Wolves U-16 girls and U-16 boys prem team both progressed to the next stage of their national cups with contrasting away victories. The girls survived a late comeback from Ipswich to win a thriller 59-58 while the boys hammered Abingdon Eagles 88-53.
In Ipswich Wolves' 17-15 first period lead grew to 32-23 at half-time and they were 52-41 ahead at the final break. As the foul count against them mounted in the fourth period, Alexandria Smith's triple put them 59-54 ahead going into the final two minutes. They failed to trouble the scorers again, but although Ipswich had the ball with 16 seconds on the clock, some tough defence sent Wolves into the quarter-finals where they will host Greenhouse Sports. Daisy Golan led Wolves with 17 points, with Meryen Kuscuoglu adding 12
The boys never looked back after a 32-10 first period in Oxfordshire, extending their lead to 55-25 at half-time. The hosts outscored them 16-10 in the third quarter before Michael Ball's team wrapped things up with a 23-12 final frame.
Otis Lau-Johnston led Wolves with 21 points, Liam Schertel 13, Seth Coetzee 12 and Noah Binun 11.
The U-16 boys conference side will look to join their club-mates in the third round when they travel to Kings Lynn on Sunday but Saturday saw them pick up a second straight league win with a 105-28 demolition of Buck Hornets.
Ibrahim Gariba's team came flying out of the blocks with a 28-11 first period and had the win all but wrapped up by half-time with 60-17 lead. It didn't get any better for the visitors as they were outscored 25-5 and 20-6 in the third and fourth period respectively as Wolves completed the victory. Dylan Maisy led Wolves with 18 points and four steals , with Alex Keenan adding 16 points and Harrison Fletcher 12 poiints.
A massive 43 point, 17 rebound double-double by Jacob Edrupt wasn't quite enough to prevent the U-14 boys premier team going down 91-86 at London Stars II.
George Walker's team extended their 26-20 first period lead to 48-36 at half-time. Stars outscored Wolves 32-18 in the third period to take a two-point lead into the final frame and as both the refereeing and scoring became increasingly erratic, Edrupt fouled out leaving London close out the victory.
There was also disappointment for the U-14 boys conference team as they never recovered from 15-8 first period as they went down 82-38 at home against Bedford Thunder Black. Oliver Forrester-Fellows led the scoring for the hosts with nine points.
The U-12 boys A team made it two wins from two with an 84-28 victory at Abingdon Eagles. Josh Butterworth led the scoring for the visitors with 20 points, Jake Kelly adding 14 and Joey Carter nine.
In contrast the U-12 boys B team again found the going tough as they lost 66-26 at Maidstone Warriors.
The U-12 girls certainly had an interesting experience as they opened their league campaign with a 56-42 loss at Solent.
With one player unavailable due to international clearance issues - it's highly unlikely she had signed a contract with a foreign club - and another being unable to play due to having a (taped over) stud in her ear, Wolves started the game with only five players.
They trailed 8-6 at the first break but went into half-time with a 24-20 lead. They were still ahead with two minutes of the third period remaining when they were reduced to three players as two fouled out in quick succession.
The remaining three players still caused the hosts' problems, scoring six points in the final period as Solent closed out the win.
Summer Pullen led Wolves with 18 points before fouling out with Sienna Piscitelli adding ten and Eleanor Kirk ten.
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