Two of the three Wolves teams in National Cup action progressed to the next stage, with the U-16 boys beating Essex Charge 84-57 and the U-18 men winning 87-75 at Canterbury Crusaders.
Dan Kostadinov led the way with 17 points in the victory in Kent, with Gavin Mitchell adding 16 and Enzo Da Cruz 15 for Liam Jefferson's team.
Wolves did the damage in the first half, racing into a 22-12 lead after the opening frame and 50-29 going into the locker room at half-time. Crusaders narrowed the gap to 66-53 at the final break and could only chip a single point off the lead in the fourth quarter. Wolves will travel to Ipswich in the last 16.
In contrast Michael Ball's U-16s blew open a tight game with a 28-13 third period to end Charge's challenge and set up a home last 16 tie against county rivals West Herts Warriors.
The hosts led 23-17 at the first break and went into the locker room with a 40-32 advantage. There was no way back for a Charge side who had started the season with five straight wins as Wolves wrapped things up with a 16-12 final stanza.
Liam Schertel led a depleted Wolves side for the first time this season with 18 points, with Noah Binun adding 15, Sam McCree 13 and Otis Lau-Johnston 12.
Wolves' U-16 girls saw their dreams end as they went down 69-44 at home against a strong London Greenhouse team as they never recovered from a 18-8 first period deficit.
There were mixed results for the four Wolves' teams in league action over the weekend. with two wins and as many loses while the U-18 women were left just why Hackney failed to show up for their game.
The U-16 boys Premier teams went agonisingly close to an upset victory against league leaders London Stars before going down 91-85 at home on Saturday..
Four late Lau-Johnston points and a Tituoan Vimeux basket saw Wolves make it a three point game with 30 seconds remaining but that was as close as they came as Stars wrapped things up at the foul line.
Stars shaded a high-scoring first period 28-27 and led 44-42 at half-time before the teams shared 38 third period points to set up the grandstand finish.
Binun led the way for the hosts with Lau-Johnston scoring 16, McCree 14 and Vimeux 12.
Wolves U-16 Conference side let a big first period lead slip as they lost 80-66 at home against North Herts Knights on Saturday.
Ibrahim Gariba's team led 28-19 at the first break but were outscored 27-12 in the second period and 20-10 in the third as their three-game winning streak came to an end. Wolves U-14 Conference side recorded their biggest win of the season as North Herts Knight were beaten 83-30 at Oaklands on Sunday.
Graham Roberts' team edged the first period 17-10 but then blew the game open with an 18-4 and they outscored the visitors 48-16 in the second half.
Oliver Forrester-Fellows led Wolves with 15 points, with Danny Tsoutsas and Thmas Roberts adding ten apiece.
Finally, there was a first victory of the season for the U-12 boys B team as they beat Southend Scorpions II 86-35.
Under stand-in coach George Walker, Wolves blew into a 21-6 first period lead and effectively had the game sewn up at 46-14 going into the half-time break.
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