Westminster (29) 75

Crusaders (33) 82

In their second game of the weekend Crusaders looked much more like themselves. Sunday afternoon they had an early tip off at Westminster Warriors home court.

With little time to rest or come to terms with their heavy loss on Saturday night, Crusaders had to quickly regroup and regain their aggression or suffer the consequences.

Crusaders travelled to London without their stalwart player, Dip Donaldson, as other commitments kept him from being available for the early tip off in London, but the team this year has depth and experience and others on the team made up the difference for his absence.

The game was a close contest throughout. By half time the Crusaders were hanging on to a narrow lead, 33-29, but could not become comfortable with such a small margin.

The Crusaders defence was outstanding, keeping Westminster threats contained and the pressure on, as once again Alaster Spiers for Crusaders dominated the game with his inside game – shooting and rebounding missed shots for put-backs.

He ended up the game scoring 30 points - his highest game total with the Crusader club so far.

One of the most remarkable events that occurred during the game was the technical foul awarded to Assistant Coach Marcus Garvey, the laid back, soft-spoken man who rarely gets ruffled. Officials took exception to his contest of a call, and gave him the Technical on the spot.

Other than that, the game’s excitement lay in the Crusaders camp, as they came away from London with 2 more points to their tally, and perhaps a new position in the league table.

The win was an important one for the Crusaders campaign, and will help them as they prepare for the unknown Colchester as Crusaders look forward to being at home again next weekend.

Crusaders scorers:

Robertson 2, Baynes Clarke 2, Muir 2, Spare 3, Graves 11, Sharland 12, Pope 20, Spiers 30