Kings Lynn Fury (50) 81

Crusaders (55) 96

Crusaders Team Together for Success

Coventry Crusaders continued their winning streak in a showcase game at Kings Lynn on Saturday. 

Crusaders and Kings Lynn traded leads a couple of times during the first quarter, with three pointers flying in from everywhere.  Fury’s Laurence Summers managed to score a cool 11 points in ten minutes of play with three 3-pointers, while his team mates hit another three between them. 

Crusaders Sam Oatman, Scott Neely, and Marcin Twierdzinski also contributed three pointers in the opening period, and kept the trend going throughout the game, as Coventry hit 11 and Kings Lynn sunk 12 three pointers over all. 

If the first quarter belonged to Fury, leading 25-24 at the 1^st interval, the second quarter swung in favour of Crusaders, as veteran Rick Solvason went on a scoring campaign after he subbed on mid-way through the period. 

It was Solvason’s turn to light up the scoreboard as he had his best night since returning to Crusader kit, sinking 12 points including 3 three pointers during the second quarter alone. 

Kings Lynn stayed right in there throughout the second, only trailing by 4 at half time, 50-54 and with Summers already on 21 points. 

The third quarter was when Fury started falling behind, as Neely and Solvason combined to score 21 points between them, with great support from Twierdzinski and Oatman. 

By the end of the 3^rd Crusaders had edged to an 86 – 69 lead, and they managed to hang onto that lead throughout the low scoring fourth quarter. Both teams seemed to have run out of offence by then, Crusaders scoring 10 points to Fury’s 12.   

Crusaders were happy to take the win home with them 96-81 in what player/coach Dip Donaldson called “an overall great team performance”. 

“With four guys scoring double figures, moving the ball well, and looking for each other, we were patient with our ball movement and Solvason gave us a big boost coming off the bench and putting in 20 points like that. 

 

Oatman did a good job of keeping his team mates involved, which made it difficult for Fury to defend. Anytime you get four players in double figures you know you are getting good ball movement.”

Crusaders Scorers: Baynes Clarke 7, Donaldson 9, Spare 9, Twierdzinski 16, Oatman 17, Neely 18, Solvason 20.

Fury Scorers: Percival 2, Bamfield 4, Milbourne 10, Pilkington 18, Williamson 21, Summers 26