Worcester Wolves 80-70 Liverpool Basketball Club

Saturday 7th November 2026

By Colin Taylor

Worcester Wolves secured a hat-trick of wins from their last three outings when defeating Liverpool Basketball Club 80-70 at the University of Worcester Arena on Saturday, moving up to sixth place in National Basketball League Division One.

Bottom-of-the-table Liverpool came into the contest still seeking their first win of the season but came close to overturning the formbook, holding a 43-35 half-time lead, with Worcester relying on a belated surge of scoring to right the ship.

“We had to work hard, very hard, to get the win,” admitted Wolves coach Dean Blake.

”We weren’t fully with it today for whatever reason. All games aren’t going to be pretty; all games aren’t going to be up and down in straight lines.

“It took us all of the forty minutes to get the job done, but a win is a win at the end of the day and it’s important that we’re now stringing wins together.” 

A Marcus Robinson weave to the basket brought the sides to a 14-14 tie with four minutes remaining in the opening quarter.

However, potent Liverpool attacks put them 23-16 to the good entering the second period.

Fin Rennie joined Robinson in producing a series of aggressive inside moves that kept the hosts side of the scoreboard ticking but, with numerous shots from outside the arc failing to fall, it was the visitors who ended the first-half in the box seat.

Another Robinson success closed Liverpool’s lead to 48-44 approaching midway through the third quarter and, just seconds later, aided by a Daijaun Antonio steal, Robinson set his feet to finally slot home Worcester’s first triple of the evening at the eighteen attempt.

A Rennie tip-in nudged his team ahead and further daylight was established until careless ball-handling on the last play of the quarter constricted Wolves advantage to a 57-56 edge.

Luan Ferreira dispossessed his opponent to begin the final ten minutes in a positive fashion, later blocking an attack and setting up a Harry Godwin score that pushed the hosts out to a 64-58 lead.

Back-and-forth action saw Liverpool again in front at 66-65 with five minutes remaining until a double of Robinson three-pointers and a two-point and a bonus free-throw play eventually decided the victor.

Robinson dominated the scoring with 34 points, as well as grabbing nine rebounds. Rennie tabbed 13 points while Antonio logged a double-double display of ten points and ten rebounds.

Wolves take a trip to Sheffield Sharks next Saturday 14 November (tip-off 6-15pm), a side featuring former top-level standout Mike Tuck. After that there will be consecutive Saturday games at the University of Worcester Arena. Leicester Warriors will be first up on 21 November with Sheffield Arrows visiting the week after.

“Sheffield Sharks will be another tough assignment for us – I think they’ve improved their roster this year,” added Blake.

“We’ve learnt a lot from today’s game. We’ll take stock of what we’ve learnt and build on that over the next few games.”