Crusaders Cadets In Control 

Coventry Crusader 101 West Herts. Warriors 65 

With another outstanding performance Coventry Crusader Cadets gained their fourth victory of the season on Saturday evening.  

Their comfortable 36 point winning margin saw Crusaders not only destroy West Herts. Warrior’s unbeaten record. It saw Crusaders take sole control of the National League Central Conference. 

Prior to the game Warriors rested in second place to the Coventry youngsters, split only by Crusaders far superior Points difference.

But after the final buzzer it was Crusaders that remained the only team still unbeaten this season. 

Top scoring for Crusaders with 31 points was Bryson Pope.

Having dominated at both ends of the floor throughout the game; Coach Alvin Scott is impressed with the great leadership Bryson is starting to show on court.

Out of the twelve man squad ten made it on to the scoreboard.

This includes five who produced scores in double figures and both James Hobday and newest signing Ash Malhtra making their first points of the season. 

A lot of credit for this has to go to Point Guard Kane Hudson who as well as producing 11 points of his own, distributed the ball well throughout the team.

A number of this seasons Cadets have been stepping up into the Junior squad, amongst them is Sydney Donaldson and two weeks ago Syd produced 30 points for the Juniors against West Herts.

Warriors Juniors, and this week Syd took 19 points, nevertheless it was his three long range shots from four attempts in the third quarter helped seal victory long before the final quarter.

Basketball is not just about scoring points and Crusaders have a great defence, in fact their pressing defence is the trademark of their game and against Warriors as always, right at the heart of that defence was Luis Romero.

Luis’s speed and agility makes him a formidable defensive opponent and on numerous occasions it was he that forced Warriors to turn over the ball.

Even with a couple of his players unavailable for their next fixture Coach Scott remains confident that his side can do the business when they welcome Cambridge Cats to the Coventry Sports Centre next Saturday (20^th)

Ricardo Gordon is another key player that Scott will be relying on very heavily this time around The small forward has had a great start to the season and is definitely a player to keep your eye on! His high percentage finishing around the basket hurts teams.

Against West Herts. Ricardo netted 13 points and his Coach is confident Ricardo can repeat that against Cambridge, although Cambridge are a team that have yet to show their season potential, as having forfeited three of their first four games they are languishing in basement position.

They did however give West Herts. a run for their money two weeks ago but it’s yet to see if the Cats are mere Kittens when it comes to Crusaders.

Crusaders Scores

 Bryson Pope 31, Syd Donaldson 19, Luis Romero 13, Ricardo Gordon 13, Kane Hudson 11, Robert Layfield 4, Matt Wood 4, Andy Brookes 2, James Hobday 2, Ash Malhtra 2.