basketball in the 83 – 67 drubbing.
Myerscough started brightly darting out to a 15 – 8 lead after 4 minutes of play. Preston College responded before a 15 – 2 run blew the game wide open in favour of the home side. Myerscough’s relentlessness was rewarded as they punished every mistake the visitors made to hold a 32 – 18 lead after the first.
The second quarter took the same shape as Myerscough pushed the lead out to 20 points, taking total control of the tie. The visitors struggled to adjust and as the time wound down on the half found themselves with a huge mountain to climb, trailing 50 – 30.
A mini resurgence at the beginning of the third from Preston College was quickly halted by Myerscough who showed great maturity in defending their lead which moved out to 21 going into the final period, 65 – 44.
Myerscough moved out to lead by 23 after 1 minute in the fourth and with the win looking certain eased off. A flurry of buckets from the visitors moved the deficit to 16 and as the final whistle went Myerscough ran out with the 83 – 67 victory, recording their 14th win of the league campaign.
Myerscough’s Tadhg Hickey was pleased with the way his team played “The team performed well today as we showed our ability to maintain a high level of intensity throughout the game, each player made big contributions and I believe that if we build on our focus we will continue to achieve this season” Tadhg continued “The season is going well, we have placed ourselves in a position to succeed both on and off the court – it’s great to see”.
Next up is a trip to Sunderland for Myerscough who will continue their push for promotion.
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